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This Sunday, December 22, New York Senator Chuck Schumer will light the first candle on the giant menorah that is being erected at the Grand Army Plaza each winter to celebrate the eight days of Chanukah [https://www.chabad.org/holidays/chanukah/article_cdo/aid/102911/jewish/What-Is-Hanukkah.htm] – the
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Members of South Central Brooklyn United for Progress. Courtesy of SCBUP.New York Senate District 17 for Progress, a group of progressive activists and organizers in Borough Park and Midwood, are rebranding their organization as South Central Brooklyn United for Progress (SCBUP). With the new name comes hope for political
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Eleven Consignment Shop in Park Slope. Via Google Maps.PARK SLOPE — Eleven Consignment Boutique, with Brooklyn store located at 70 Fifth Avenue, and Manhattan store in East Village, shut its doors abruptly sometime in October (Brooklyn) /November (Manhattan) with no notice to its customers, leaving many puzzling over what has
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Doug Gordon. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal/Bklyner)PARK SLOPE — Street safety advocate Doug Gordon, 45, has over 20,000 followers [https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.google.com/url?q%3Dhttps://twitter.com/BrooklynSpoke%26amp;sa%3DD%26amp;ust%3D1576274883841000&sa=D&ust=1576274883854000&usg=AFQjCNGqWkQy5mLQPsLURATbwAupZy5SPw]
bath beach
Welcome back to this week’s openings and closings. We welcome a new Fifth Avenue Greek spot, a Philadelphia favorite, and lots of new mini-chains. Luckily for the readers who hate goodbyes, we have only one closing for you this time around. Bushwick Redcrest Fried Chicken [https://www.redcrestfriedchicken.com/
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Construction at Greenpoint Landing continues apace, with a second tower rising next to One Blue Slip. Paul Stremple/Bklyner.WILLIAMSBURG/GREENPOINT/PARK SLOPE — Rezoning gentrified the rezoned neighborhoods and displaced communities of color, a new study shows. The study, [https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5dc0429de5717c7ff1caead0/t/5de6c0e683bec649d37ab0cc/1575403753814/Zoning+and+
brighton beach
Welcome to our business column, where we’ll share news on expansions, new biz, pop-ups, art shows, and recent closures. Openings Present Bodies: Papermaking at Dieu Donné Lina Puerta, Radishes & Cabbages Tapestry (from the Willard Crop’s Festival series), 2019. Courtesy of Lina Puerta.A Brooklyn exhibition will embrace
Bushwick
Thanksgiving can be stressful. Cooking in a too-small kitchen, worrying if the turkey will dry out, running out of wine, cleaning up after too many people. Luckily, this is Brooklyn, and all of that is optional. These 10 places are all serving Thanksgiving dinner this year — sans doing dishes. Meadowsweet
Carroll Gardens
By Christina Veiga, Amy Zimmer,Chalkbeat [https://www.chalkbeat.org/posts/ny/2019/11/14/a-push-to-integrate-brooklyn-middle-schools-is-starting-to-show-results-according-to-new-data/?utm_source=republish&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=republish] A pioneering diversity plan [https://chalkbeat.org/posts/ny/2018/09/20/brooklyn-middle-schools-eliminate-screening-as-new-york-city-expands-integration-efforts/] is starting to shift racial demographics of schools in one
Business
A new store dispensing CBD products is coming to Brooklyn and will open at 195 5th Avenue in Park Slope, between Union and Sackett. Owner Dominique Pastorello hopes to focus on educating consumers on the potential benefits of CBD products and opening the first ‘Your CBD Store’ in the 5
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B71 coalition gather outside of Park Slope Library with Council Member Brad Lander and Assemblymember Jo Anne Simon. Hannah H. Kim/BklynerPARK SLOPE — Residents from Red Hook, Carroll Gardens, Gowanus, and Park Slope rallied before the MTA’s open house on the Brooklyn Bus Network Redesign [/tell-the-mta-what-you-hate-about-your-brooklyn-bus-route-this-fall/] in Park Slope
brighton beach
Welcome to our business column, where we’ll share news on expansions, new biz, pop-ups turned storefronts, and more. > [https://www.instagram.com/p/B4aTr8phEa5/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=loading] [https://www.instagram.com/p/B4aTr8phEa5/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=loading] Paris Baguette