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Russian Trolls Tricked Americans in Brooklyn In An Effort To Sow Racial Division

Russian trolls tricked Americans into helping them sow divisions along racial lines leading up to the 2016 election and into 2017—even right here in Brooklyn. A phony website called “Black Fist” paid Bed-Stuy based activist Omowale Adewale to hold self-defense classes geared towards African-Americans, Buzzfeed News reports. The website,

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Here’s What You Need To Know About The Airbnb Brooklyn Half This Saturday

Photo via airbnb Brooklyn HalfTime to lace’m up! Or cheer on the runners doing the lacing. The airbnb Brooklyn Half Marathon takes off at 7am this Saturday, May 21, and the New York Road Runners Club estimates 27,000 runners will be dashing from the Brooklyn Museum all the

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Want $1000 To Plan A Running Event? Prospect Park Track Club Offers Grant Program For Community Groups

Photo via vronicangThe Fall is an amazing time of year for running, and races are scheduled almost every weekend in the comfortable weather. The Prospect Park Track Club (PPTC) is here to help if your community group wants to plan one of a variety of running events. And they’re

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Tomorrow: Brooklyn Half Marathon Will Close Ocean Avenue, Parkside Avenue & More Area Roads

Photo via the Brooklyn Half MarathonAhh, the Brooklyn Half Marathon! The tenacity of runners, the triumph of spirit — the pain of trying to get around. The event this Saturday, May 16 will result in road closures around the borough from 7am to noon. Here are the stretches to watch out

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Occupy Kensington To Show Free Screening Of Final Episode Of PBS Series On Race, ‘The House We Live In,’ This Sunday

Photo via California Newsreel/YouTubeOccupy Kensington is sponsoring a free movie night on Sunday, February 22, at 8pm at a private home at 347 E. 5th Street between Church and Beverley. All are welcome to attend, and admission is free. The evening will include a screening of PBS’ final episode

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Watch The MTA’s Hypnotic Video Of The Verrazano Bridge During The 2014 NYC Marathon

Every year since 1976, the iconic Verrazano-Narrows Bridge has been the starting point for the New York City Marathon, which attracts runners from all over the world. On November 21, the bridge will celebrate the 50th anniversary of its opening, and to mark the occasion, MTA has released this riveting

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Map Shows Ditmas Park Race Data Based On 2010 Census

The University of Virginia’s Cooper Center just released a map including one dot for each person counted in the 2010 US Census–a full 308 million dots organized to show the racial makeup of different parts of the country. Zooming in as much as the map will allow, you

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CostumeCon 5K Hits Prospect Park April 21

Crazy fun excuse to get dressed up in a wacky costume for charity alert!! April 21 marks the inaugural CostumeCon 5k in Prospect Park, benefiting the Hole in the Wall Gang Camp, founded in 1988 by Paul Newman to give children battling serious illness a place to just be kids,

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Report Outlining 2011 NYPD Stop-and-Frisks Released

The NYPD released a report today, that breaks down the number of “reasonable suspicion stops,” or stop-and-frisks, for 2011. Organized by race, the citywide data shows that there were a total of 685,724 stops made, with 3.6% of those stops involving Asian/Pacific Islanders, 9.4% involving whites,

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Register Today for Mini-Marathon in Prospect Park Tomorrow

The Rock and Roll marathon series is holding a 10K run in Prospect Park tomorrow. The route is entirely contained within the park, so anyone going for their early morning constitutional might find it a bit more crowded than usual. And noisier. There will be music playing along the route

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The Summons Issue

The New York World (“get inside your government”) just released a report on the geography of the city’s 350,000 pink slips — NYPD-issued summonses for minor and minor-ish infractions like public drinking, unreasonable noise, marijuana possession, and reckless driving. Like the NYPD’s racially-charged (or at least, racially complicated)

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Story On Neighborhood’s Newfound Diversity Once Again Exhumes The Last Long Hot Summer

Rev. Al Sharpton leading the first protest march over the death of Yusef Hawkins in Bensonhurst, 1989.Last week, the Daily News featured Bensonhurst as part of a lead story for Best Places To Live In NY – an online version of their supplemental real estate magazine. As with so many

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Pols Raise Voices On Sheepshead Mosque Issue, ‘Bomber’ Renounces Threat

At their June 27 rally, mosque opponents targeted politicians for their silence on the issue. Now they respond.Brooklyn Paper has a pair of updates on the mosque issue, fueled by the deluge of comments they received from their initial report. First up, they got in touch with most of

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Weiner Receives Threats, Hate Mail and Powder

Police are still on the scene around Congressman Anthony Weiner’s Sheepshead Bay offices inside the Lundy’s building after the congressman received angry and potentially threatening messages in the wake of the healthcare bill. At his Kew Gardens, Queens, office his staffers received an envelope of white powder. Ultimately