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Today’s Links: Homecoming For Tracy Morgan, Slamming The Doors On De Blasio & More

3rd Avenue, Boerum Hill (Photo: Pamela Wong/BKLYNER)

Meet Community Board 7’s New Chair [Brooklyn Paper]
Latino Community Fears Broadway Triangle Development Will Force Them Out Of Their Neighborhood [Voices of NY]
Fourteen-Year-Old Borough Park Girl Wakes Up To A Pantless Prowler In Her Bed [New York Daily News]
NYC DOT Installed Granite Blocks To Improve Traffic Safety At Sunset Park Gas Station [News 12]
Park Slope Prodigy Will Compete In World Chess Championship [amNewYork]
Tips On How To Get A Liquor License In Brooklyn [The Bridge]
The 16 “Absolute Best” Eateries In Prospect Heights [Grub Street]
Gowanus Music Studio Celebrates 35 Years With Record Release And Concert [Brooklyn Paper]
Actor Tracy Morgan Returns To Bed-Stuy For Marcy Playground Ribbon-Cutting [amNewYork]
MTA Conductor Accused Of Slamming Subway Doors On De Blasio [New York Daily News]

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