New York Times:
New York City and the boat operator have yet to agree on a subsidy for a service favored by residents of some waterfront condos in Brooklyn and Queens.
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New York Times:
In the Brooklyn neighborhood of Sheepshead Bay, you’ll find boats and plenty of fishing, but also historical monuments and retro restaurants.
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New York Times:
Most New York City apartment buildings are a stack of identical boxes, but three apartments in a Brooklyn high-rise show how radically different places can be inside.
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New York Times:
Mendel Brach, a Brooklyn developer who used an exemption for faculty housing to put up oversized buildings, will be barred from selling apartments in New York State.
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New York Times:
Even in Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn, where William C. Thompson Jr. spent much of his life, many did not seem to realize he is black. (Read More)
New York Times:
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The multibillion dollar Atlantic Yards project, which aims to construct a new basketball arena in downtown Brooklyn, was hit with another lawsuit on Monday in the latest attempt by grass-roots groups to b (Read More)
Wall Street Journal:
Alexis AndrewsEric Clapton’s estate in Antigua. PhotosThe neighbors of one Brooklyn, N.Y., man are likely hoping that a townhouse painted hot-pink will get a facelift when the newly-listed home sells. Here’s the news on more (Read More)
Wall Street Journal:
In New York City, turf wars are a way of life, from neighbors battling over acid jazz played at hideously loud levels (to landlords plotting devious ways to get rid of their rent-controlled tenants. We touch on this sociologi (Read More)
New York Times:
Kristina Corcoran Williams and Peter Lennon Koechley were married Friday in Prospect Park in Brooklyn. William Graham, a friend of the couple who became a Universal Life minister for the event, officiated.
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Rapper Fabolous who is known for the songs “My Time,” “Throw It In The Bag,” “Make Me Better,” “So Into You,” etc. Fabolous grew up in the Brooklyn area of New York which is within 15 miles where 50 Cent was raised in South (Read More)
Wall Street Journal:
A wealthy, insular Syrian Jewish enclave in Brooklyn reels after three of its major rabbis were arrested on charges of money-laundering. (Read More)
Mashable!:
The New York Times Bits blog has an amazing profile piece on Sophie Blackall, a Brooklyn, NY-based artist that has turned the musings of thwarted Missed Connections posters on Craigslist into an artistic hobby and budding bus (Read More)
New York Times:
A federal judge ordered the transfer a day after a grand jury in Brooklyn charged Najibullah Zazi with conspiring to use weapons of mass destruction.
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New York Times:
Authorities said Betim Kaziu, 21, flew from New York to Cairo in an attempt to join a terrorist group linked to Al Qaeda.
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Reuters: Sports News:
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Russia's richest man, Mikhail Prokhorov, reached a deal to buy control of the New Jersey Nets basketball team, as well as fund the development of a real estate project in Brooklyn, New York.
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New York Times:
Stephen Valand and Erica Shea started the Brooklyn Brew Shop earlier this year, selling gallon brewing kits sized for New York apartments.
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Daily Kos:
Looks like I'll be back on Countdown tonight. Try not to be too shocked, but the forces of bigotry are spreading lies on the air in Maine. And a reminder, we're currently polling the gay marriage question (and public optio (Read More)