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PARK SLOPE – Mayor de Blasio unveiled the NYC Department of Transportation [http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/html/home/home.shtml]‘s (DOT) redesign proposal for 9th Street between 3rd Avenue and Prospect Park West this morning during a press conference held at the intersection where Dorothy Bruns drove her
Central Brooklyn
PROSPECT PARK – Celebrate wellness and fight childhood obesity “one step at a time” with Imani House [http://imanihouse.org]‘s Walk-To-Live Festival and Walkathon 2018 [http://ihiwalktolive.com/] this Saturday at Prospect Park. The goal of the 6th annual Walk-To-Live Festival is to bring awareness to childhood obesity in a
Borough Park
Jacob Gold, the Democratic District Leader of Brooklyn’s 44th Assembly District, announced on Friday that he will not seek reelection following a recent report that he improperly used campaign funds. Jacob Gold via Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100009607593092&fref=nf]The 73-year-old real estate
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PARK SLOPE – Council Member Brad Lander, NYC Department of Transportation [http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/html/home/home.shtml] (DOT), and the Park Slope Street Safety Partnership [https://www.facebook.com/ParkSlopeStreetSafetyPartnership/] are hosting a Street Safety Town Hall next Wednesday (May 30) to pinpoint dangerous locations across the
Central Brooklyn
PROSPECT PARK – Boasting approximately 70,000 daily riders and 12,000 bicycles spread across more than 750 stations in Brooklyn, Manhattan, and Queens, popular bike-share program Citi Bike [https://www.citibikenyc.com/] will mark its five-year anniversary this Sunday with a day-long celebration at Prospect Park. Along with cake, a
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PARK SLOPE – A 12-story residential tower will rise on a small lot in Park Slope, only to cantilever out over its three-story neighbors to maximize space for what will be some pretty expensive condos. The project at 269 4th Avenue, which was snapped up for a cool $4.4 million,
Carroll Gardens
[Left – Right] Kim Maier, Executive Director, Old Stone House; Gilly Youner, co-President, Park Slope Civic Council; CB6 District Manager Craig Hammerman; Daniel Wiley, Community Coordinator for Congresswoman Nydia Velázquez; John Frost, E.D. of Bikeshare Program, DOT; NYC DOT Commissioner Polly Trottenberg; Council Member Brad Lander; Doug Gordon, Brooklyn Spoke;
Business
PARK SLOPE – With Fifth Avenue’s vast selection of boutiques, restaurants, bars, and other small businesses, it’s easy to overlook the fact that it takes a lot of hard work to maintain the busy commercial corridor. Park Slope 5th Avenue BID’s Mark Caserta and Joanna Tallantire (via Facebook
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PARK SLOPE – Woodland, the controversial bar/restaurant that has been the cause of ire for many of its neighbors since opening in 2012, settled with the State Liquor Authority [https://www.sla.ny.gov] (SLA) last week to renew its liquor license. Woodland (on left), 242 Flatbush Avenue (Photo: Pamela
Business
Brooklyn does not have a shortage of great places to go for pizza, whether for a slice or an entire pie. Three new spots recently opened up in the borough offering their own unique spin on a New York classic. LBK, 669 Union Street (Photo: Pamela Wong/BKLYNER)LBK [https:
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BOERUM HILL – In an effort to prevent opioid overdoses in the city, Mayor de Blasio announced on Thursday a one-year pilot program that will provide safe, supervised injection facilities for New Yorkers suffering from drug addiction. 80 4th Avenue (between Bergen Street & St. Marks Place), site of a proposed
Bensonhurst
PARK SLOPE/BOERUM HILL – Restaurants serving meals in bowls for a fast, casual, and healthy dining experience have been popping up across the city in recent years. BKLYNER already recommended Prospect Heights’ PokéBowl Station [/the-bite-pokebowl-station-in-prospect-heights/] earlier this year. Now, two more bowl eateries have recently debuted in Park Slope and