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PHOTOS: Photoville Brings Stories of Pain, Freedom and Beauty to NYers in 10th Anniversary Show

PHOTOS: Photoville Brings Stories of Pain, Freedom and Beauty to NYers in 10th Anniversary Show

The free citywide show opened on Saturday with a family day at Brooklyn Bridge Park
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AREN'T DIAMONDS SUPPOSED TO BE OUR BEST FRIEND?

AREN'T DIAMONDS SUPPOSED TO BE OUR BEST FRIEND?

By Michael Milton, "The Art of Seeing" In 1984, my boyfriend Jim moved from California to share my apartment--a tall-ceilinged space housed in a late 19 th century wreck-of-a-hotel on Manhattan's then wild and crazy Upper West Side.
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From a Crown Heights Corner to the Met Gala: Brooklyn United Marching Band Makes History

From a Crown Heights Corner to the Met Gala: Brooklyn United Marching Band Makes History

The young drummers of the Brooklyn United marching band were the first performers to ever open the Met Gala
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PHOTOS: DJ D-Nice Brings Club Quarantine to Life in BK With Star-Studded Ensemble of Friends

PHOTOS: DJ D-Nice Brings Club Quarantine to Life in BK With Star-Studded Ensemble of Friends

The legendary DJ moved the crowd as a part of BRIC's Celebrate Brooklyn concert series in Prospect Park.
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The Week in Crime: Spotlight on Prospect Heights

The Week in Crime: Spotlight on Prospect Heights

Crime is down in Prospect Heights and Brooklyn as a whole.
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Flatbush African Burial Ground Coalition Is Fighting To Stop City's Bulldozers

Flatbush African Burial Ground Coalition Is Fighting To Stop City's Bulldozers

The group envisions a space where the remains of former slaves would rest in peace and dignity.
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Crown Heights Locals Fund Kingston Ave Clean Up During Tishrei

Crown Heights Locals Fund Kingston Ave Clean Up During Tishrei

Tishrei is the first month of the civil year and the seventh month of the ecclesiastical year in the Hebrew calendar
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Continuum's Towers Were Nixed by the City. So the Developer Is Suing.

Continuum's Towers Were Nixed by the City. So the Developer Is Suing.

The developer behind two 34-story towers at 960 Franklin Avenue in Crown Heights, recently rejected by the City Planning Commission, is suing.
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Climate Tech Startup Creates Hundreds of Jobs for Youth in Brownsville

Climate Tech Startup Creates Hundreds of Jobs for Youth in Brownsville

BlocPower was given a $37 million investment by the City to create 1,500 jobs for youth in neighbords affected by violence
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Performance and Community Hub JACK Cuts Ribbon on New Space

Performance and Community Hub JACK Cuts Ribbon on New Space

The new space on Putnam allows the community theatre to stretch out and offer more to its actors and audiences
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