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Brooklyn Tweets of the Week: Magical $100K homes edition

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By Brooklyn Magazine &

The New York Times released their editorial endorsement interviews with the city’s mayoral candidates this week. Recent Brooklyn Magazine podcast guest Kathryn Garcia got the Grey Lady’s official nod. But that was overshadowed by some viral dumbassery by a few of her opponents: Among the slate of questions asked by Times’ Mara Gay of each…

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Citywide 'Open Boulevards' program is coming to Vanderbilt and Fifth Ave

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By Amelia Anthony &

Mayor de Blasio’s pandemic Open Streets policy has proven popular enough to extend it along three stretches of Brooklyn boulevards.

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Women do it too: New billboards in Brooklyn celebrate the joys of jerking off

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By Allison Rapp &

A campaign for K-Y gives ‘Masturbation Month’ a hand—and urges you to do the same.

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Your unofficial guide to what's in and what's out in the New Normal

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By Nick Youssef &

Pandemic etiquette is hard! Here are a few simple updated community guidelines, so we can make this summer fun for all.

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Looklyn: Meet Zion, a double-denim diva

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By Johnny Cirillo &

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Looklyn: Meet Zion, a double-denim diva

Gentle guitar giant: Bill Frisell is still learning

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By Allison Rapp &

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Gentle guitar giant: Bill Frisell is still learning

These photos of legendary Gleason's Gym get up close and personal

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By Brian Braiker &

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These photos of legendary Gleason's Gym get up close and personal

For Red Hook's Tiffiney Davis, art is a human right—and then some

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By Brian Braiker &

Podcasts & Video 

For Red Hook's Tiffiney Davis, art is a human right—and then some

Here are all of Brooklyn's Michelin-starred restaurants for 2021

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By Amelia Anthony &

Food & Drink

Here are all of Brooklyn's Michelin-starred restaurants for 2021

Looklyn: Meet Jaylor, who is ‘glamorous, but always prepared’

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By Johnny Cirillo &

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Looklyn: Meet Jaylor, who is ‘glamorous, but always prepared’

Rough Trade announces location for new record shop—in midtown

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By Allison Rapp &

The beloved record store and venue, which shut down in Williamsburg last spring, announced it will be re-opening at 30 Rock.

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Brooklyn Tweets of the week: Whippets, pansexual Melinda Gates and Andy Kaufman

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By Brooklyn Magazine &

A roundup of (some of) our favorite locally sourced tweets.

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A self-care beacon for Black women and Brooklyn moms

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By Emily Burns &

Joire Spa’s Nikita Gibson reflects on parenting, holistic healing and treating yourself—especially on Mother’s Day.

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Brooklyn Tweets of the Week: Farewell to DMX, hello Hot NYC Summer

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By Brooklyn Magazine &

A roundup of (some of) our favorite locally sourced tweets.

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De Blasio: City can fully reopen July 1, though Cuomo wants sooner

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By Brian Braiker &

Full reopening of Brooklyn’s bars, restaurants, and other businesses announced by a mayor who doesn’t actually have that authority.

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For some restaurants, the pandemic pivot may become permanent

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By Rebecca Woodward &

Red Hook’s Fort Defiance and Guevara’s in Clinton Hill are among a wave of innovative spots that may hint at a post-Covid trend.

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South Brooklyn pol booted from City Council after tax fraud plea

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By Amelia Anthony &

Chaim Deutsch had claimed personal expenses as business expenses totally $82,000.

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Nets clinch playoff spot, with ‘eyes on bigger things’

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By Jake Samieske &

Still, James Harden remains benched for now with a hamstring sprain.

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A look back at 50 years of Community Bookstore

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By Jackson Schroeder &

Park Slope’s iconic indie bookstore has survived Barnes & Noble and Amazon—and now, half a century and a global pandemic too.

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Park construction is finally underway at 50 Kent in Williamsburg

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By Amelia Anthony &

The $7 million, two-acre project is part of a broader plan to revitalize the Bushwick-Greenpoint waterfront.

