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Image via Industry City.The proposed rezoning of Industry City [http://www.industrycity.com]‘s 32 acres along the Sunset Park waterfront is still a go, with developer Jamestown Properties hoping that city approval would allow them to site more retail space, as well as two hotels. However, the plan
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The home where General Nathaniel Woodhall died. (Source: ancestry.com)“Say ‘God save the King!'” barked Sir James Baird. “God save us all!” declared the captured American General Nathaniel Woodhull defiantly. “Say, ‘God save the King!'” ordered the British officer again, as he aimed the swift blows of
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8403 7th Avenue (Source: Google Maps)The insurance agent who admitted to ripping off seniors [/30685/#.VvGBkhIrLos] by selling them faux polices at his Dyker Heights office has tried to kill himself, reports the New York Post [http://nypost.com/2016/03/21/scam-artist-cant-face-the-music-on-swindling-elderly-jumps-off-pier-instead/?utm_campaign=SocialFlow&utm_source=
Business
Image via Suneris [https://www.facebook.com/suneris].Industry City tenants are known for their innovativeness, although most often in the tech, art, food, sports, and crafting/furniture spaces. Now, add biotech to the list. Suneris, a biotech startup focused on developing a blood-clotting gel, has leased approximately 10,000
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Angelo Bonsignore wears his Trump gear. (Photo by Bensonhurst Bean)The last time we spoke to Angelo Bonsignore, he was documenting — in meticulous detail — the history of Dyker Heights’ spectacular architecture [/dyker-heights-just-holiday-lights/]. These days, the 37-year-old film editor and occasional character actor has a new obsession: GOP presidential frontrunner Donald
Neighbors
Image courtesy of 72nd Precinct.There’s a new captain in town. NYPD Captain Emmanuel Gonzalez has joined the 72nd Precinct as its new commanding officer, taking over for outgoing Captain Tommy M. Ng, who is now leading the 5th Precinct in Manhattan’s Chinatown. “I’m gonna miss Captain
Police & Fire
Image via NYPD.A 24-year-old woman told police that the male straphanger seen in the above photo inappropriately touched her leg while rubbing his crotch with his other hand, as they rode a Brooklyn-bound N train through the 36th Street station. It was around 2am on Tuesday, March 15, when
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(Photo: Luna Park NYC [https://www.facebook.com/LunaParkNYC/photos/pb.375624901061.-2207520000.1458593507./10154017061651062/?type=3&theater] / Facebook)Lots to do in southern Brooklyn this week. Don’t miss opening day at Luna Park (rescheduled because of an expected snowstorm), as well as the blessing of the rides
Announcements
March is Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month, a reminder to all New Yorkers that the risk of colon cancer can be greatly reduced by getting a colonoscopy. In New York City, according to the New York Citywide Colon Cancer Control Coalition [http://c5nyc.org/] (C5), which includes the NYC Health + Hospitals
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Photo by Park Slope StoopA key component of New York’s effort to bring down opioid abuse — which requires doctors to file prescriptions electronically [http://www.health.ny.gov/publications/1098.pdf] rather than with handwritten notes — takes affect next week, Governor Andrew Cuomo announced [https://www.governor.ny.gov/
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Photo by Bensonhurst BeanOfficers from the 62nd Precinct have nabbed a man they believe is responsible for a recent car break-in in Bensonhurst. Gus Martakis — who has a history of car thefts — was arrested on 18th Avenue and 84th Street on Thursday, March 17, at approximately 5:25pm, and found
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Councilman Mark Treyger and CB 11 District Leader Marnee Elias-Pavia and Councilman Peter Koo meet with the owners of Jmart. (Photo courtesy of CM Mark Treyger)In response to the uproar over the sale [/second-asian-market-bids-on-waldbaums-trader-joe-says-no-thanks/] of the New Utrecht Avenue Waldbaums — one of our area’s largest full-service supermarkets — to