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8 people, including 4 children, injured in Brooklyn fire
WABC New York City News
Feb 01A fire that tore through an apartment building home in Brooklyn injured eight people, including four children, early Wednesday. Residents rushed out of the building on Pennsylvania Avenue in the East New York section just before 5:30 a.m. The four adul... »
Two Injured in Fire on Pennsylvania Avenue in Brooklyn
DNAinfo
Feb 01The single-alarm fire broke out on the third-floor of 214 Pennsylvania Ave., in East New York. »
PROSPECT HEIGHTS: UPDATE: Islanders to play in Brooklyn!
The Brooklyn Paper
Jan 31Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Dan MacLeodThe Brooklyn PaperThe Islanders are coming to Brooklyn! Well, for one game, anyway. Shortly after BrooklynDaily.com reported that Borough President Markowitz wants ... »
FUZZY BROOKLYN: Lap it up, fuzzballs: Carroll Gardens park to get ‘doggie drinking fountains’
The Brooklyn Paper
Jan 31Lucky dogs in Carroll Gardens will be lapping from the lap of luxury when two new cast-iron “doggie drinking fountains” arrive at DiMattina Playground. Read more. »
‘A Nihilistic and Vapid Form of Art Never Seen in the Big Apple’
The New York Observer
Jan 30Home-less. That is what Brooklyn activist Samuel E. Anderson sees resulting from the subway-driven gentrification The Observer explored on Friday. It was a widely debated story, with a number of commenters pointing out that Bushwick really isn't that f... »
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Goo Goos Hire A Lobbyist To Reform the State's Election Law
ChangeNYC.org
Feb 01Whats Next the Carl Kruger, Brian Mclaughlin and Alan Hevesi Reform Election Law?After failing on their push for an independent redistricting commission the Goo Goos now have hired a lobbyist. They want to form a Campaign Finance System like the cities... »
Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz Wants Brownsville to be the Next Tech Mecca
Runnin' Scared
Feb 01The Brooklyn State of the Borough address is tonight, and Borough President Marty Markowitz is expected to announce a contest to attract tech manufacturers to Brownsville and East New York. »
PROSPECT HEIGHTS: UPDATE: Islanders to play in Brooklyn!
The Brooklyn Paper
Jan 31Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Dan MacLeodThe Brooklyn PaperThe Islanders are coming to Brooklyn! Well, for one game, anyway. Shortly after BrooklynDaily.com reported that Borough President Markowitz wants ... »
Occupiers Arrested in the Burg, Leaving East New York
Brownstoner
Jan 30It was a busy weekend for Occupy Wall Street folks in Brooklyn: On Saturday night, an “occuparty” was held at a vacant condo on North 8th and Driggs in Williamsburg. According to the Daily News, a few dozen people “hung Christmas lights, spray painted ... »
String of Shootings Worry Cypress Hill Locals
The Brooklyn Ink
Jan 29A shooting in the Cypress Hills section of Brooklyn proved deadly for a suspected carjacker and marked the neighborhood’s third fatal shooting in twice as many weeks. »