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The cherry blossoms are poppin' at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden

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By Brooklyn Magazine &

The BBG is awash in blossoms right now. Here are a few pics from this week; rose-tinted glasses not required.

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Report: Brooklyn rents are the lowest they've been in a decade

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By Jake Samieske &

The number of apartments available for rent in Brooklyn in the first quarter was more than double last year, according to StreetEasy.

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New plans to save the BQE to be unveiled in May

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By Amelia Anthony &

The issues on the roadway are most dire at the tripled cantilevered section in Brooklyn Heights, which could be un-drivable by 2026.

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Float people: Therapy gets weightless

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By Nick Youssef &

Two flotation spas in Brooklyn underscore the growing popularity of getting tanked—therapeutically. Just don’t call it sensory deprivation.

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Brooklyn Tweets of the Week: Tears at the Barclays Center, cheers in the streets

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By Brooklyn Magazine &

A roundup of (some of) our favorite locally sourced tweets.

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Marine Park: A little rougher around the marshes, but still vital

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By Emilie Murphy &

The pandemic has been hard on all of Brooklyn’s parks but its biggest comes with unique challenges. Enter the Marine Park Alliance.

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Revisiting photographer Harvey Wang's Brooklyn of the 1970s-'80s

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By Bill Shapiro &

Amid a pandemic that has hit New York City incredibly hard, there is some comfort in revisiting beautiful images from previous trying times.

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After multiple failed proposals, a new plan to renovate Fort Greene Park

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By Jake Samieske &

Inside the still-somewhat-controversial proposed parks department plan to give Fort Greene Park a $24 million makeover.

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Brooklyn tweets of the week: Cherry blossoms (yay!) and Nextdoor narcs (boo!)

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By Brooklyn Magazine &

A roundup of (some of) our favorite locally sourced tweets, 1990s alt-ska boy band 311 notwithstanding.

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Locking down with the Lord

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By Emilie Murphy &

A visit with Brooklyn Visitation Monastery’s mother superior, who reflects on life during Covid (spoiler: it’s not that different).

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A bookstore on a mission to preserve Latinx and Black Bushwick

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By Gabriella Canal &

How Mil Mundos—a bilingual cafe, bookstore and bulwark against gentrification—fights for cultural preservation, even during Covid.

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Looklyn: Molten street style

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By Johnny Cirillo &

Meet lava girl: ‘Everything is hot hot hot.’

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Why this Brooklyn tech investor is excited about post-pandemic New York

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By Brian Braiker &

On the podcast, Brooklyn Bridge Ventures founder Charlie O’Donnell discusses how the pandemic is shaping the future of NYC biz.

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This campaign urges New York to get back to business—now

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By Amelia Anthony &

#NowYork is a love letter to the city and urges all five boroughs to hold out hope, while plugging local businesses and institutions.

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Brooklyn tweets of the week: Coney Island, DMX and wacky millennial parents

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By Brooklyn Magazine &

Nature is healing and we’ve got the tweets to back it up.

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Prospect Park's Concert Grove Pavilion receives surprisingly colorful restoration

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By Brian Braiker &

The 1874 pavilion, which had been closed to the public since 2014, reopened on Wednesday after a $2 million makeover.

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BK Mag 311: A cheat sheet to getting your Covid-19 vaccine

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By Amelia Anthony &

A handy guide on securing the coveted jab in Brooklyn.

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Governors Island announces expanded ferry service from Brooklyn

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By Amelia Anthony &

The 2021 season will kick off May 1, with weekend ferry service from both Red Hook and Brooklyn Bridge Park terminals for the first time.

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Looklyn: At the intersection of architecture, fashion and divahood

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By Johnny Cirillo &

Meet Mariah: ‘My friends call me Storm. Why? Because when I walk into a room, I make a statement.’

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‘The sun will shine again’: Brooklyn doc (and Covid survivor) reflects on the past year

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By Amelia Anthony &

Why this New York-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital senior internist endured the worst of Covid—and is still full of hope.

