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Helping War Efforts Through Design: Pratt Institute

Today marks the 75th anniversary of VE (Victory in Europe) Day, the end of WWII in Europe. And, while we are currently in the midst of a very different kind of battle, it’s encouraging hope to look back on the students and faculty right here in Brooklyn who helped

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Check Out These Old WWII Era Photos Of Sheepshead Bay & Manhattan Beach

New recruits from all parts of the country shown arriving at the United States Maritime Service training station in Sheepshead Bay. (Photo: Photogrammer [http://photogrammar.yale.edu/records/index.php?record=owi2001045878/PP]) Sheepshead Bay was once home to the world’s largest WWII era maritime training station, according to

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Remains Of Midwood Man Killed While Serving In WWII Found In Saipan, Buried At Arlington

Source: Gavrin family via Daily NewsGovernor Andrew Cuomo has ordered flags across New York State to be flown at half mast today in honor of U.S. Army PFC Bernard Gavrin, a Midwood resident who went missing in action during World War II whose remains were recently discovered. Gavrin was

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Crime Report: Home Robberies, Assault Arrests and a Masked Thief

A 42-year-old woman told police that her boyfriend threatened her with a baseball bat and stole a Toshiba laptop, a Sprint Galaxy 3, a Wii, a 42-inch television and a 27-inch television from her apartment in the Walt Whitman Houses on May 18. She said that her boyfriend said, “I

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The Day: Crime Reports, Atlantic Yards Dropping Value and More Madiba Tributes

Though we might not have got much snowfall this week, a weekend storm may keep the white stuff falling all weekend. (Photo by McMillianFurlow)Good morning, Fort Greene and Clinton Hill. Have you picked out your own fluffy evergreen yet, locals? We’re wondering what types of trees people have