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The G Train, Too Functional for Too Long, is Going to Raise Some Hell Again This Summer
If you were hoping for a summer of seamless transport to and/or from North Brooklyn, the G train, an ever-reliable source of discord and chaos cutting through the belly of the borough, should probably be avoided. That’s especially decent guidance in June, when the MTA plans to shut down service north of the Bedford-Nostrand stop for all four weekends of…
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Things to Do in Brooklyn This Weekend
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Councilman Chi Ossé Arrested at Deed Theft Protest in Bed-Stuy
This morning, a protest against a deed theft eviction in Bed-Stuy reached fever pitch when Councilman Chi Ossé was thrown to the ground and arrested. A video posted by his team (see below) on Wednesday, April 22, shows NYPD officers pulling both Ossé and another protestor from the front stoop outside the home of Carmella Charrington on Jefferson Avenue, to…
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The Cafe Spaghetti Team Brings New Life to Ferdinando’s, a 120-Year-Old Carroll Garden Treasure
Bar Ferdinando is located at 151 Union Street, between Columbia and Hicks Streets, and is currently open on Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday from 11:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m., and on Friday and Saturday from 11:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. For more than 120 years, Ferdinando’s Focacceria had been holding it down near the western end of Union Street, serving…
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Five Brooklyn Restaurants Just Got Added to The Michelin Guide
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This Creepy Real-Time “Line Tracker” is Monitoring People Outside of NYC Restaurants
We regret to inform you that you are, once again, being watched. Not in the “new store policy” way local Wegmans locations have recently adopted, but in the totally unethical, very creepy and non-concentual way one might expect was devised by a scorned, loveless coder living in their parents’ barely finished basement. The “product” in question is called Damnlines, and it…
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Black Coffee Gets Another Shot at Brooklyn Mirage as Pacha’s Opening Weekend Headliner
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BAM is Bringing Movies Shot at Hoyt-Schermerhorn Back to The Big Screen
For many a New Yorker, the Hoyt-Schermerhorn stop is an inconspicuous, seemingly incomplete, and borderline unpronounceable part of their respective commutes. Starting this week, though, locals will get a chance to see the Downtown Brooklyn station as more than a cavernous, half-open backdrop to their subway transfers. In celebration of Hoyt-Schermerhorn’s 90th year in service, Brooklyn Academy of Music is…
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Things to Do in Brooklyn This Weekend
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City Council Wants to Make Subway and Bus Rides Free for Low-Income New Yorkers
City Council Speaker Julie Menin has announced a proposal for an expansion of the city’s “Fair Fares” program that would provide free train and bus rides for NYC’s poorest residents. Under the proposal, which is part of a broader (and pretty contentious) budget plan unveiled by Menin on Wednesday, the city program would cover the full cost of fares for…
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