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Death education comes to life at Green-Wood

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By Casey Clark &

During the pandemic, programming at the national landmark cemetery has dug into the study of death, grieving and funereal rituals.

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Opinion: I am not your 'model minority'

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By April Somboun &

Asians and Asian-Americans like me, who came to this country as a refugee, can no longer afford to be silent on violence and hate.

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Imagine going to the beach … in Williamsburg

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By Amelia Anthony &

Developer Two Trees’ ‘River Ring’ plans to bring high rises and beach to North Brooklyn, but there is some opposition.

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Dear Fort Greene Thumb: Our semi-pro expert answers your plant queries

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By Greg Hildreth &

From propagating jade to tips for peace lilies to growing giant indoor avocado trees, our resident plant guy tackles the thorny questions.

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A third of Bed-Stuy's storefronts are now empty: Report

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By Amelia Anthony &

The report by Bridge Street Development Corporation also found 70 percent of businesses saw a decrease in income last year.

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Building Black-Owned Brooklyn, one story at a time

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By Brian Braiker &

Tayo Giwa and Cynthia Gordy Giwa, the Bed-Stuy couple behind the community hub Black-Owned Brooklyn, open up on the podcast.

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6 plant stores to check out ASAP now that it's Spring

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By Greg Hildreth &

Now is the time to get to work on your indoor and outdoor gardens.

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Looklyn: The alchemy of fashion (and screaming possum memes)

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By Johnny Cirillo &

Meet Amber, an artist who works in ethical taxidermy and takes her fashion queues from ‘vampyress’ queens.

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Life on the roof with one of Brooklyn's last pigeon keepers

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By Gabriella Canal &

José Ingles keeps 500 birds that he flies from his roof in Bushwick—so that he can stay rooted to himself.

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Ample Hills founders to open a new shop called 'The Social'

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By Jake Samieske &

The ice cream brand’s founders crumbled under their own expansion. Now they’re building on what they’ve learned—and adding doughnuts.

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The ballad of Mucky, the unlucky Gowanus dolphin

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By Tom Hynes &

An excerpt from the book ‘Wild City’ reveals some of the polluted history of the Gowanus Canal through the sad story of a stray dolphin.

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Where (and how) to celebrate St. Patrick's Day in Brooklyn this year

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By Emilie Murphy &

How parade organizers, pub owners and performers are preparing for a safely festive celebration of Irish culture—green beer and all.

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Brooklyn Bridge is the site of a COVID-19 memorial one year after first virus death

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By Amelia Anthony &

‘A Covid-19 Day of Remembrance’ paid homage to lost loved ones by projecting their images onto the bridge.

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This moving video collage captures a year of New York pandemic life

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By Brooklyn Magazine &

One year in, New Yorkers of all ages, boroughs and backgrounds share their thoughts, hopes and fears during the Covid-19 pandemic.

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Check out the huge new statue of Ruth Bader Ginsburg in City Point

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By Amelia Anthony &

The large bronze likeness of the Brooklyn native was unveiled to mark the late Supreme Court Justice’s birthday.

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Guitar string maker D’Addario will move to Downtown Brooklyn

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By Jake Samieske &

The musical accessories manufacturer recently signed a ten year lease in the Pioneer Building at 41 Flatbush Avenue.

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Brooklyn Nets fans flash an ‘Excelsior Pass’ to prove Covid status before game

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By Amelia Anthony &

The new QR code ticketing system was also given a trial run at Tuesday’s Rangers game.

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Holy sheep! Rare 1929 film shows lambs grazing in Prospect Park

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By Amelia Anthony &

‘So tame that they ate from children’s palms,’ the sheep were tended to by a full-time shepherd and dogs.

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Crown Heights max vax site opens to all eligible Brooklynites

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By Amelia Anthony &

As Medgar Evers College expands its Covid-19 vaccine offering, Mayor de Blasio complains of out-of-towners taking advantage of NYC.

