Month: May 2010
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M Train Makes Its Debut in Orange
Above is a section of the MTA’s new-and-improved subway map, due to be released into the wild next month. Of particular note to residents of North Brooklyn is the orange line that now runs alongside the familiar brown of the J/M/Z line. That’s for the newly revamped M train, which is now part of the…
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Edge Celebrates Opening of Affordable Housing
Levine Developers and the City held a ribbon cutting for the affordable housing component at the Edge – the new waterfront condo development on Kent Avenue between North 5th and North 7th Streets. The Edge is the largest inclusionary housing development constructed to date in the City, and it represents a significant step forward on…
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New Movie Theater for Kent Avenue
http://www.brooklynpaper.com/stories/33/23/24_newwbmoviehouse_2010_06_04_bk.html
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Construction Worker Falls to His Death
The Daily News reports that Luis Zaruma of Williamsburg fell to his death at a Clinton Hill construction site. The accident happened yesterday afternoon at a construction site “on Bedford Avenue in Clinton Hill” (I’m pretty sure the site is 892 Bedford Avenue, just south of Myrtle). According to a DOB spokesman quoted in the…
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We’re #2!
According to this report in the Times, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill is now the nation’s largest: If the team’s estimates are accurate, this spill would be far bigger than the Exxon Valdez disaster in 1989 and the worst in United States history. But as we all know, the Exxon Valdez pales in comparison to…
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Ten Things We Love About Graham Avenue
http://newyork.timeout.com/articles/shopping/85344/ten-things-we-love-about-graham-ave?cmpid=TD050810
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Under (Re)construction
Things might break around here. Apologies in advance – hopefully all will be right soon enough.
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Taste Williamsburg Greenpoint A Delicious Success
http://www.freewilliamsburg.com/archives/2010/05/taste_williamsb.html