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(Photo by Carly Miller/BKLYNER)The Down-Low is our round-up of stories in our neck of the woods as well as other curiosities all over Brooklyn. -QUIZ: How many of Brooklyn’s 77 neighborhoods can you name in six minutes? [NY Daily News [http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/brooklyn/quiz-brooklyn-77-neighborhoods-article-1.
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Garth Fagan Dance. Photo Credit: Erich CampingTGIF! It’s not exactly a long weekend for many of us, but it’s close — just with a Monday in between. Still plenty of ways to have fun this weekend in your favorite boro with our weekend guide. If you have an event
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Photo provided by NYC Department of SanitationSome people have brownstone envy. I have brown-bin envy. I often find myself strolling along some Brooklyn street that is just peppered with those increasingly familiar DSNY [http://www1.nyc.gov/site/dsny/index.page] brown bins. And, as much as I love the
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Fireworks will be lighting the night sky soon, but you needn’t wait for the Fourth of July to have that feeling. Any of these great deals will imbue you with that boom clap [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOPMlIIg_38] feeling. (Courtesy Zillow/Julie Sikar, LREB [https://www.
Arts & Culture
The Vegas Diner on 86th Street opened their doors one last time. (Photo by Carly Miller/BKLYNER)Gravesend-born actor, director, and writer William DeMeo is back home, filming a TV show about realistic mobsters in 1980s southern Brooklyn. “It’s definitely the next hit mob street series, I have no
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Bicycling in Prospect ParkTemperatures are predicted to be in the 80s through the Fourth of July, but with partly cloudy skies and daily breezes, this could be a wonderful weekend for a bike ride. Brooklyn is blessed with several routes that combine dedicated bike paths with scenic views that pass
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(Photo via Coffeemob [https://www.instagram.com/p/BV7pbnhlIbM/?taken-by=coffeemob]/instagram)The Down-Low is our round-up of stories in our neck of the woods as well as other curiosities all over Brooklyn. -Rally In Union Square Tonight Against Latest Version Of Trump Travel Ban [ Gothamist [http://gothamist.com/2017/
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Photo provided by Reach NowJuly 4th is upon us once again. The hunt for that one friend of a friend with a great rooftop view of the Macy’s fireworks is on. But instead of stressing out over how we can have fun while staking out that spot in Brooklyn
Events
Joey Chestnut winning the Nathan’s Famous hot dog eating contest, 2016. (Photo: Nathan’s Famous [https://www.facebook.com/nathansfamous/photos/pcb.1043315615705202/1043315355705228/?type=3&theater] / Facebook)Next week we celebrate our nation’s independence — and what better way to recognize those hard-won freedoms than watching a
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Photo courtesy MTA via flickrToday, Governor Andrew Cuomo signed an executive order throwing the NYC Subways into a ‘State of Emergency’, to expedite the overhaul of the MTA’s aging infrastructure and earmark an addition $1 billion in federal funds. In his speech at the ‘MTA Genius Transit Challenge Conference’
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There are three things that signal the start to summer: 1) The first time you catch a whiff of the unmistakable smell of a backyard barbecue. 2) The first time you hear the Mister Softee jingle from a passing ice cream truck (and it’s stuck in your head for
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379 Ocean Parkway. (Photo by Carly Miller/BKLYNER)The race to the top of Brooklyn’s skyline continues! This week, developers have pushed to build three new apartment complexes in our coverage areas — Kensington, Sheepshead Bay, and Prospect-Lefferts Gardens, adding more fodder for the ever-growing density [/development-boom-brings-hundreds-families-crowding-flatbushditmaskensington-map/] in central and