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New Target Desperately Tries to Fit Into the East Village: Does It Hit the Mark?

Posted on July 18, 2018February 22, 2021 by Tara Yarlagadda

I had been caught in the pouring rain without an umbrella, and my shirt was soaked through like a wet dog on the night of…

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Popular Skate Spot at Columbus Park in Limbo Due to Renovation

Posted on July 13, 2018February 22, 2021 by Tara Yarlagadda

At the intersection of Baxter and Worth Streets, adjacent Columbus Park’s basketball courts, some olive-green workout equipment and a fire-engine red jungle gym sit unused. Plastic sheets cover the workout…

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Watch Out, Pizza Rat: Croissant Squirrel Hits the Town

Posted on July 10, 2018February 22, 2021 by Tara Yarlagadda

For some time, the lore of Pizza Rat reigned supreme over the subways and streets of Manhattan. But this morning, a truly worthy competitor strolled…

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St. Marks Gets a Little Less Shady

Posted on July 10, 2018February 22, 2021 by Daniel Maurer

As temperatures climb into the 90s today, there’s going to be just a little less shade on St. Marks Place.

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The Fantastic Soul Summit Festival Turned Fort Greene Park Into a Daytime Disco

Posted on July 9, 2018February 22, 2021 by Scott Lynch

Summer’s most joyous dance party lit up Fort Greene Park yesterday with the first of two Soul Summit Music Festivals, as thousands of people packed into…

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Uplifting Photos: The Giglio Feast Brings Sultans and Saxophones to Williamsburg

Posted on July 9, 2018February 22, 2021 by Scott Lynch

The Giglio Feast, a Williamsburg tradition since 1903, is going on now in the streets around Our Lady of Mount Carmel church on Havemeyer. And while most…

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A Look Back at the ‘Families Belong Together’ March Across Brooklyn Bridge

Posted on July 3, 2018February 22, 2021 by Bedford and Bowery

Thousands gathered in downtown Manhattan on Saturday morning to protest what they said was the Trump administration’s inhumane policy on illegal border crossings. The Families…

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The Very Latest on the City’s Plan to Deal With the L-Pocalypse

Posted on June 29, 2018February 22, 2021 by Tara Yarlagadda

Speaker Corey Johnson opened this week’s City Council hearing on the 15-month L-train shutdown with a dramatic flourish. He promised “dogged oversight” and suggested with a…

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Watch These Cute Corgis Celebrate the Dog Days of Summer

Posted on June 26, 2018February 22, 2021 by Tara Yarlagadda

Ahh, Tompkins Square Park in the summer. Kids shooting hoops, lovers making out, activists chalking the ground. And…hundreds of furry critters prancing around the park,…

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A Trailblazing Tailor Offers the Wrongfully Convicted a Stitch in Time

Posted on June 18, 2018February 22, 2021 by Erica Commisso

Mark Denny went to prison when he was 16, for the robbery and gang rape of an 18-year old inside a Burger King in Brooklyn.…

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