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Site of The Vue on Emmons Avenue. Photoby Sean Egan/Sheepshead Bites.The real estate group, Corcoran [http://www.corcoran.com/nyc], announced that units [http://www.corcoran.com/nyc/Listings/Display/3721125] for the seven-story condominium building on Emmons Avenue, called The Vue, will hit the market today. The
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Details of DOT’s former plan for East 38th Street. Photo courtesy of DOT.The Department of Transportation [http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/html/home/home.shtml] (DOT) hoped to make a section of East 38th Street between Avenue U and Avenue V in Marine Park similar to most
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It’s a new wave of club culture that doesn’t draw nearly as many noise complaints. Quiet Events is hosting [http://www.quietfestival.com/] its first ever Quiet Clubbing Festival on Saturday, August 27 at the Coney Art Walls museum [http://coneyartwalls.com/] in Coney Island. The club-goers will
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One of our readers, Audrey Sackstein, took some excellent photos the lightning storm that lit Brooklyn up on Tuesday over Sheepshead Bay. Check them out below: Photo courtesy of Audrey Sackstein.Photo courtesy of Audrey Sackstein.Photo courtesy of Audrey Sackstein.Photo courtesy of Audrey Sackstein.
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Local 79 Union rat at 1501 Voorhies Ave. Photo by Sean Egan/Sheepshead BitesA big, brown, inflatable rat with a money bag shackled around its neck has set up shop outside of the AvalonBay construction site at 1501 Voorhies Ave. The rat, which has signs that say “AvalonBay doesn’t
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Marine Park’s historic Hendrick I. Lott House. Source: Lotthouse.orgBoasting a wide-open skyline, pretty, modest homes and the largest park in Brooklyn, we all know that Marine Park — the neighborhood — is seriously underrated. A New York Times profile this week [http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/21/realestate/marine-park-brooklyn-block-parties-bocce-and-salt-air.
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The Delaware Regiment at the Battle of Brooklyn, also called the Battle of Long Island. (Photo via Wikimedia [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Long_Island#/media/File:BattleofLongisland.jpg] ) On August 27, 1776, British troops advanced towards Brooklyn Heights, where the American soldier encampment was located. For those
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Photo courtesy of S9 Architecture [http://s9architecture.com/]New renderings and details of the glitzy commercial strip that is to replace Trump Village Shopping Center and a shuttered bath house across the street have been revealed. Rubin Schron’s Cammeby’s International — the developer that bought up the properties at
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Voting sign. (Photo: Fort Greene Focus)The New York State Board of Elections [http://www.elections.ny.gov/] wants to remind all New Yorkers that the registration deadline to vote in the primary election on September 13, is this week. You’ve heard from some of the candidates we talked
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WHO: Tell Every Amazing Lady About Ovarian Cancer Louisa M. McGregor Ovarian Cancer Foundation® also known as T.E.A.L.® WHAT: The 8th Annual Brooklyn T.E.A.L.® Walk and 5K Run raising money for Ovarian Cancer research and awareness WHERE: Prospect Park, Brooklyn NY (9th Street and
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(Photo: Matt Tracy / Sheepshead Bites)Local residents are enjoying a return to normalcy after Sheepshead Bay and select other neighborhoods around New York City were affected by reduced voltage during a blisteringly hot weekend in the Big Apple. Con Edison announced over the weekend that it was reducing voltage by
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Photo by Alex EllefsonToday, a group of 21 elected officials from all levels of government threw their support behind Councilman Mark Treyger in his campaign for the open Democratic district leader position in Assembly District 46. Treyger’s endorsements includes Public Advocate Tish James, Comptroller Scott Stringer, Brooklyn Borough President