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Screenshot of video showing the pier off Owl’s Head Park during Hurricane Sandy. (Video by John Huntingtonvia Vimeo [https://vimeo.com/52418093])In recognition of the fourth anniversary of Superstorm Sandy, we’re taking a deeper look this week at the status of recovery efforts along the Brooklyn waterfront.
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Rendering of a possible BQX streetcar station at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, at Clinton Avenue. (Courtesy New York City Economic Development Corporation)It’s been at least six decades since you could hop a streetcar [http://www.brooklynstreetcar.org/the-streetcar/] and ride it from Queens to Brooklyn. That’s going
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Crews work to place sand and restore the beach at Coney Island in September, 2013. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says it placed roughly 600,000 cubic yards of sand at Coney Island to replace sand lost during Superstorm Sandy and also to “restore the Coney Island project
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The classic key lime pie. (Photo by Donny Levit / BKLYNER)A blustery, sunny late afternoon feels extra-blustery and extra-sunny in Red Hook. That’s especially true if you head down a cobblestone road which dead ends at the industrial-cum-stunning vista of Louis Valentino, Jr. State Park and Pier [https://www.
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(Courtesy: Friends of the Brooklyn-Queens Connector)A poll released Thursday by a pro-streetcar group shows favorable support for Mayor Bill de Blasio’s Brooklyn-Queens streetcar project [/?s=bqx].The poll for the Friends of the BQX [http://www.bqx.nyc/] — also known as the Brooklyn-Queens Connector — shows a 74 percent
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(Courtesy: Friends of the Brooklyn-Queens Connector)A poll released Thursday by a pro-streetcar group shows favorable support for Mayor Bill de Blasio’s Brooklyn-Queens streetcar project [http://parkslopestoop.com/?s=bqx]. The poll for the Friends of the BQX [http://www.bqx.nyc/] — also known as the Brooklyn-Queens Connector — shows
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(Photo: m01229 [https://www.flickr.com/photos/39908901@N06/7565528342/] / Flickr)Brooklynites love to patronize their homegrown businesses. And indeed, it’s often the mom-and-pop shops that give a neighborhood its character. However, over the last decade, national mega franchises like McDonald’s, Walgreens, and Dunkin Donuts are ramping up
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(Photo: m01229 [https://www.flickr.com/photos/39908901@N06/7565528342/] / Flickr)Brooklynites love to patronize their homegrown businesses. And indeed, it’s often the mom-and-pop shops that give a neighborhood its character. However, over the last decade, national mega franchises like McDonald’s, Walgreens, and Dunkin Donuts are ramping up
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City Councilman Mark Treyger. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)City Councilman Mark Treyger plans to introduce a package of bills requiring more stringent safety measures and better oversight for contractors removing Sandy-damaged trees after a bicycle delivery man was crushed to death by a falling tree in Red Hook. “You
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Images via NYPDPolice continue to search for two men in connection to a series of late-night restaurant burglaries in our area that have resulted in the theft of now nearly $70,000. On September 22, we reported that three burglaries took place [/blog/crime/cops-on-the-hunt-for-burglars-who-hit-three-local-restaurants] in our area, including Cafe
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Mark Treyger (Source: Facebook)The following is a press released from representatives of Councilmen-elect Mark Treyger (Coney Island, Gravesend) and Carlos Menchaca (Sunset Park, Red Hook, Borough Park). Amid concerns over the slow pace of Superstorm Sandy recover efforts, and waste, fraud and abuse in the billions of dollars of
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Congratulations are in order for Carlos Menchaca [http://www.carlos2013.com/], council member-elect for District 38, who was recently named one of City & State’s rising political stars [http://www.cityandstateny.com/2013-new-york-city-rising-stars-carlos-menchaca/] under the age of 40. Menchaca, 33, defeated incumbent Sara Gonzalez [http://council.nyc.gov/d38/