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Photo via parkslopestoop [https://www.instagram.com/p/9v9exGAUvV/?taken-by=parkslopestoop]After a busy week, here’s a chance to catch up on some of the news happening outside of our neighborhood! We’ve pulled together some of the most interesting recent stories from our sister sites. A driver swerved
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Photo via ColinNY1 [https://www.instagram.com/p/_FUUkglsMC/?taken-by=colinny1]. ‘Tis the season for that piney smell of Christmas/holiday trees to permeate the air on sidewalks around New York City and Fort Greene-Clinton Hill is no exception. Outdoor tree shops dot the neighborhoods every few blocks and if
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325 Clinton Avenue, #1B (Photo via Brown Harris Stevens)We’ve rounded up some of the more interesting Fort Greene open house listings for this weekend. Any thoughts on these places? 155 Willoughby Avenue [http://www.bedfordbrownstone.com/PropertyDetails/Index/408080] List Price: $1,999,000 Size: Six bedrooms, two
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Image via JL Wellness.Just in time for some pre-Chrismakwanzukkah pampering and relaxation, local entrepreneur Jill Lindsey has launched a brand new enterprise: JL Wellness [https://www.instagram.com/jl_wellness/], a “collective group of healers and wellness practitioners” offering everything from reiki and massage to aromatherapy and acupuncture. Located
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PS 107 kids (plus reindeer!) on the course of the NYRR Reindeer Run. (Courtesy NYRR)While some of you were just taking the first sip of your morning coffee last Saturday, Prospect Park was festive and packed with runners and antlers for the New York Road Runners’ Jingle Bell Jog
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Image via NYPD.The week after Thanksgiving saw an almost 50% drop in overall crime from the week before (22 incidents) [/blog/2015/12/04/88th-precinct-crime-statistics-week-of-november-23-29/] and it was even the lowest in the past month (with 14 incidents from November 16-22 [/blog/2015/12/01/88th-precinct-crime-statistics-week-of-november-16-22/] and 19 from
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Photo via Brooklyn Public Library [http://catalog.brooklynpubliclibrary.org/search/c?SEARCH=NEIG+1340]Grand Army Plaza sported a Christmas tree during a snowy Christmas in the 1950s. Taken in 195-?, the photo caption reads: “Christmas tree with decorations on raised and festooned platform at Grand Army Plaza; Memorial Arch,
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Artists rendering of 1041-1047 Fulton Street. (Image via Marvel Architects [http://www.280cadman.com]).Some great news for us came out of an updated version of the city’s Brooklyn Heights Library sale: developer Hudson Companies has agreed to lower the Annual Median Income (AMI) threshold for applicants to their
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305 8th Avenue, #D7 (Photo via Douglas Elliman [http://www.elliman.com/new-york-city/305-eighth-avenue-d7-brooklyn-nimnhyv]) We’ve rounded up some of the more interesting open house listings coming up in the area this weekend. Any thoughts on these places? 657A Degraw Street [https://www.halstead.com/sale/ny/brooklyn/park-slope/657-a-de-graw-street/
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Photo via Myrtle Avenue Brooklyn Partnership [http://www.instagram.com/myrtleavebklyn].If you’ve ridden the G train to or from the neighborhood in the last week, you might have noticed a new addition to the sidewalk: a tall, shiny directional map — one of the city Department of Transportation’s
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Image via Drew Avila [https://www.instagram.com/p/_HbcNfTOkr/?taken-by=drewavila].Autumn leaves and sunlight are out in full force this week. Enjoy it before winter comes! Keep on sharing photos with us at editor@bklyner.com, add them to our Flickr group [https://www.flickr.com/groups/thelocalfgch/
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Photo by Dina RabinerDina Rabiner — Corner Media Group [http://cornermediagroup.com/]‘s Director of Sales and Marketing — saw a Christmas angel tree topper donning a Star of David at Bhoomki [http://www.bhoomki.com/] at 158 5th Avenue (between Douglass and Degraw Streets). ‘Tis the season for Park Slope religious