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Photo by booksaremagicbk via Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/p/BQjFx_ABXIR/]Brooklyn bookworms have been waiting patiently for the arrival of Emma Straub [https://www.facebook.com/emmastraubwriter/]‘s Books Are Magic [https://www.booksaremagic.net/] bookstore to Cobble Hill. Filling the indie bookstore void, the Brooklyn-based author Straub
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Photo by ninagoffi via Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/p/BP33mFMF-RL/]Happy anniversary, Prospect Park! Brooklyn’s public backyard turns 150 this year. To celebrate this milestone, the Prospect Park Alliance [https://www.prospectpark.org/stay-connected/?redirect_url=%2Flearn-more%2Fpark-history-slideshow%2F] is hosting an array of activities starting on Friday,
Events
Bigger than ever, A Taste of Fifth [http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/2875655]spotlights Park Slope 5th Avenue’s best and tastiest food and drink from 45+ destination restaurants and legendary watering holes that line the Avenue. Come hungry to fully enjoy the annual festival of fine food and complimentary
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Crown Heights residents protesting the opening of the 1173 Bergen Street senior men’s homeless shelter at a town hall meeting last week (Photo by Pamela Wong/BKLYNER)[UPDATED March 21, 8:20pm] The 1173 Bergen Street shelter will not open tomorrow, March 22, as scheduled. Jennifer Cato emailed the
Animals
R.I.P. Ziggy (Photo by Laura Stephen via Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10210420591729079&set=a.1438366997147.2058727.1172171601&type=3&theater] )Bed-Stuy resident Laura Stephen took her six-year-old pit bull mix Ziggy out for a walk Sunday night but did not return
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Image by Lightstone Group via City Realty [https://www.cityrealty.com/nyc/gowanus/363-bond-street/87272]Applications are now available for 54 affordable units at the new 363 Bond Street Apartments overlooking the Gowanus Canal Superfund site. Located in the up-and-coming Gowanus neighborhood, the 12-story building features 270 units. When the
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384 11th Street, Park Slope (Photo by Christopher Bride via Property Shark [https://www.propertyshark.com/mason/Photos/view.html?photo=3-01023-0033.aTDLldQT&type=uploaded&rand=697] )Mayor Bill de Blasio is seeking a new tenant for his one-bedroom rental at 384 11th Street in Park Slope. The
Arts & Culture
Brooklyn War Memorial at Cadman Plaza Park (Photo by Nathan Haselby)Located across from the Federal Courthouse in Cadman Plaza Park, the Brooklyn War Memorial was erected in 1951 to honor more than 300,000 Brooklynites who served in World War II. In need of repairs, the Memorial has been
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> Tonight I spent a long time admiring/trying to understand this 3D CLOUD-SLASH-MIRROR in my new lobby ??#adamfrankinc #300AshlandPartner [https://www.instagram.com/p/BRme0ePhBqk/] A post shared by Tavi Gevinson (@tavitulle) on Mar 13, 2017 at 7:10pm PDT With all the towers rising in Downtown Brooklyn causing
North Western Brooklyn
Photo by u_bahn_berlin via Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/p/BR1q0WghnXf/] Police discovered the body of a 24-year-old man on a subway car Friday evening. Passengers alerted officers to an unconscious male on board a southbound “A” train at the Jay Street/MetroTech station at approximately 8:30pm
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A member of the Knights of Columbus at the Park Slope St. Patrick’s Day Parade (Photo by Nathan Haselby)A festive sea of green filled the streets of Park Slope Sunday afternoon for the 42nd Annual Brooklyn St. Patrick’s Day Parade. There were shamrocks, wee colleens dressed in
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