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2034 East 5th Street in Gravesend. (Photo by Christopher Bride/PropertyShark)In February, a Gravesend home sold for $5 million, becoming the second most expensive single-family home sold in Brooklyn that month, according to The Real Deal. The two-story detached home at 2034 East 5th Street between Avenues S and
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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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Worst buildings in southern Brooklyn. Screenshot from Google Maps.Public Advocate Letitia James [http://pubadvocate.nyc.gov/] released the latest interactive map of the 100 worst landlords in New York City and 20 worst buildings, based on data from the Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) and the Department
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From left to right: Ann Marie Perrotto (founder of Christopher’s Reason, a substance abuse treatment center opening on Staten Island); NYS Assemblywoman Pamela Harris; Assembly Majority Leader Joseph Morelle; and Donna Mae DePola, President & CEO of the Resource, Training & Counseling Center, during a visit to the Center
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MCU Park. (Photo: Wally Gobetz / Wikimedia Commons)Lots to do in southern Brooklyn this week! Don’t miss the new Star Wars movie on the beach in Coney Island. There are also free concerts, baseball games and more! Send us your own event listing by posting it for free on
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Photo via Coney Island [https://www.facebook.com/coneyislandfun?fref=photo] on Facebook.Lots to do in southern Brooklyn this week. Curl up for the first movie screening of the Coney Island Flicks on the Beach series. There are also other outdoor movie showings, concerts, a park cleanup and more!
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Davina and The Vagabonds. (Photo: Davina and The Vagabonds [https://www.facebook.com/Davinaandthevagabonds/photos/a.10150291789224277.347426.9536279276/10154162781894277/?type=3&theater] / Facebook)Lots to do in southern Brooklyn this week. Check out some of the free outdoor concerts going on in the area. There are also Cyclones
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Fireworks in Coney Island. (Photo: Pisanofrank [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Coney_Island,_NY.jpg] / Wikimedia Commons)Lots to do in southern Brooklyn this week. Don’t miss the Cyclones game this Saturday, when one of our editors will throw out the first pitch! There’s also trivia night,
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(Photo: Brooklyn Italians Soccer Club [https://www.facebook.com/BrooklynItalians/photos/a.10153414130551330.1073741908.125762721329/10153414132221330/?type=3&theater] / Facebook)Lots to do in southern Brooklyn this week! Spend an afternoon at MCU Park now that the Cyclone’s season is in full swing. There are also lots of
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Photo by William CarusoThere is no denying summer is in full swing. Not only do the Cyclones kick off their season and the Friday fireworks return this week, the annual Mermaid Parade will also be filling up Coney Island with even more colorful characters than usual. There are also lots
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Betty the Rat was one of the winners of last year’s Pet Costume Contest at Deno’s Wonder Wheel. (Photo: Deno’s Wonder Wheel Amusement Park [https://www.facebook.com/DenosWonderWheelAmusementPark/photos/a.146180595442999.29999.146153275445731/1099515753442807/?type=3&theater] / Facebook)Lots to do in southern Brooklyn this
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(Photo: Animal Care Centers of NYC (ACC) [https://www.facebook.com/NYCACC/photos/pb.125204517523362.-2207520000.1461007210./1071116049598866/?type=3&theater] / Facebook)It’s getting warmer out so put away your winter jackets and get out and socialize with the people in your community! Here are fun events for
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Photo by Courtney SolomineIt’s getting warmer out so put away your winter jackets and get out and socialize with the people in your community! Here are fun events for everyone in the family going on this week. Send us your own event listing by posting it for free on
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Photo by fesch_markt [http://websta.me/p/1068426453510007173_1143606545]News that the long-sought-after F express train would be returning to Brooklyn [/f-express-service-returning-brooklyn-2017/] almost immediately caused a row among lawmakers representing different parts of the borough. Elected Officials in southern Brooklyn — whose constituents will benefit from faster commutes — hailed the
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(Photo: Sheepshead Bites)Lots to do in southern Brooklyn this week! Don’t miss the Third Annual Sheepshead Bay Summer Stroll this weekend. There’s also a football match between ops and firefighters at MCU Park, a concert at New Utrecht Reformed Church, community meetings, a health fair and more!