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Nov
26
Another Church Looking For A Developer – Flatbush Presbyterian Church Is On The Market

Another Church Looking For A Developer – Flatbush Presbyterian Church Is On The Market

DITMAS PARK – The Flatbush Presbyterian Church is for sale and will likely follow the trend of church operators who lease
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Nov
06
Fight For Ownership In ‘Little Pakistan’ Continues — This Time Over A Beloved Mosque

Fight For Ownership In ‘Little Pakistan’ Continues — This Time Over A Beloved Mosque

Makki Masjid. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal/Bklyner)MIDWOOD – An ivory colored structure stands sandwiched between two typical brick-colored three-story buildings between
6 min read
Nov
02
Political Event Canceled After Anti-Semitic Graffiti Found At Union Temple of Brooklyn

Political Event Canceled After Anti-Semitic Graffiti Found At Union Temple of Brooklyn

Police at the Union Temple of BrooklynPROSPECT HEIGHTS — Someone wrote anti-semitic messages, inside the Union Temple of Brooklyn at 17
2 min read
Oct
10
She may not call herself a feminist, but Ruchie Freier is smashing the patriarchy in Hasidic Brooklyn

She may not call herself a feminist, but Ruchie Freier is smashing the patriarchy in Hasidic Brooklyn

Photo: Julieta CervantesBORO PARK – “This is a universal story of women’s empowerment that takes place in a very particular
5 min read
Oct
03
Permits Filed for 18-Story Community Facility on Fort Hamilton Parkway

Permits Filed for 18-Story Community Facility on Fort Hamilton Parkway

A rendering of the 18-story mixed-use building coming to Borough Park (Via Cycle Architecture and Planning)An 18-story mixed-use building
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Sep
21
Day Of Visibility Follows Avenue H “Take It Off” Incident

Day Of Visibility Follows Avenue H “Take It Off” Incident

Photo: Zainab Iqbal/BklynerFLATBUSH – Members and volunteers at the Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs (MOIA) and the NYC Commission
2 min read
Sep
10
New House of Worship Replaces 147-Year-Old Church

New House of Worship Replaces 147-Year-Old Church

Clergy and acolytes preparing to enter the new St. Stephen and St. Martin’s Episcopal Church at 789 Jefferson Avenue.
2 min read
Sep
06
New Apartments to Surround Bushwick Avenue Church

New Apartments to Surround Bushwick Avenue Church

Renderings for the new residential project surrounding the church at 964 Bushwick Avenue (Via Think! Architecture)BUSHWICK – An unusual residential
2 min read
Aug
31
Salazar Meets Fellow Jews of Color After Twitter-storm

Salazar Meets Fellow Jews of Color After Twitter-storm

Julia Salazar (middle) converses with members of Jewish Vote outside of her campaign’s officeBUSHWICK – New York State Senate hopeful
3 min read
Aug
24
Brooklyn Church Gives the Widow of Its Founder 10 Days to Leave Home

Brooklyn Church Gives the Widow of Its Founder 10 Days to Leave Home

Archbishop Brown and Lady Scarlett-Brown / family photoDITMAS PARK – Pilgrim Baptist Church [https://www.pilgrimchurchnyc.org/index.php] posted a 10-day
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