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The New York City Police Department will be actively enforcing the law when it comes to school buses starting today, reads the email from the 70th Precinct in Flatbush. Well, to be exact, enforcing it on those who fail to stop when the bus turns on red flashing lights, as
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Photo by Enlightenment Wines via Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/p/BPvuh-Igdyp/?taken-by=enlightenmentwines]The Down-Low is our round-up of stories in our neck of the woods as well as other curiosities all over Brooklyn. -A Curious Raccoon Visits PS 58 [PMFA [http://pardonmeforasking.blogspot.com/2017/04/well-hello-raccoon-having-fun-with.html]
Announcements
Parks Department announced this afternoon that a small swing set portion of the the Sunset Park’s Playground will open in June, and hopes to be able open the whole playground in July. We reported on Monday that the park’s opening had been quietly pushed to September [/sunset-park-playgrounds-opening-delayed-till-september/], outraging
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(Photo via RWDSU/twitter)Today, Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez announced that he is running to be elected to a full term. Gonzalez has led the Kings County District Attorney’s Office since last October when District Attorney Ken Thompson died after a battle with cancer [/brooklyns-first-african-american-district-attorney-dies-cancer-bensonhurst/]. Gonzalez was chosen
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Japanese Pond Garden, Brooklyn Botanic Garden. (Photo by Pamela Wong)The Down-Low is our round-up of stories in our neck of the woods as well as other curiosities all over Brooklyn. -Judge Blocks Trump Effort to Withhold Money From Sanctuary Cities [New York Times [https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/
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Seth Low middle school (IS 96) in Bensonhurst.Today, the Mayor announced a 5-year plan and budget to install air conditioning in every New York City classroom, beginning this summer. This comes after Brooklyn city council members Mark Treyger, Brad Lander, and others pushed for A/C in schools, along
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2848 and 2850 West 15th Street. (Screenshot via Google Maps)Two new building permits filed for southern Brooklyn are connected to an architecture and design firm with a history of skirting regulations. A six-story, 20-unit building could rise at 2848 West 15th Street between Neptune and Mermaid Avenues in Coney
Food & Drink
Karam Restaurant, 8519 4th Avenue. (Photo by Carly Miller/BKLYNER)On a busy corner of 4th Avenue near 86th street sits an unassuming but critically acclaimed Lebanese gem. Karam restaurant [http://www.karambrooklyn.com], at 8519 4th Avenue, is far from the only Middle Eastern restaurant in the neighborhood, but
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This photo was taken by Colleen Peabody-Diez on April 14, a Friday, 2017 around 2:30pm at Sunset Park. This is a common sight on many a weekday.The popular playground in Sunset Park has been under renovation for the past year and was originally expected to reopen this month,
Announcements
It has been a while since we have done a survey, and we are eager to hear from you. In January we made some big changes merging our (7) sites (Bensonhurst Bean, Fort Greene Focus, Ditmas Park Corner, Park Slope Stoop, Sheepshead Bites, Sunset Park Voice and City Kid Corner)
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Characters on the wood walls of the Oak Room had been painted over by the hall’s previous owners. They were discovered when the paint was stripped during renovations, Grand Prospect Hall. (Photo by Pamela Wong)Keep up with what’s going on in the neighborhood all week — follow us
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> Crazy truck fire on the BQE right near my apt- melting the guard rails and stopping traffic completely. YIKES. pic.twitter.com/gHXTjfbfoM [https://t.co/gHXTjfbfoM] — Dana Erickson (@wiscodana) April 21, 2017 [https://twitter.com/wiscodana/status/855462365768409088] Today was not a good day for commuting. First, there