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New MTA photo shows a clean 53rd Street station in Sunset Park, Brooklyn. (Courtesy: MTA Renderings [https://www.governor.ny.gov/sites/governor.ny.gov/files/atoms/files/MTA_renderings.pdf] )The New York City subway might get a much-needed makeover. Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the Metropolitan Transit Authority announced
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Morning Brooklyn traffic on 65th Street and 7th Avenue. (Courtesy: Carlo Scissura / Twitter)New plans to combat morning rush hour in Dyker Heights leading into Sunset Park resulted in the NYPD’s deployment of two traffic agents to ensure traffic flow near a major supermarket, a Brooklyn council member announced
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(Photo: Adam Giambrone / Facebook)A former Toronto mayoral candidate — with a past sex scandal — has been selected by Mayor Bill de Blasio to oversee the creation of the city’s Brooklyn-Queens streetcar project. Adam Giambrone, 39, who served as a Toronto city councilor, was involved in steamy sexscapades with a
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An NYPD boat sailing near Brooklyn Army Terminal in Sunset Park. (Courtesy: Flickr [https://www.flickr.com/photos/mitchwaxman/9418909587/in/photolist-fmjnET-asdAtn-fmjmdD-97dEAQ-97ayvg-eDtzCA-eDtzWN-eDnsDv-eDtAcJ-eDtA1u-eDtzUq-eDnsLD-a3QHK5-fmjszk-fmyvHm-fmyCyQ-fmjomF-aXhedF-8CiWDU-97dFbq-bEoEam-rxqET4-rzbHEf-h5aRv7-eDnsPP-eDtA3b-eDtzWU-eDtzBJ-eDnsH6-eDnsEz-eDtA1J-eDtA2Y-eDtzYo-eDnsQi-eDnsBD-eDtzZy-eDtzXU-eDnsKX-eDnsF2-eDtzAw-eDnsHi-eDtA1m-eDnsM8-eDnsDt-eDnsKa-eDtA4E-fmjpYt-fmyzKU-fmyAFu-eDtzAJ
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(Courtesy: tlanexiche / Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/p/BHtUkd6BMrL/?tagged=sunsetparkbrooklyn])Keep up with what’s going on in the neighborhood all week — follow us on Twitter [https://twitter.com/sunsetparkvoice], Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/sunsetparkvoice], and Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/sunsetparkvoice/], and sign up for our daily
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(Courtesy: Flickr [https://www.flickr.com/photos/bpt/2843176300/in/photolist-5kf2g3-7kCViP-6sdYXR-892EeY-pUB4h6-tdSrsL-vQZrmF-daZj4b-77orsL-evQcnb-9KyyDn-51EV14-29XWnN-wMRXFM-or5VX-rojYVR-74rNvg-hDWCPN-6GjbXi-9QqWM3-JccMz-9tUhev-6icbmY-hW4oM-jm5cF-oXP1jU-ccBCnu-cjSwk3-pxSYTc-DZiNS-9jvYta-892EjA-7w6Ee4-arzmd2-4HMNx1-rpnxdo-7Su9PS-a4cyrK-ihjwG8-9FwGn5-5WrMdi-mNuvDa-aYtJDk-6JPPgz-9Za7tk-5WrMS4-98Mm9-an3SFB-bT2myH-jrwrcV] )After a busy week, here’s a chance to catch up on some of the news happening
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(Photo by Ditmas Park Corner)The City Council passed a package of legislation Thursday, requiring police to report use of force as well as officers’ civil infractions in order to increase transparency of the NYPD. The bills — Intro. 606, Intro. 539, and Intro. 0824 — require the NYPD to issue quarterly
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Thank goodness it’s Friday! Ready to head home, turn on the tube, and let your brain rest? These apartments will let you do it in comfort. Check out that hardwood! (Courtesy Zillow/Michael Ryan of Old Brooklyn Real Estate Inc [http://www.zillow.com/homes/for_rent/Sunset-Park-Brooklyn-New-York-NY/house,
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(Courtesy: Industry City / Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/IndustryCityBK/photos/a.204989049559793.51135.118852951506737/1148827888509233/?type=3&theater] )Grab your dancing partner this weekend and head to Industry City (220 36th St.) [http://industrycity.com/category/events/] for live music and free salsa lessons. On Sunday, July 17 from
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(Courtesy: Gabriel Tito Bracero / Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1463501060342635&set=a.440467722645979.122763.100000482658094&type=3&theater] )Boxing is coming back to Brooklyn. Former two-division champion Paulie Malignaggi of Bensonhurst is gearing up to defend his Brooklyn’s World Championship Belt in a
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A victim outside a Brooklyn mosque was harassed and cursed at by two men Wednesday night. (Courtesy: Islamic Society of Bay Ridge / Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/IslamicSocietyBayRidge/photos])Two men allegedly shouted an anti-Arab slur at a man outside a Brooklyn mosque, and police are investigating the altercation as
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City announces voter registration forms in five new languages at Hillcrest Library in Brooklyn. (Courtesy: Mayor Bill de Blasio’s Office)Just in time for election day. Voter registration forms in five new languages — Russian, Urdu, Haitian Creole, French and Arabic — are available under the City’s effort to expand