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Historic Dreamland Park bell ringing strong at Coney’s Grimaldi’s Pizza
A slice of Coney Island history is on the menu.The Surf Avenue branch of popular Grimaldi’s Pizza is ringing in the summer season in style – it’s showcasing an historic brass bell from the former... Read on
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Brooklyn great-grandmother takes up skydiving at 79
This Brooklyn great-grandmother took a leap of faith against doctors’ orders — and had the thrill of a lifetime. Carolyn Meiselbach, 79, of Carroll Gardens, recently skydived 13,500 feet out of an... Read on
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Council candidate Treyger calls on profit-laden NYS Lottery to bring back scholarship program
A City Council candidate from Southern Brooklyn today called on the New York State Lottery to reinstate a popular scholarship program for students in light of the Lottery continuing to rake in... Read on
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New summer festival for Metro Tech
The owner of the Metro Tech office complex in Downtown Brooklyn announced today that it is launching a summer-long festival which will fill the complex’s outdoor public plaza with free music, film,... Read on
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Back from the brink: State halts closure of Brownstone Brooklyn's Long Island College Hospital
State officials today pulled the plug on its controversial plan to shut down Brooklyn’s Long Island College Hospital.The decision has hailed as huge victory by health-care professionals and local... Read on
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Design for tree house-inspired 'Imagination Playground' unveiled for Brownsville
City officials yesterday unveiled renderings for plans to bring a tree house-inspired “Imagination Playground” to Betsy Head Park in Brooklyn’s Brownsville section.The planned playground on Dumont... Read on
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Brooklyn teachers to be honored for teaching kids about 9/11 through Daffodil Project
Two Brooklyn middle-school teachers are being honored tomorrow for using their green thumbs to help assure students never forget 9/11– even though the children might be too young to recall it... Read on
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'Beatdown in Brooklyn!' -- Nets deliver borough first big-league playoff win since 1956
The “Blackout in Brooklyn” morphed into a “Beatdown in Brooklyn."Brooklyn had a lot to celebrate last night as the Nets beat the visiting Chicago Bulls 106-89 at Barclays Center in the borough’s... Read on
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Bedford-Stuyvesant historic district tripled in size
A Brooklyn historic district was tripled in size yesterday to protect one of the nation’s largest Caribbean-American neighborhoods from overzealous developers.The city’s Landmarks Preservation... Read on
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Hipster-favorite Brooklyn Flea expanding to Philadelphia
Can Philly handle this much Hipster flavor? The owners of Brooklyn Flea are expanding operations of their popular market of vintage clothing, unique collectibles and awesome eats to Philadelphia... Read on
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