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Bklyn Beast, the borough’s first "parkour" gym, has opened on Bogart Street in Bushwick, the Brooklyn Paper reports. … Full Article

If you ride the New York City subway this Sunday, get ready to see a lot more than you may want to. Thousands of riders are expected to take their pants off as they ride the rails at 3 p.m. on Sunday, January 13, in what has become an annual, if idiotic, event. … Full Article

The Pulaski Bridge in Greenpoint marks the halfway point along the route of the New York City Marathon. Tens of thousands of runners cross over the span linking Brooklyn and Queens on Marathon Day, representing the 14-mile mark in their journey. … Full Article

A Civil War monument in Greenpoint depicting the USS Monitor – which was built in Greenpoint, then clad with iron at the Brooklyn Navy Yard -- has been defaced with paint. … Full Article

A Civil War monument in Greenpoint depicting the USS Monitor has been defaced with paint. … Full Article

Robert J. Berkin, who worked his entire career with the Roosevelt Savings Bank, originally based in Northern Brooklyn, died Dec. 29, 2012 in New York, N.Y. after a brief illness.   … Full Article

Two Trees is seeking community input on how to develop the Domino Sugar site it purchased in October, Brownstoner reports. … Full Article

The city is restoring or expanding nearly two dozen bus routes that were cut in 2010 to close a budget gap. Seventeen routes will return on Sunday, and four others will be back on Jan. 20. … Full Article

Brooklyn’s “very first dinner boat,” to be called The Water Table, has plans to serve seasonal New England food on a tug boat cruise around New York Harbor. … Full Article

The year 2012 saw a record year of tourism for New York City. The city welcomed 52 million visitors who generated an estimated $55.3 billion in economic impact to the city’s economy spread across the five boroughs.  The rise in tourist visitations has led to an increase in the illegal hotels. … Full Article