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A sign on the door of Dixon’s Bicycle Shop asking neighbors to sign a petition to save the mural (Photo taken June 7, 2017 by Pamela Wong/BKLYNER)A representative of St. Francis College in Brooklyn Heights has confirmed to BKLYNER that the college is not merging with St.
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Sirens Women’s Motorcycle Club, one of the 21st Annual Brooklyn Pride Parade’s Grand MarshalsSirens Women’s Motorcycle Club, one of the 21st Annual Brooklyn Pride Parade’s Grand Marshals21st Annual Brooklyn Pride Parade, Photo by Nathan Haselby21st Annual Brooklyn Pride Parade, Grand Marshal Ron BBrooklyn Pride Parade, Grand
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[Updated: Monday, June 12, 5:45pm] A representative of St. Francis College in Brooklyn Heights has confirmed that the college is not merging with St. Francis Xavier School in Park Slope as previously reported, and has no involvement with the mural’s removal. See full update here [/st-francis-college-not-merging-with-st-francis-xavier-school-not-involved-with-mural-removal/] . BKLYNER spoke
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Pauline & Sharon’s, 597 4th Avenue (Photo by Pamela Wong/BKLYNER)[UPDATED: June 9, 2017, 2:30pm] South Slope Public House responded and informed us that they are not closed. They are currently working on interior renovations. Park Slope has lost a few popular eateries. A reader sadly pointed
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One man’s trash pile [/a-trash-talk-interview-with-the-park-slope-pile-parkslopestoop/]is another man’s treasure, but nobody would confuse any of these swank Brownstone Belt digs for anything other than the stuff of caviar dreams [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AS8E9eoNQw]. (Courtesy Venus Shum of Brooklyn Real Property Inc. [http://www.brooklynrealproperty.com/
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Pauline & Sharon’s, 597 4th Avenue (Photo by Pamela Wong/BKLYNER)Park Slope has lost a few popular eateries. A reader sadly pointed out that pizza shop Pauline & Sharon’s [/meet-t-j-oconnor-the-chef-making-everything-from-scratch-at-pauline-sharons-pizza-southslope/] , formerly located 597 4th Avenue in South Slope, has permanently shuttered. A call to the shop’s
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Photo by Anton Klepikov via Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=558078610892057&set=br.AbpT52rZJvQzw7eGxl-KyQaHu5tkofrRvUHJCbjj9cFQwJq73WdFJsyqyMxhJlUwta7dD31OXqwU3Ld2a6jW2K9xezlcQsvWE9UjpkIKERL9IY-zPFSCwbB9uYDxz4S5ArJFsn8WooeNHJwegi5iL7GSsYaEw15icltSBtTVUDYzPoxyNeeYKEM6o-2Lqsu6kXDAowGQlrEczWjWx-FrDB5dfOdsJ_i9JS-jTkgcgrM-LJMKpPbVQEudYgNAupCYakY&type=3&theater] [Updated: Monday, June 12, 5:45pm] A representative of St. Francis College in Brooklyn Heights has confirmed that the colle
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Mayor Bill de Blasio delivers his State of the City address at the Apollo Theater in Harlem on Monday, February 13, 2017. (Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography Office)While discussing Trump’s withdrawal from the Paris Climate Agreement and NYC’s efforts to combat climate change on the Brian Lehrer Show
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Johnny Jacob was sentenced to up to 20 years in prison for first-degree rape Acting Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez announced today that 45-year-old Johnny Jacob of Brooklyn has been convicted for the 1998 rape of a 19-year-old woman on the 4th Avenue-9th Street subway platform. Jacob was sentenced to
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The Brownstone Belt is home to incredible real estate, but it is also a place that celebrities sometimes [/celebs-didnt-know-clinton-hill-fortgreene/] call home. This week, we will indulge in some of the more luxurious (and occasionally [/5-celebs-probably-didnt-know-lived-fort-greene-fortgreene/] star-crossed) listings available in our neighborhood. (Courtesy Zillow/Corcoran [https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/171-Columbia-Hts-3C-Brooklyn-NY-11201/
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Photo provided by Brooklyn Arts ExchangeFor over a quarter of a century the Brooklyn Arts Exchange [http://homepage.bax.org/] (affectionately known as BAX) has been running its popular Summer Arts Program [http://youth.bax.org/summer] for young artists entering kindergarten to 6th Grade. “It’s a unique opportunity
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The original restroom sign that upset Park Slope residentsA coffee shop’s restroom sign has incited controversy in Park Slope. Clever Blend [/clever-blend-coffee-doesnt-suck-takes-gorilla-coffee-space/], which opened up in the former Gorilla Coffee space at 97 5th Avenue in April, previously had a sign on its restroom door depicting a figure peering