Education
Image via Robert Couse Baker [https://www.flickr.com/photos/29233640@N07/7846338906].The need for more school seats in Sunset Park is great and shows no sign of abating, but virtually none of the projected 3,800 new seats [http://www.ibo.nyc.ny.us/iboreports/school-construction-mayor-adds-1.4-billion-more-thatn-11700-new-seats-to-revised-five-year-capital-plan.pdf]
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Image via Zillow [http://www.zillow.com/homedetails/702-49th-St-APT-3R-Brooklyn-NY-11220/79488668_zpid/] .Are you looking for a new place to live can be a headache, but don’t fret, we’ve rounded up some cool and interesting places. 702 49th Street, #3R [http://www.zillow.com/homedetails/702-49th-St-APT-3R-Brooklyn-NY-11220/79488668_zpid/] Size:
Animals
Little Huck the dog needs a home! (Photo by Sean Casey Animal Rescue) Three-year-old Huck has been waiting for a forever home for most of his life, over at Sean Casey Animal Rescue, where he is still waiting. Hopefully this spotlight will find him a family! > Little Huck needs
Arts & Culture
Image via cottonhustle [https://www.instagram.com/p/BEee9awH3r2/?tagged=sunsetpark].Morning Mug is our daily showcase of photographs from our readers. If you have a photograph that you’d like to see featured, send it to editor@sunsetparkvoice.com. Also, follow us on Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/Sunsetparkvoice]
Events
Below you’ll find information on events through the week in and around Sunset Park. Submit your event listing to our BROOKLYN-WIDE CALENDAR [/calendar/]. Image via hotblack [ http://mrg.bz/c6cWOU].SATURDAY, APRIL 23 Girls Soccer When:8-10am Where:Sunset Park Recreation Center at 7th Avenue and 43rd Street What:
history
How cool is this black-and-white video, of a ride along the El[evated] line from Manhattan into Brooklyn, past Fulton Street and then the 5th Avenue Bay Ridge line, through Sunset Park? Fast forward to the 8:20 mark in the video, as the train approaches Green-Wood Cemetery. There’s
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Affidavit ballot. (Photo: John Morton [https://www.flickr.com/photos/morton/3002941350/in/photolist-5zmRQS] / Flickr) Tuesday’s primaries have raised more questions than answers for Brooklynites. New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has opened an investigation [http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/21/nyregion/new-york-attorney-general-opens-inquiry-into-primary-day-complaints.html] and New York City
Food & Drink
Photo via Park Asia Restaurant [http://www.instagram.com/parkasiarestaurant]. “Where should I go for good dim sum?” It’s a question that just about all of us southern Brooklynites have gotten from visiting friends from across the country (or just Manhattan or even north and downtown Brooklyn) and by
jobs
Photo via Brooklyn DA Kenneth Thompson’s office.The Brooklyn District Attorney’s office is hosting a competitive summer internship program for high school students who live or attend school in the borough, District Attorney Ken Thompson and United Federation of Teachers (UFT) President Michael Mulgrew announced last week. Students
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News
Image via WNYC.Tuesday’s presidential primaries went pretty much as expected. Party frontrunners Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump — who polls predicted to win [http://www.sheepsheadbites.com/2016/04/the-new-york-primary-is-tomorrow-heres-what-you-need-to-know/] by wide margins — walked away from New York increasing their delegate lead. However, the primary’s aftermath reveals interesting
Events
Image via Flickr. [https://www.flickr.com/photos/ifrc/25896906034/in/photolist-pkYLx1-q4f3sz-rAA9Xt-rtz4Wq-afHwkp-afLhJG-afLhFb-7GzET3-9pyEbn-c8mauu-7GvPrK-7GQxtS-7K5Whx-7GLAFD-7GQxDh-Gkwc6Q-7GLB6z-FqUqWh-7GLApg-99LuME-wPg5eC-FsqpVU-GeHtAo-FXLcf5-FsqpTj-FXLcn9-FXLcjo-GeHtBA-GeHtH7-GnSBCH-FsAX8c-FXLcmY-qdV8fs-GkzDJ3-GnSBEM-FsqpXN-FsAX4p-FXLcjd/] You may have already heard about the devastating 7.8-magnitude earthquake that ripped through Ecuador [http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-360865