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Aug
09
Local Pols To Celebrate Landmarking Of Coney Island Boardwalk

Local Pols To Celebrate Landmarking Of Coney Island Boardwalk

CONEY ISLAND – Join NYC Council Members Mark Treyger and Chaim Deutsch, City Council Speaker Corey Johnson, Brooklyn Borough President Eric
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Aug
09
Weekend Art Events: August 10-12 (The Breeders, Caribbean Rave, Soul Summit & More)

Weekend Art Events: August 10-12 (The Breeders, Caribbean Rave, Soul Summit & More)

Hopefully the rain will stay away this weekend as there are lots of fun events planned for outdoors, including concerts,
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Aug
09

Coney Island Man Indicted For Immigrant Asylum Scam

Source: Nodar Kherkheulidze via Wikimedia CommonsCONEY ISLAND – Posing as a paralegal, a Coney Island man defrauded immigrants by taking their
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Aug
08
Sephora To Debut Inside Kings Plaza’s New JC Penney On Friday

Sephora To Debut Inside Kings Plaza’s New JC Penney On Friday

MARINE PARK – New retail spaces keep opening up at the redeveloped Kings Plaza Mall [http://www.kingsplazaonline.com]. A new
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Aug
08

Wednesday Crime Blotter: Slashings, Shootings, Anti-Chinese Graffiti & More

(Courtesy: bee721 / flickr)BROWNSVILLE – Police are looking for a man wanted in connection with a seemingly random slashing that took
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Aug
07
Today’s Links: A Summer Carnival for Special Needs Students, Condos Above the Carnival in Coney Island & More

Today’s Links: A Summer Carnival for Special Needs Students, Condos Above the Carnival in Coney Island & More

Get high enough and Bushwick and you can see the Manhattan skyline… along with some major industrial space! (Paul Stremple/
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Aug
07

Several Brooklyn Neighborhoods Will Be Sprayed For Mosquitoes Wednesday, 08/08

The NYC Department of Health [https://www1.nyc.gov/nyc-resources/categories/health.page] has announced [https://www1.nyc.gov/site/
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Aug
07
Isaiah Whitehead Gives Back To Coney Island

Isaiah Whitehead Gives Back To Coney Island

Photo: Zainab Iqbal/BklynerCONEY ISLAND – For the fourth year in a row, Isaiah Whitehead, a former Brooklyn Nets player, hosted
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Aug
06
Drunk Driving MTA Employee Crashes Bus in Flatlands

Drunk Driving MTA Employee Crashes Bus in Flatlands

Passengers boarding a B82 bus in Brooklyn (Source: MTA [http://www.nyc.gov/html/brt/downloads/pdf/2015-10-14-brt-southbrooklyn-bkbsc.pdf] )FLATLANDS
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Aug
05
This Week In BKLYNER: Best Beer, Scooter Share, New Stores & More

This Week In BKLYNER: Best Beer, Scooter Share, New Stores & More

Bond Street, Gowanus (Photo: Nathan Haselby)Keep up with what’s going on in the neighborhood all week — follow us
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