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Photo submitted by Gene AronowitzAfter a busy week, here’s a chance to catch up on some of the news happening outside of our neighborhood! We’ve pulled together some of the most interesting recent stories from our sister sites. Huge sharks were caught off Sheepshead Bay this weekend during
Business
Image via papakila [https://www.instagram.com/p/BEcowvDpgkP/?tagged=sunsetpark]. Cushman & Wakefield [http://www.cushmanwakefield.com/], a commercial real estate company, recently published a report called “Cool Streets,” [http://cushwakemarketing.com/cs/comms/CWRetail-CoolStreetsReport/#12/z] identifying the “edgiest” and most potentially profitable neighborhoods in the country. Our
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A waterspout off the shore of Plumb Beach in 2012. (Photo by Bill Woodroffe)Time to dust off those ruby slippers! The national weather service [http://www.weather.gov/okx/#] has issued a tornado warning for New York City until 10pm tonight. Neighbors are advised to be on the lookout
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Nydia Velázquez, winner of the congressional primary for district 7. Courtesy of Velázquez’s Facebook.As expected. Congresswoman Nydia Velázquez [http://velazquez.house.gov/index.shtml] won the Democratic congressional primary for New York District 7 on Tuesday against banker Yungman Lee, [/politics/yungman-lee-looks-bring-new-face-congressional-district-47/] and lawyer Jeff Kurzon [/politics/unconventional-campaign-congressional-district-7/
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816 58th Street. Courtesy of Google Maps.Eastern Sunset Park might be going through a growth spurt pretty soon if developers get approved on their plans, reports Yimby [http://www.yimbynews.com/2016/06/permits-filed-78-amity-street-cobble-hill.html] . A permit was filed to the Department of Buildings [http://a810-bisweb.nyc.gov/bisweb/
Health
Aviator’s camp programming is brand new for 2016 with new age appropriate groups and exciting trips. Campers will be exposed to a wide variety of sports, they will also get to swim, ice skate, race pedal karts, and participate in reading and math initiatives. Courtesy of Aviator SportsSummer can
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(Photo by SimonQ / Flickr [https://www.flickr.com/photos/qiaomeng/7476574314/in/photolist-coFp4G-8Au5is-3DEXQR-3nwUhH-4tzxq5-CM2cF-3vdiS-W9dLz-7CPUtt-tDQUk-ofWYUo-anALKn-2B2MAs-7e8CrT-7sePbz-7TAatL-79pm1K-4XrfUr-8Gp2ob-qiig6R-5ptr19-79oXRX-4Jo1Cu-6XCxNC-o4HG2t-5GdqxV-8rPZGV-5ErMZ2-79sPLG-8rT6a7-5VPvJE-79ozm6-79sr5J-o4UBvU-5Bonze-79oWrP-6XKWw1-79sr6W-79rnhD-79ozga-79piTZ-dpwXyd-4xy3nV-7GfseM-79pax2-79rni8-pPYMiu-EcJT2a-8QCBbS-bvn7a7] )Sixteen daycare centers in Brooklyn failed to meet lead testin
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Sunset Park High School voting location. (Photo by Sean Egan)Voting locations in Sunset Park were staggeringly short of actual voters today. I visited four different poll places all Tuesday morning to speak with voters and poll workers about how the voting process is going in the 7th Congressional District
Events
Elaine look-alikes show off their moves at the Brooklyn Cyclones’ Seinfeld Night. (Courtesy of Brooklyn Cyclones/Facebook)Come hang with the staff of Corner Media Group [http://cornermediagroup.com/] and celebrate Seinfeld at the Brooklyn Cyclones game [http://www.brooklyncyclones.com/season/schedule/?act[v]=graphical&frm[d]=2016-07-01&
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Police & Fire
https://youtu.be/yvPe-5pySEg Cops have released surveillance footage of a man wanted for questioning in connection to an attempted robbery that occurred in Sunset Park earlier this month. The perp followed a 21-year-old woman on Monday, June 6, at 4:40pm, grabbing her purse at the corner of 55th
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Photo by Toby GuttmanAfter a busy week, here’s a chance to catch up on some of the news happening outside of our neighborhood! We’ve pulled together some of the most interesting recent stories from our sister sites. Build it Back suspended its construction projects in Brooklyn after a
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(Photo by Francisco Daum)It’s summertime and the living is easy (unless you’re in the U.K [/blog/2016/06/24/real-estate-roundup-brexit-edition/].) However, we’ve got all kinds of news to sort out. So, find a spot in the sun, get comfortable, and we’ll catch you up