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Kings Country Distillery Planning On Making Whiskey, Moonshine In Williamsburg

Grub Street New York | By: | Posted 12.23.2009 | New York

Read More: Bourbon, Whiskey, Williamsburg, Distilling, Moonshine, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, New York News

David Haskell and Colin Spoelman are planning to start making and selling double-distilled whiskey, bourbon, and (oh yes!) moonshine, right in East Wi...

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Eutisha Rennix's Mother: Paramedics Were 'Inhuman' Not To Help Dying Pregnant Daughter

AP | DEEPTI HAJELA | Posted 12.23.2009 | New York

Read More: Eutisha Revee Rennix, EMTs Probe, Emts, Eutisha-Rennix, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, Eutisha Rennix Case Investigated, New York News

NEW YORK — Two EMTs on a coffee break who failed to help a dying pregnant woman acted "to the best of their abilities," their lawyer said Tuesda...

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Non-Naked Bike Protest Digs Deep Into The Heart of the Hasidic Community

Boonsri Dickinson | Posted 12.22.2009 | New York

Read More: Bike Safety, Williamsburg, Video, Bedford, Bikes, Brooklyn, Hasids, Eyes&Ears, Hipsters, Cycling, New York, Bike Lanes, New York City, New York News

Want-to-be-naked cyclists might be wasting their time trying to stir up tensions in the Hasidic community. As one member suggested to me on my Monday morning visit: Go to City Hall.

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Etsy Founder Resumes His Former CEO Role

NY Convergence | NY Convergence | Posted 12.22.2009 | Home

Read More: Brooklyn, Home News

Rob Kalin, the founder of Brooklyn-based crafts Web site Etsy, is returning to take over the CEO position, which he left over a year ago. ...

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Man Takes Over Closed Garage, Charges For Parking

AP | Posted 12.22.2009 | New York

Read More: Man Illegally Opens Garage, Garage Parking, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, Garage, New York News

NEW YORK — A Brooklyn man is in trouble over a plan to make money off a city-owned garage. Authorities said he broke in to the closed garage nea...

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Eutisha Rennix, Unborn Baby Die After Being Ignored By EMTs On Coffee Break

AP | DEEPTI HAJELA | Posted 12.23.2009 | New York

Read More: Eutisha Revee Rennix, Coffee Shop, Eutisha Rennix, Emts, New York, Brooklyn, Emergency Medical Technicians, Pregnant Woman Dies, New York News

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Snow Storm Time Lapse Video Is A Winter Wonder

Posted 12.22.2009 | New York

Read More: Video, Cool, Brooklyn, Snow, Snow Storm, Winter Storm, East Coast, New York, Winter Storm Time Lapse, Time Lapse Snow, New York News

While it's no Bo Obama playing in the snow, Brooklyn's own John Huntington puts his own awesome stamp on this past weekend's massive snow storm. Hunt...

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Brooklyn Flea Moving To Williamsburgh Savings Bank Tower At One Hanson Place

Crain's New York Business | Posted 12.21.2009 | New York

Read More: Brooklyn-Flea, Brooklyn, Fort Greene, Brooklyn New York, New York, New York City, Dumbo, Brooklyn Flea Moves to Fort Greene, New York News

The Brooklyn Flea, the nearly two-year-old vendor marketplace, will relocate to 1 Hanson Place, the former Williamsburgh Savings Bank, in the Fort Gre...

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Food Stamps For Half Million Brooklyn Residents

nydailynews.com | By Jake Pearson | Posted 12.21.2009 | New York

Read More: Unemployment, Jobless Rate, Food Stamps, Brooklyn, Economic Crisis, Brooklyn Food Stamp Users Rise, Food Stamp Use, New York, New York City, New York News

In total, more than half a million Brooklyn residents now receive food stamps, an increase of 34% in the last 22 months, according to statistics from ...

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Ping Pong Tournament Takes Over Brooklyn

Posted 12.18.2009 | New York

Read More: NYC Local, Sports, Gowanus, Ping Pong, Assignment Desk, Brooklyn, Eyes, New York News

On Monday night the Bellhouse in Gowanus is hosting their semi-annual ping pong tournament. The competition is sure to be fierce, but the attitude is ...

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Freddy's Bar To Chain Patrons To Bar To Fight Atlantic Yards Land Grab

Runnin' Scared | By Camille Dodero (4:43PM 09/21) | Posted 12.18.2009 | New York

Read More: Atlantic Yards, Atlantic Yards Brooklyn, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, Freddy's Bar, Bruce Ratner, New York News

Freddy's Bar manager Donald O'Finn says the bar will have a chain-fastening at "high noon" on Sunday to protest the Atlantic Yards land grab....

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Majid Khan, Guantanamo Detainee, May Get Brooklyn Trial

AP | TOM HAYS and DEVLIN BARRETT | Posted 12.14.2009 | New York

Read More: 9/11 Trials, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Majid Khan, Brooklyn, 9/11, New York, New York City, New York News

WASHINGTON — Federal prosecutors are considering sending a Guantanamo Bay detainee named Majid Khan – who grew up in Maryland before alleg...

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Solange Raulston Dead: DJ Reverend Soul Killed By Truck In Greenpoint

nydailynews.com | By Mike Mclaughlin, Mark Morales and Oren Yaniv | Posted 12.14.2009 | New York

Read More: Bicyclist Killed, Bikes, Brooklyn, Bicycling, Bike, Truck Hits Bicyclist, New York, New York City, Bicyclists, New York News

A Brooklyn cyclist, Solange Raulston, died Sunday after she was struck by a truck at a busy Greenpoint intersection two blocks from her home, police a...

