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At approximately 1:20pm on Monday, July 19, 2010, 9-year-old Jasiyah Gilbert exited the A&A Deli at 349 Waverly (between Lafayette and Greene Avenues) after buying an icy and chips. He said that he was crossing the street, between two parked cars in the middle...
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Open Road of New York presents “Learn to Skateboard” in Fort Greene Park. A group of instructors will be on-hand for two days (only) this week to teach local kids the art of skateboarding....
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There was a wonderful turnout yesterday for the candlelight vigil for Aileen McKay-Dalton at the site of her fatal accident (Clinton and DeKalb Avenues). Family, friends...
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Approximately 50 families, friends, elected officials and community residents met on the stoop of 370 Lafayette Avenue, at 7:30 yesterday, for a candlelight vigil observing the one year anniversary of Shem Walker’s tragic death. Mr. Walker wasa href="http://...
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A very serious accident, involving a moped, occurred at the intersection of Clinton and DeKalb Avenues at approximately 5:30pm this evening.
Witnesses said a young woman on a moped was heading west on DeKalb Avenue, making a right turn on Clinton Avenue, when...
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With temperatures expected to soar above 100 degrees Fahrenheit this week, Mayor Michael Bloomberg and the Health Department and Emergency Management Office has opened over 500 cooling centers across New York City.
Here are some cooling centers in Fort Greene...
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Just snapped these two pics of DOT fixing the sinkhole at Fulton Street and South Portland Avenue. Only took about a week…not bad!
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Check-out this enormous sinkhole in the middle of the street at South Portland Avenue and Fulton Street, in Fort Greene, Brooklyn. How long do you think it will take DOT to fix?
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The 40 miles-per-hour wind gusts we experienced yesterday blew down this tree at 135 Fort Greene Place. It fell about 6pm, just missing three passers-by on the sidewalk, I heard. The tree was located between two dilapidated houses.
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As part of its effort to turn Fowler Square (triangle at Fulton Street, Lafayette Avenue and South Elliott Place) into a streetscape plaza, the Fulton Area Businesses Alliance (FAB) has proposed the closing of the small South...
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