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Police are seeking a suspect who is wanted in connection with seven attempted burglaries that occurred within the 84th Precinct. … Full Article

These commercial filmmakers waited from dawn till dusk to get just the right lighting for some footage of this building in DUMBO at the Pearl Street Triangle. … Full Article

With the view from the Brooklyn Bridge walkway now blocked by construction, tourists are climbing onto the girders to catch the sights.  … Full Article

An official of Brooklyn Bridge Park yesterday responded to recent criticism, spotlighted in a Brooklyn Paper article called “Yards in the Park,” of the fact that there will be small, fenced-off enclosures outside three of the five structures that are to be built on the uplands of Pier 1. … Full Article

Members of Congregation B’nai Avraham in Brooklyn Heights celebrated Simchat Torah, or the feast of the giving of the Torah, on Remsen Street yesterday. The festival comes at the end of the eight-day holiday of Sukkot. Seen center, holding a child: Rabbi Aaron L. Raskin. … Full Article

No American made it to the main draw of the $50,000 annual Carol Weymuller Women’s Squash Open held at the Heights Casino over the weekend. … Full Article

DUMBO Arts Festival 2012 attracted hundreds of thousands of art lovers to the streets, galleries and studios of DUMBO this past weekend. Executive Producer Frank Reilly said the Children’s Museum of the Arts programming was especially popular. … Full Article

Brooklyn Bridge Park on Friday released a long-awaited Request for Proposals for development and re-use of the Empire Stores warehouses in the Empire Fulton Ferry section of the park. … Full Article

To the bemusement of passers-by, these giant fish heads appeared to be growing out of the ground on Washington Street in DUMBO Friday morning. The heads were “planted” there by artist Ben Snead as part of the DUMBO Arts Festival, taking place Friday through Sunday.


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Head to DUMBO this weekend for one of the most unusual events in New York City’s art scene: the 2012 DUMBO Arts Festival, where more than 200,000 guests are expected at the three-day festival featuring over 500 artists, 100 studios, and 50 galleries and stages. … Full Article