Animals
Photo via Christin FrileyLooking for a companion who’s also an absolute sweetheart? Christin Friley, who rescued this adorable cat from a kill shelter, says: > “Apollo is pretty much the ideal kitten. He’s about four months old, and since being rescued he’s been living with a family
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Are you sick of paying too much for too little? Do you want to live in a place so patriotic, it’s literally named after a Revolutionary War hero [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathanael_Greene]? Are you just plum sick of the Stamp Act [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
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Independence Day fireworks at Coney Island (Courtesy Flickr/Bob Jagendorf [https://www.flickr.com/photos/bobjagendorf/7908292098/in/photolist-d3Q4HL-crae1o] )Ready to fire up the grill, catch some fiery sun, and see some fireworks? The Fourth of July falls on a Monday this year, so gear up for a long weekend.
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Ingersoll Senior (Courtesy NYCHA)The planned LGBTQ-friendly senior residences at the Ingersoll Houses [/?s=ingersoll] is starting to come into focus. The planned building, to be known as Ingersoll Senior, is to be built on an unused grassy area at Myrtle Avenue between St. Edward Street and Portland Avenue and
Business
The very first scoop of Matzo Project/Ample Hills Creamery Buttercrunch White Chocolate Cinnamon with chunks of matzo in April 2016. (Photo by Donny Levit / Park Slope Stoop)At the beginning, it was the-little-ice-cream-shop-that-could. Ample Hills Creamery [http://www.amplehills.com/] opened in Prospect Heights (623 Vanderbilt Avenue) in 2011,
Arts & Culture
Rihanna steals the show in Calvin Harris’ new music video — well, her jumpsuit does anyway. And there’s a Pratt [/?s=pratt]grad to credit for it. 2016 Pratt Institute grad Isabel Hall [http://www.isabelhall.com/] designed the dress for her senior thesis project and not long after the
Health
(Photo by SimonQ / Flickr [https://www.flickr.com/photos/qiaomeng/7476574314/in/photolist-coFp4G-8Au5is-3DEXQR-3nwUhH-4tzxq5-CM2cF-3vdiS-W9dLz-7CPUtt-tDQUk-ofWYUo-anALKn-2B2MAs-7e8CrT-7sePbz-7TAatL-79pm1K-4XrfUr-8Gp2ob-qiig6R-5ptr19-79oXRX-4Jo1Cu-6XCxNC-o4HG2t-5GdqxV-8rPZGV-5ErMZ2-79sPLG-8rT6a7-5VPvJE-79ozm6-79sr5J-o4UBvU-5Bonze-79oWrP-6XKWw1-79sr6W-79rnhD-79ozga-79piTZ-dpwXyd-4xy3nV-7GfseM-79pax2-79rni8-pPYMiu-EcJT2a-8QCBbS-bvn7a7] )Sixteen daycare centers in Brooklyn failed to meet lead testin
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Independence Day fireworks at Coney Island (Courtesy Flickr/Bob Jagendorf [https://www.flickr.com/photos/bobjagendorf/7908292098/in/photolist-d3Q4HL-crae1o] )Ready to fire up the grill, catch some fiery sun, and see some fireworks? The Fourth of July falls on a Monday this year, so gear up for a long weekend.
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Image via NYPDTwo “persons of interest” have been identified by the police in an attempted rape which took place early Sunday morning on a residential block near Prospect Park [/blog/crime/woman-escapes-attempted-rape-16th-street-cops-release-footage-video/] , according to the NYPD Chief of Detectives Robert Boyce. At a Wednesday press conference, Boyce said cops are
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Freddy’s Bar owner Donald O’Finn in Dean Street location in 2010. (Photo via flickr [https://www.flickr.com/photos/hailmaryny/4382211185/in/photolist-89htBz-7FeYHg-7FeZJ8-89kHKo-89hBoB-qLpeh-7qRz9P/] )Freddy’s Bar owner Donald O’Finn is a painter at heart, knows how to pour a good cup of beer, and has battled real
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Many locals can enjoy rooftop views of Manhattan from their Fort Greene and Clinton Hill homes during the summer. That’s what we call a good date. (Photo by Francisco Daum)Brooklyn Magazine has omitted Fort Greene and Clinton Hill from its list of best dates by neighborhood [http://www.
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Rendering of 643-645 5th Avenue. (Image via YIMBY [http://www.yimbynews.com/2016/06/revealed-645-5th-avenue-greenwood-heights.html] )A seven-story building will be rising up on a street less known for luxury residences than for quiet neighbors and small, independent businesses. The new residence will replace two low wooden-framed buildings at 643