Author: Halden
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Greenpoint Ferry Riders May Be Stranded Until May 2022
https://greenpointers.com/2021/08/04/greenpoint-ferry-riders-may-be-stranded-until-may-2022/
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Is Rockefeller Center Trying to Become the New Williamsburg?
First Rough Trade moves to Rockefeller Center, now Samesa? Is Rockefeller Center trying to become the new Williamsburg?
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Acme Smoked Fish Expansion Approved by City Council
https://greenpointers.com/2021/05/27/acme-smoked-fish-expansion-approved-by-city-council/
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Cayuga Capital selling Williamsburg assemblage for $65M
https://therealdeal.com/2021/05/27/cayuga-capital-selling-williamsburg-assemblage-for-65m/
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Greenpoint Ferry Landing Closed “Until Further Notice”
https://bklyner.com/greenpoint-ferry-landing-closed-until-further-notice/
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City Moves Ahead on Two Williamsburg Park Projects
https://www.brooklynpaper.com/parks-brooklyn-construction-new-funding/
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District 33 and 34 Candidates’ Forum
The North Brooklyn Open Space Coalition* held as excellent forum with the candidates for the District 33 and 34 City Council seats on Thursday. Some very good questions on parks, open space, development and the waterfront. Diana Reyna and Ron Shiffman did a great job moderating too. Watch the forum via video link here (via…
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Slavery in North Brooklyn
July 4 is the 193rd anniversary of the end of slavery in New York. Prior to 1827 Kings County – then a collection of 6 towns (Brooklyn, Bushwick, Flatbush, Flatlands, New Utrecht and Gravesend) – had the largest number of enslaved persons in the state. In 1698, Kings County had a population of 2,015, 293…
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St. Regis, Wythe Hotel Open Rooms to Medical Staff, Patients
https://therealdeal.com/2020/03/26/st-regis-wythe-hotel-open-rooms-to-medical-staff-patients-as-occupancy-plummets/