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BAY RIDGE — Retailers continue to shutter in Southern Brooklyn and some of the more recent closings come after businesses have been in around for decades. Here are the latest additions to what has become a haven for vacant storefronts. Farewell postings of the Nathan’s Famous Hot Dogs in Dyker
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(Via Bklyner’s Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/bklynerbk/])It’s that quiet time between the two final holidays of the year, but there’s still news to be had while avoiding family and wondering whether or not those last cookies are a good idea… If you’re still in
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A protected bike lane in Prospect Park West. (Photo via Park Slope Stoop)Next year, local cyclists will be happy to see almost five more miles of protected bike lanes on the streets of Brooklyn. Earlier this week, the Mayor’s office announced the 2019 project as part of the
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As part of some residents’ opposition [/anti-gentrification-cb4-bushwick/] to the Bushwick Community Plan [/residents-propose-bushwick-community-plan-for-rezoning-to-tame-development/], a large anti-gentrification message was on the side of a Downtown Brooklyn building [https://brooklyneagle.com/articles/2018/12/18/huge-bushwick-anti-gentrification-message-projected-on-montague-street/] this week. Perhaps a sign of that same gentrification: a brand new rock climbing gym on
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8517 3rd Avenue in Bay Ridge belongs to the 82nd worst landlord in New York City, according to the NYC Public Advocate’s office. Gounardes’ HQ was located on at the 86th street entrance (Photo: Google Maps screenshot)BAY RIDGE — Negotiating rent laws in Albany could be a problem if
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The weekend before Christmas is on the quieter side, but you can still celebrate the winter solstice, sing along to your favorite carols, or salsa and merengue at Grand Prospect Hall. Check the BKLYNER Calendar [/calendar/] for more events happening around town or to list one of your own. Via
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(Courtesy: bee721 / flickr)BATH BEACH – A Staten Island man has been arrested and charged in the road rage killing of Faizal Coto, [/bath-beach-deaths/] an FDNY firefighter and aspiring musician. Yesterday, the NYPD announced Joseph Desmond, 29, had been charged with murder after the Bay Parkway altercation on Sunday, December 9.
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PS 110 seen from McGolrick Park on a cold evening last week (Courtesy of Paul Stremple)Long before the age of GIFs and Live Photos, people still found a way to get 3D with their images—check out this amazing repository of stereographic images of Brooklyn from 1933! [https://brooklynstereography.
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PARK SLOPE/SUNSET PARK – Photographer Larry Racioppo [http://larryracioppo.com/index.html] loves his native Brooklyn and has made it his life’s work for nearly 50 years to document the borough’s transforming neighborhoods as well as his family and friends who have called it home. Brooklyn Before, Photographs,
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Riding under the Williamsburg Bridge on the East River Ferry (Courtesy of Paul Stremple)While everyone is opposed to Amazon in LIC, don’t forget that Brooklyn was once eager to host as well… [/is-brooklynprime-for-amazon-hq2/] Want to know why it didn’t work out? Here’s an in-depth analysis from