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8 Brooklyn creatives share their favorite Black-owned pandemic purchases

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By Eric Ford &

From totes to t-shirts to peacoats, these styles helped our creatives through a tough time.

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Inside Nike's latest pledge to New York non-profits working with Black youth

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By Jake Samieske &

The sports brand announced donations to two Brooklyn nonprofits Wednesday, as well as a Bed-Stuy-based banking app for kids.

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7 queer-friendly barbershops in Brooklyn to get your glow up

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By Nick Gallagher &

A non-comprehensive guide to barbershops with gender-neutral pricing models that provide a safe space for LGBTQ+ clients.

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Inside Brooklyn’s burgeoning queer-inclusive barbershop community

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By Nick Gallagher &

Pandemic slowdown aside, Brooklyn barbers have been working to provide a safe space for clients for whom hair is a crucial signifier.

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Coney Island to re-open for the brave on April 9

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By Amelia Anthony &

The amusement park will open at 33 percent capacity, while indoor attractions will operate at 25 percent.

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Health Dept. data: Brooklyn has lowest vaccination rates in the city

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By Jake Samieske &

Newly released data by zip code from all five boroughs reveal racial and economic iniquities in coronavirus vaccine distribution.

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Black-owned brands take center stage at this downtown market

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By Amelia Anthony &

The Black Creatives & Culture Market will be held this weekend at City Point on February 20 and 21.

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A pandemic-friendly Turkish staple finds a home in Park Slope

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By Claudia Santino &

Kolonya, a traditional symbol of Turkish hospitality, refreshes as it kills germs and is at the heart of the new boutique Kolonya Carré.

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Looklyn: How we dress now … and what it tells us about who we are

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By Brooklyn Magazine &

A new semi-regular series will hold a mirror up to the borough to ask what we can learn about what we’re wearing.

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9 Indie Brooklyn Bookstores to Visit Today

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By Emilie Murphy &

From Archestratus to Unnameable, these neighborhood shops offer more than just page-turners.

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Bensonhurst Pop-Up vaccinates 330 Holocaust Survivors

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By Jake Samieske &

‘Besides a true lifeline, what mattered is that we felt that someone cares whether we live or die. That someone still needs us.’

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The brilliant, not-so-secret reason some Brooklyn balconies are staggered

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By Anna Rahmanan &

Beyond looking cool, Williamsburg’s zig-zagged balconies play an important role in Hasidic culture.

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This new interactive map offers a rich tour through the city's Black history

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By Amelia Anthony &

The city’s Landmarks Preservation Commission has just released a new project detailing more than 150 years of local Black history.

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Confessions of a newly-vaccinated restaurant worker

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By Jennifer Joan Nelson &

Vaccine stories from industry pros who’ve managed to get appointments range from ‘easy-peasy’ to ‘total shitshow.’

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Live performances to return to Brooklyn streets in May

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By Amelia Anthony &

Mayor de Blasio launches the city’s “Open Culture” initiative, which will open 115 designated public spaces for live, ticketed performances.

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'A grim choice': Brooklyn service industry reacts to the new 25% rule

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By Andrew Cotto & Brian Braiker &

As bars and restaurants prepare to re-re-open, this time at 25 percent capacity, we ask the people who work in them how they’re feeling.

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Brownsville’s Betsy Head Park unveils its $30m makeover

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By Jake Samieske &

A parkour course, an inclusive basketball court and more ‘make Betsy Head the true Brooklyn destination it is meant to be.’

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The Nostrand Avenue A/C stop gets a facelift—and new entrances

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By Jake Samieske &

Closed 30 years ago over safety concerns, the entrances are part of a $2 million makeover for the station.

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A Lebanese market blooms from Polish roots in Greenpoint

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By Gabe Friedman &

Edy’s has been a rare feel-good pandemic success story. It’s also a parable about immigration and gentrification in Brooklyn.

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Brooklyn pol wants to erase Donald Trump’s name from NYC buildings

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By Jake Samieske &

City Councilman Carlos Menchaca has relea