Month: February 2019
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Measles Cases In Brooklyn Jump To Ninety
https://bklyner.com/measles-cases-in-brooklyn-jump-to-ninety/
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Greenpoint is Over
“MarieBelle’s flagship store [is] in New York’s famous Soho District […and it] has a rustic-style Cacao Market in trendy Greenpoint, Brooklyn”. Based on this press release, I think that we can put February 19, 2019 down in the calendar as the date that Greenpoint officially jumped the gentrification shark.
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No L Train Shutdown Might Mean Worse Commutes Longterm
https://patch.com/new-york/williamsburg/no-l-train-shutdown-might-mean-worse-commutes-longterm-experts
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Brooklyn Boulders Books into New Kent Avenue Building
https://rew-online.com/brooklyn-boulders-books-into-new-kent-avenue-building/
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Amazon’s About-face Will Hit Greenpoint Developers, But It’s Not a Knockout Punch
https://brooklyneagle.com/articles/2019/02/15/amazons-about-face-will-hit-greenpoint-developers-but-its-not-a-knockout-punch/
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“We Have Not Figured Out Exactly How to Handle That”
“We have not figured out exactly how to handle that” is a quote from MTA Managing Director Ronnie Hakim about overcrowding on the First Avenue and Third Avenue platforms specifically, but it might as well be the mantra of MTA and City DOT when it comes to the new plan to fix the L train…
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PAUL Reveals Updated Renderings For 302 Broadway
https://newyorkyimby.com/2019/02/paul-reveals-updated-renderings-for-302-broadway-in-williamsburg-brooklyn.html
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On the (Queer) Waterfront
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/on-the-queer-waterfront-opening-reception-tickets-56130914075?mc_cid=65a544b4a6&mc_eid=4bd424926c
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LongPoint Bridge Connecting Greenpoint to Long Island City Gains Momentum
https://brooklyneagle.com/articles/2019/02/11/longpoint-bridge-connecting-greenpoint-to-long-island-city-gains-momentum/
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Yankowsky and Yankowsky
From the Brooklyn Daily Eagle, 1910: “The man was Andrew Yankowsky, 22 years old, an iron worker, who occupied a furnished room at 81 Grand street, with Andrew Yankowsky. The two are no relation.”