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Trash talk on 13th Avenue!
What does a clean sidewalk have to do with the borough’s economic outlook? Plenty, according to Carlo Scissura, president and CEO of the Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce. … Full Article
Narrows Community Theater presents ‘Willy Wonka’
Theater-goers can take a trip from southern Brooklyn to the magical world of an imaginary chocolate factory, courtesy of the Narrows Community Theater, which is presenting the musical “Willy Wonka” in Bay Ridge starting Aug. 16. … Full Article
Cops arrest suspect in religious site vandalism
UPDATE: Police have arrested a suspect in the shocking desecration of four religious sites and a school in Bay Ridge. … Full Article
GOP mayoral candidates court voters in southern Brooklyn
As the mayoral campaign heads into high gear, Republican candidates John Catsimatidis and Joe Lhota have both been spending a lot of time courting voters in southern Brooklyn in recent days. … Full Article
Bay Ridge Democrats get out the vote with cell phones, pizza parties
Energized by their mayoral candidate’s recent surge in the polls, members of the Bay Ridge Democrats political club are feverishly trying to pull out the vote for Bill de Blasio by conducting pizza-fueled phone banks and old-fashioned knocking on doors. … Full Article
Again! Baby climbs out window and is saved by good samaritan
Baby alert! For the second time in two months in southwest Brooklyn, there was an incident involving a toddler who crawled out a second story window and nearly fell off a store awning. … Full Article
Quinn, Gentile warn R train riders of big trouble ahead
Bay Ridge residents who ride the R train to work were greeted at their local subway station by City Council Speaker Christine Quinn and Councilman Vincent Gentile on Friday morning, but the two lawmakers weren’t there just to engage in friendly handshakes with straphangers. … Full Article
Running On Real Estate for July 24
It's a whole new world. Free-standing, single family homes. Tree-drenched streets. Chirping birds. And porches. Oh, how I adore a home with a front porch. I'm talking about Brooklyn's Ditmas Park. … Full Article
It’s official: MTA votes to bring back B37 bus!
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority board voted Wednesday to restore service on the B37 bus line, according to Brooklyn elected officials, who had pushed for the restoration. … Full Article
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