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Restoration Needs Your Donation!

Restoration Needs Your Donation!

Letter from Bedford-Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation Dear Restoration Family, Earlier this year we challenged you to stand in the gap with us, helping Bedford-Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation sustain critical programming for residents who need it

Council Member Cumbo Boasts Big Strides in First Six Months

Wife of NYC Mayor Bill De Blasio Chirlane McCray and City Councilmember Laurie Cumbo at Cumbo's inauguration ceremony With the city's first new mayor in 12 years, a flood of freshman city council members, and a dramatic shift in legislative prioritie
Traffic Advisory: Slow Zone Goes into Effect Early on Eastern Parkway

Traffic Advisory: Slow Zone Goes into Effect Early on Eastern Parkway

Please be advised that as part of Mayor De Blasio's Vision Zero program, the NYPD and Department of Transportation have launched a major three-week initiative in advance of the 25 mph traffic changes due to go into effect later this summer.

Free Summer Meals for Children in Central Brooklyn

Free Summer Meals Program Beginning June 27 through August 29, 2014, kids under 18 can get free summer meals (breakfast and lunch) from New York City at over 300 locations city wide, no questions asked.

City Council to Introduce Bill that Curtails Alternate Side Parking Regulations

Double Parked Cars Photo:infocusrealtynyc.
The Week Ahead: June 30 - July 4

The Week Ahead: June 30 - July 4

1. Alternate side of the street parking is suspended on Friday, July 4, in observance of Independence Day. 2.
Brook-Lens: The Brooklyn Chef Battle

Brook-Lens: The Brooklyn Chef Battle

On Saturday, June 28, from 12:00pm — 5:00pm, at 364 Vernon Avenue in Bed-Stuy, Janelle "Chef Jin" Nicol Galvez hosted the area's first iron chef competition entitled "The Brooklyn Chef Battle.

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Brook-Lens: Spike Lee's Block Party in Bed-Stuy

Brook-Lens: Spike Lee's Block Party in Bed-Stuy

On Saturday, June 28, writer and producer Spike Lee celebrated the 25-year anniversary of the movie "Do The Right Thing" with a block party on the very avenue where the movie was originally filmed in Bed-Stuy (Stuvesant Avenue between Quincy and Lexi

Weekend Traffic Advisory: Bridge and Street Closures, June 28-29

Williamsburg Bridge The Brooklyn Bridge will be fully closed Manhattan-bound from midnight Friday to 7 am Saturday and from midnight Saturday to 9 am Sunday .