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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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Park Slope's Pavilion Cinema Accused Of Having Bed Bugs

Gothamist | Ben Muessig | Posted 11.24.2009 | New York

Read More: Pavilion Movie Theater, Bed Bugs, Pavilion Cinema, Park Slope, Brooklyn, New York News

There's a classic he said/she said playing out at a Park Slope cinema, where moviegoers and theater management are arguing over allegations that the m...

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Gun Sales Ring In Brooklyn Broken Up

nytimes.com | KAREEM FAHIM | Posted 11.24.2009 | New York

Read More: Brooklyn Gun Sales Ring Bust, Gun Sales, Brooklyn New York, Crime, Gun Sales Ring Brooklyn, Brooklyn, Illegal Guns, Guns, New York News

At City Hall, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and other officials announced they had broken up an illegal gun-sales operation in Brooklyn, while in Times S...

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Why 'Obama Fried Chicken' Sign Was Blurred In Clipse 'Popular Demand' Music Video

Politics Daily | David Sessions | Posted 11.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Barack Obama, Mtv, Al Sharpton, Music Video, Brooklyn, Sharpton, Clipse, Youtube, Obama, Brownsville, Obama Fried Chicken, Fried Chicken, Obama Fried Chicken Sign Erased, Race, Obama Fried Chicken Sign Blurred, Politics News

A restaurant in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Brownsville that re-named itself "Obama Fried Chicken" in March is back in the spotlight after it appeare...

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Williamsburg Cocaine Bust Nets More Than 18 Kilos, $800,000 In Cash

brooklynpaper.com | Ivan Pereira | Posted 11.20.2009 | New York

Read More: Williamsburg, Coke Dealing, Coke Bust, Brooklyn, Cocaine Bust, New York News

Cops busted a Williamsburg super and two others on Wednesday for running hipster drug den out of defunct bar and hiding their stash in a sauna....

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Park Slope Restaurants Found To Violate Labor, Wage Laws

Posted 11.20.2009 | New York

Read More: Brooklyn Restaurant Department Labor, Park Slope, Wages, Labor Laws, Brooklyn, List of Restaurants, Labor Violations, Huffington Post Mr. Wonton, Brooklyn Restaurants, Park Slope Restaurants, New York News

More than 20 restaurants in Brooklyn's tony Park Slope neighborhood have been found to be in violation of labor laws, State Labor Commissioner M. Patr...

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F Train Accident Leaves At Least One Dead

Posted 11.19.2009 | New York

Read More: F Train Accident, Park Slope, Subway Killed, Brooklyn, Subway, F Train Incident, Mta, F Train Death, F Train, Subway Death, New York News

UPDATE: Gothamist is now reporting that the second victim was the train's operator who was taken to the hospital for "trauma." ********* While full ...

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Fall Farmers' Market, at a Sprint

Big Girls, Small Kitchen | Posted 11.19.2009 | New York

Read More: Food, Park Slope, Organic Food, Recipes, Brooklyn, Fish, Farmers Markets, New York News

I sprinted through the market, grabbing things at random, enough for this delicious Rockfish in Fennel-Saffron Broth, Orange Sweet Potatoes and Roasted Fennel.

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How to Throw a Party for Books: the NBA's 5 Under 35 Event

Nick Antosca | Posted 11.18.2009 | Books

Read More: Dominican Food, Street Cart Food, Powerhouse Arena, Ceridwen Dovey, Lydia Peelle, Brooklyn, Richard Nash, Josh Weil, National Book Award, Karen Russell, New York, National Book Awards, c.e. Morgan, Books, Books News

The Book Expo America organizers should watch and learn from the National Book Foundation's 5 under 35 event, which took place Monday night at Brooklyn's PowerHouse Arena.

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An Open Letter to the People's Billionaire, Mikhail Prokhorov

Daniel Goldstein | Posted 11.16.2009 | New York

Read More: Boston Celtics, New Jersey Nets, Atlantic Yards, Villa Leopolda, Brooklyn, Mikhail Prokhorov, Barclays Center, Bruce Ratner, New York News

We don't want the Barclays Arena for the Nets built on top of our Brooklyn neighborhood and our homes. It's a crooked deal -- so crooked you could see the crookedness from Moscow, or even Alaska.

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Kevin White, Security Guard, Killed By Police In Norwood Palace Sports Bar Brawl Police

AP | Posted 11.16.2009 | New York

Read More: Bar Shooting, Kevin White Dead, Brooklyn, Nypd, Kevin White, Bar Brawl, Police Shooting, Norwood Palace Sports Bar, New York News

NEW YORK — Police say officers breaking up a brawl at a New York City bar shot one armed man dead and wounded another. They say Kevin White was...

