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WOMAN KILLED, INFANT UNHARMED
A small infant was found near the body of a woman who was killed on a street on the border of Bushwick and Bedford-Stuyvesant Sunday morning.
Cops were called to
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Pistolcam Shoots for Security
By Henrick A. Karoliszyn
A brave new piece of technology to keep the public safe recently got the support of a politician from Brooklyn.
State Senator Eric Adams introduced Pistolcam as part
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125 Years of Connecting Manhattan and Brooklyn
City plans to mark historic milestone with five days of events
The Brooklyn Bridge is going to turn 125 years old this month, and the boroughs on both sides of the East River span are planning to
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Tiptoe Through the Tulips in Brooklyn
Enjoy a self-guided Garden Walk through more than a dozen private gardens and nine community gardens in historic Prospect Heights, Fort Greene, and Clinton Hill on Sunday, June 8, at the 11th Annual S
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Forum on Future of Gowanus Missing Some Key Players
By Robin Gordon-Leavitt
People interested in the future of the greater Gowanus area got a primer last Thursday night. Councilmember Bill de Blasio coordinated an informal canal-side meeting intend
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Slope Park Rules Suspended
Starting Monday, May 19, all Street Cleaning/Alternate Side Parking Regulations in Park Slope will be temporarily suspended until further notice.
The changes will allow the Department of Transpor
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Council to Hold Hearings on Tenant Harassment
By Shane Miller
Councilman Eric Gioia stopped by a recently purchased building in his district last week to announce that the City Council would be holding hearings into the practice of buying ren
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Con Ed Rates Causes Pols to Blackout
Con Ed Rates Causes Pols to Blackout
Another rate increase sought by utility Consolidated Edison has shocked elected officials in Western Queens. Concilman Peter Vallone and Assemblyman Michael Gi
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Cleaning Up the Nassau Station
An anonymous artist (or vandal, depending on how you view the situation) is drawing attention to the oil seepage in Greenpoint through a mounted piece in the G train’s Nassau stop.
The work in qu
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Bell Protests Stop Traffic, End With Arrests
By Jeffrey Harmatz
After the acquittal of the officers responsible for shooting Sean Bell and his friends in 2006, Reverend Al Sharpton promised to shut the city down to oppose the decision and ca
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Carroll Garden Zoning Spurs Neighborhood Debate
By Jeffrey Harmatz
A text amendment that would change the zoning of several streets in Carroll Gardens from wide streets to narrow ones has been met with a mixed reaction in the neighborhood.
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No Home For Homeless Intake
By Jeffrey Harmatz
New York City’s homeless population has limited options when it comes to shelter, but a new facility planned for Crown Heights is facing resistance from neighbors and homeless a
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Historic Brooklyn View Preserved
Activists Save Battle Hill From Obscurity
By Jeffrey Harmatz
Who are developers to stand in the way of Roman Gods? That was the question asked by the caretakers of the Green-Wood Cemetery and
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Historic Brooklyn View Preserved
Activists Save Battle Hill From Obscurity
By Jeffrey Harmatz
Who are developers to stand in the way of Roman Gods? That was the question asked by the caretakers of the Green-Wood Cemetery and
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Historic Brooklyn View Preserved
Activists Save Battle Hill From Obscurity
By Jeffrey Harmatz
Who are developers to stand in the way of Roman Gods? That was the question asked by the caretakers of the Green-Wood Cemetery and
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