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SUNSET PARK — The non-profit organization Muslims Giving Back [https://www.muslimgivingback.com/] (MGB) just announced its first-ever scholarship program for Muslim students in NYC. The scholarship is named Developing Resources to Empower American Muslims, or the Muslim DREAM [https://www.themuslimdream.org/?fbclid=IwAR3GLyONTe4dG2FSxwzzJEtT7VDiN4DxzK_j6mgFKlCk4i9b-kkPaev5cWs] for short. Its mission? To
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Protester with sign. Curt Brodner/Bklyner.Hundreds of Sunset Park residents, activists, and other interested parties gathered at the opulent Grand Prospect Hall in Park Slope this Monday to make their voices heard about Industry City’s controversial rezoning request. Supporters touted the promise of new jobs and economic development,
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Photo via NYPD.SUNSET PARK — Cops need help searching for a man who sexually assaulted a woman over the weekend. On Saturday, December 7 at around 5:50 a.m., a 54-year-old woman was walking in front of a building on 31st Street near Third Avenue. A man then pushed
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Welcome to our business column, where we’ll share news on expansions, new biz, pop-ups, art shows, and recent closures. Openings Present Bodies: Papermaking at Dieu Donné Lina Puerta, Radishes & Cabbages Tapestry (from the Willard Crop’s Festival series), 2019. Courtesy of Lina Puerta.A Brooklyn exhibition will embrace
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Industry City ice rink rendering.SUNSET PARK — Industry City will debut its open-air ice rink this Saturday, November 30. The massive complex in Sunset Park [/industry-city-rezoning-moves-ahead-can-the-community-get-behind-it/] will uncover its ice rink for the first time this weekend. The ice rink will be surrounded by a plethora of holiday décor including
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Photo: LoudlabsSUNSET PARK – A rainy Sunday brought even more water after water gushed out of a broken main and flooded the streets. At around 5:40 a.m. on Sunday, November 24, a water main broke after a pipe burst on 44th Street and Fifth Ave. The pressure of the
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Photo by Industry CitySunset Park residents grappled with the contentious Industry City’s rezoning application at the Community Board 7 meeting last night, voicing concern for gentrification and community impact, yet again, as they contemplate what they can get behind, and what more can be negotiated. The rezoning has been
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Dr. Aaron Weinreb. (Photo via NY Community Hospital)SUNSET PARK – The director of gynecology at a local hospital was arrested by the FBI a few weeks ago for allegedly having sex with a 14-year-old boy. According to court records, it all began around May 18, 2019, when the FBI learned
Carroll Gardens
By Christina Veiga, Amy Zimmer,Chalkbeat [https://www.chalkbeat.org/posts/ny/2019/11/14/a-push-to-integrate-brooklyn-middle-schools-is-starting-to-show-results-according-to-new-data/?utm_source=republish&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=republish] A pioneering diversity plan [https://chalkbeat.org/posts/ny/2018/09/20/brooklyn-middle-schools-eliminate-screening-as-new-york-city-expands-integration-efforts/] is starting to shift racial demographics of schools in one
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Crime scene at Flatlands shooting. Lloyd Mitchell/Bklyner.BORO PARK — A group of neighborhood youths went on an egging spree targeting a shul, a girls’ school, a bus, and multiple residences [https://boropark24.com/multiple-locations-targeted-in-motzei-shabbos-egging-attacks-in-apparent-hate-crimes/] on Friday night around Dahill Road in Boro Park. The NYPD is currently investigating and
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SUNSET PARK – Cops are searching for a man that inappropriately touched a 14-year-old girl last weekend. On Sunday, October 20 at around 2 a.m., a girl was walking with her family on Fifth Avenue between 54th and 55th Streets. Then, an unknown man walked past her and grabbed her