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DUMBO: The New Soho

Gina Pell | Posted 11.13.2009 | New York

Read More: Dumbo Brooklyn, Nyc Shop, Gina Pell, Brooklyn, Splendora, Fashion Trends, Dumbo, New York News

DUMBO is what Soho was in the 80s -- the new new thing -- filled with chic, artsy trendsetters who seem unaware of our bruised economy.

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Oreo, Dog That Surivived Roof Toss, Euthanized

AP | CRISTIAN SALAZAR | Posted 11.13.2009 | New York

Read More: Aspca, Animal Cruelty, Oreo to Be Put Down, Oreo Dog, Animal Welfare, Animals, Brooklyn, Oreo Roof, New York News

NEW YORK — A young pit bull mix that survived being thrown off the sixth-floor roof of a Brooklyn building still was not fit to live because of ...

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New Coney Island Coming To Brooklyn After $100 Million Land Deal

AP | MARCUS FRANKLIN | Posted 11.13.2009 | New York

Read More: Bloomberg, Real Estate, Coney Island, New York Real Estate, Coney Island Land Deal, Brooklyn, New York News

NEW YORK — The historic and mostly dormant Coney Island amusement park district in New York City will be revived by next summer with some new at...

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A Farm in Danger: Help Save the Bed-Stuy Farm

Leslie Hatfield | Posted 11.13.2009 | New York

Read More: Hunger, Community Gardens, Urban Agriculture, Bed-Stuy-Farm, Brooklyn, New York City, Food Politics, Bedford Stuyvesant, New York News

Bed-Stuy Farm, once a garbage dump, was transformed into an urban oasis that produces over 7,000 lbs of fresh food every year. Now, though, the project is threatened by development.

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Liquid Marijuana Bust In Brooklyn

nytimes.com | Posted 11.12.2009 | New York

Read More: Drug Bust, Drugs, Liquid Weed, Liquid Marijuana, Marijuana, Brooklyn, New York News

In what the police called an unusual drug arrest, a Brooklyn man was charged on Wednesday with selling liquid marijuana. ...

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Bear Stearns Juror: I'd Still Invest With Cioffi, Tannin, U.S. Case Weak

bloomberg.com | Patricia Hurtado and Thom Weidlich | Posted 11.11.2009 | Business

Read More: Ralph Cioffi, JPMorgan Chase, Bear Stearns Juror, Bear Stearns Fraud Trial, Bear Stearns Hedge Fund, Brooklyn, Jenny McCaughey, Matthew Tannin, Serphanie Stimpson, Business News

Nov. 11 (Bloomberg) -- Prosecutors missed the mark so widely in the fraud trial of Bear Stearns Cos. hedge fund managers Ralph Cioffi and Matthew Tann...

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New York Post Launches Brooklyn Blog

The New York Observer | Molly Fischer | Posted 11.10.2009 | New York

Read More: Rupert Murdoch, Blogs, The Brooklyn Blog, Blogging, Brooklyn Paper, Brooklyn, New York Post, New York News

The Post continues its Brooklyn adventures. Last month it started throwing in The Brooklyn Paper for the borough's subscribers; now, its website offer...

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SmART Brooklyn Gallery Hop Shines Light On Local Art Scene

Only The Blog Knows Brooklyn | Posted 11.10.2009 | New York

Read More: NYC Arts, Brooklyn Tourism, New York Art, Nyc Art, SmART Brooklyn Gallery Hop, New York, Brooklyn, Marty Markowitz, New York News

On Saturday, November 21 and Sunday, November 22, 70 participating Brooklyn art galleries will offer visitors outstanding exhibitions and refreshments...

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The Pride of Precious Jones

Michael Henry Adams | Posted 11.13.2009 | New York

Read More: Whites, Harlem, Poverty, Gabourey Sidibe, Real Estate, Race, Hollywood, Barack Obama, New York, Rodney King, South Africa, Unemployed, Precious, Oprah Winfrey, Lenny Kravitz, Blacks, Paula Patton, Lee Daniels, Michael Mccollom, Brooklyn, Sapphire, Push, Mo'Nique, Armand White, A. O. Scott, Divas, The Color Purple, New York Press, Mariah Carey, New York Times, New York News

Almost every African-American knows, is related to, or is acquainted with a Precious Jones or her mother, Mary.

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Despite Victory, Bloomberg Fails To Win Brooklyn

brooklynpaper.com | Tom Callan | Posted 11.04.2009 | New York

Read More: Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Brooklyn, Comptroller Bill Thompson, NYC Mayoral Election, Thompson Wins Brooklyn, Bloomberg Third Term, New York, New York City, Bloomberg Loses Brooklyn, New York News

Mayor Bloomberg rolled to a third term on Tuesday, but he didn't win Brooklyn. Challenger Bill Thompson won a majority of the ballots cast by borough...

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