Arts & Culture
Natalie Raffaele head shot by Matt Pavone and an image from ANANKE, via KickstarterLifelong Dyker Heights resident Natalie Raffaele is inspired by Blade Runner, Alien and the way Downtown Brooklyn looks at night, when all the lights are on and the light contrasts so starkly with the dark. “You don’
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Photo by Christopher Bride via PropertyShark [http://www.propertyshark.com/mason/Property-Report/?propkey=296168]In a rare moment, Bath Beach is seeing residential development. Applications call for a four-story building at 121 Bay 26th Street, between Bath and Benson avenues, to feature six units spread over 7,093 square feet.
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Graph via RentHop [https://www.renthop.com/studies/nyc/trump-leads-in-southwest-brooklyn]With just 20 days to go before the election, New York-based data-driven real estate startup RentHop [https://www.renthop.com/studies/nyc/trump-leads-in-southwest-brooklyn] has mapped out Brooklyn’s share of donors for presidential nominees Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton by
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Photo via Google MapsOn Monday, the New York State Department of Motor Vehicles announced that the Coney Island DMV Office at 2875 West 8th Street will temporarily close for “extensive renovations” beginning this Friday, October 21. The renovations will “increase modernization and efficiency at the facility”, according to a press
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Photo via John QuaglioneIn perhaps the most adorable partnership of 2016, the New York City Parks Department teamed up with an observant five-year-old to fix a neighborhood hopscotch board. Natalie, daughter of lifelong Bay Ridge resident and State Senator Marty Golden’s Communications Director John Quaglione, noticed that the hopscotch
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Photo via The Stylez Vinyl Stickers [https://www.facebook.com/The.Stylez.Custom.Stickers/]This past weekend Brooklyn saw its inaugural Comic Con take place in Fort Hamilton, with Marvel characters, Warriors look-a-likes and other cosplayers, graphic novel enthusiasts, and kindred comic spirits coming together at the borough’s western
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Photo by Kate Leonova via PropertySharkMore residential apartments are coming to Gravesend, according to permits filed last week with the Department of Buildings. The application, submitted by borough property owner Anselmo Plumitallo, is for a new, four-story building at 158 Bay 49th Street, Yimby [http://www.yimbynews.com/2016/10/
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Worst buildings in NYC 2016. (Screenshot via Google Maps)Yesterday Public Advocate Letitia James [http://pubadvocate.nyc.gov/] released the latest interactive map of the 100 worst landlords in New York City and 20 worst buildings, based on data from the Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) and the
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Photo by lauramarieplatt [https://www.instagram.com/p/BLqk_mQjNcA/]Stay up to date on community happenings and take care of your body with various free flu shot events and local group meetings this week in southern Brooklyn. For even more things to do around Brooklyn, or to add your
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Photo by Hannah FrishbergIn Case You Missed It (ICYMI): Here are some of the big stories you may have missed this week. You can keep up with what’s going on in the neighborhood all week long. Just follow us on Twitter and Facebook, and sign up for our daily
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Photo by _h.o.n.e.y. [https://www.instagram.com/p/BLhO_jtgf41/]After 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 more interesting recent stories from our sister sites.
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How familiar are you with Bensonhurst’s history? So much has changed since these photos were taken, you might be a neighborhood native and still not recognize what your street looked like a half century ago. Take a look at the below pictures to test your knowledge. Their addresses, along