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Forest City's Longshot Bond Issue in Brooklyn

Steve Ettlinger | Posted 12.17.2009 | New York

Read More: Forest City Ratner, Mayor Bloomberg, Eminent Domain Abuse, Appellate Court, Basketball Arena, Brooklyn, NJ Nets, Blight, Forest City Enterprises, Atlantic Yards, Basketball, Mta, NY State Senate, Bond Issue, Eminent Domain, Goldman Sachs, Bond Buyer, Columbia University, NYC Budget, Ratner, FInancial Markets, Bruce Ratner, Pilots, Urban Development, Gov. Paterson, Developdontdestroybrooklyn, Barclays Plc, New York News

As Forest City Enterprises markets bonds for Atlantic Yards in Brooklyn -- which includes the most expensive basketball arena in the country -- I'm struck by how tenuous the whole thing is.

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Paper Tigers with Real Fangs: Jonathan Lethem's Chronic City

Andrew Gorin | Posted 12.14.2009 | New York

Read More: Book Reviews, Manhattan, Michiko Kakutani, New Books, Jonathan Lethem, Chronic City, Brooklyn, New York News

Last Friday night, Brooklyn born novelist Jonathan Lethem concluded a citywide marathon reading of his new Chronic City with an impressive, nine-hour performance at Bookcourt.

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Hipsters, Hasidic Jews Fight Over Bike Lanes In Williamsburg

Posted 12.09.2009 | New York

Read More: Hasidic, Jews, Hasidic Jew, Bike Lane Williamsburg, Brooklyn, Hasidic Bike Lane Brooklyn, Hasidic Jews, Bedford Avenue, Hipster Bicycle Hasid, Hipsters Hasids Bike, Bicycle Lanes, Jews Bike Lanes, Hipsters, Bike Lanes, Bike Lanes Williamsburg, Bicycle Lane in Willamsburg, New York News

The war over Williamsburg has taken yet another turn. In response to last week's removal of bike lanes in the traditionally Hasidic neighborhood in...

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Ingersoll Houses, Whitman Houses Stay Empty As Families Wait For Homes

nytimes.com | MANNY FERNANDEZ | Posted 12.08.2009 | New York

Read More: Fort Greene, Renovation Delays, Brooklyn, New York, New York City, Gentrification, New York News

While more than 130,000 families are on the waiting list for a city public housing apartment, hundreds of units at the Ingersoll Houses and the adjace...

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Harold C. Turner Trial Declared Mistrial

nytimes.com | WILLIAM GLABERSON | Posted 12.08.2009 | New York

Read More: Harold Turner Mistrial, Harold-Turner, Crime, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, New York News

After jurors in Brooklyn said they were deadlocked, the judge declared a mistrial Monday in the case of the incendiary Internet broadcaster, Harold C....

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McCarren Pool Groundbreaking Features Bloomberg, Adrian Benepe

brooklyneagle.com | Posted 12.08.2009 | New York

Read More: Williamsburg, Mccarren Pool Restoration Groundbreaking, Greenpoint, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, New York News

Mayor Michael Bloomberg and NYC Parks Commissioner Adrian Benepe broke ground yesterday on the $50 million restoration of McCarren Pool on the edge of...

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Bloomberg Wants Brooklyn Bridge Park From State

nydailynews.com | By Mike Mclaughlin and and Erin Durkin | Posted 12.07.2009 | New York

Read More: Brooklyn Bridge Park Bid, New York, Brooklyn Bridge, Brooklyn, New York City, New York News

Mayor Bloomberg is ramping up the city's bid to wrest control of Brooklyn Bridge Park from the state with a plan to commit $55 million right away - an...

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Robert Simels, Lawyer, Gets 14 Years For Bribing, Threatening Witnesses

AP | TOM HAYS | Posted 12.07.2009 | New York

Read More: Ny Attorney Sentenced, Crime, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, Ny Attorney Drugs Case, Robert Simels, New York News

NEW YORK — A defense attorney with a high-profile client list was sentenced to 14 years in prison on Friday for plotting with a Guyanese busines...

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Bike Lanes On Bedford Ave To Be Removed

Gothamist | [18] | | Posted 12.01.2009 | New York

Read More: Bike Culture, Bedford Ave Bike Lanes Removed, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, Williamsburg Brooklyn, Bedford Avenue, Brooklyn New York, New York, New York City, New York News

Gothamist has learned that the Department of Transportation is planning to remove a 14-block section of the Bedford Avenue cycling route "as part of o...

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Governor Paterson's New London

Daniel Goldstein | Posted 11.30.2009 | New York

Read More: Eminent Domain, Governor David Paterson, Kelo, Daniel Goldstein, New York Court of Appeals, David Paterson, Eminent Domain Abuse, Brooklyn, New London, Bruce Ratner, Atlantic Yards, Pfizer, New York News

While considering a Nets arena in Brooklyn, Paterson ought to pay attention to the ugly eminent domain saga in New London. That so-called "economic development" is now acres of vacant lots.

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When Chefs Take Bars Seriously

Ed Levine | Posted 11.30.2009 | New York

Read More: Saul Bolton, Prospect Heights, Brooklyn, New York, New York Restaurants, Restaurant Reviews, New York News

The Vanderbilt in Prospect Heights (created with Ben Daitz of Num Pang), is little more than a mile from Saul in Boerum Hill, but seems worlds away.

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Ozem Goldwire, Autistic Man, Receives Settlement For Coerced Murder Confession, Spending Year In Jail

AP | Posted 11.25.2009 | New York

Read More: Ozem Goldwire, Autism, Autistic Man, Nypd, Ozem Goldwire Confession, Brooklyn, New York News

NEW YORK — The City of New York has agreed to pay $340,000 to an autistic man who spent a year in jail after confessing to a killing he didn't commi...

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