Park Slope, NY|News|
NYC Council District 39 Race: Jessica Simmons Seeks Seat
New Yorkers get to cast ballots this month for City Council, mayor and other local offices. Park Slope Patch is profiling each candidate.
Anna Quinn, Patch Staff
Anna Quinn, Patch Staff
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Hello readers! My name is Anna Quinn and I cover City Hall and all things Bed-Stuy, Crown Heights, Prospect Heights, Brownsville and East NY for Patch. I've also covered the west side of Manhattan and 14 other Brooklyn neighborhoods during my time as a Patch reporter. I'm a former Hearst Connecticut reporter, a Loyola Maryland grad and a general news junkie. Tell me your stories at anna.quinn@patch.com and follow @AnnaQuinnPatch on Twitter to read mine.
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Prospect Heights-Crown Heights, NY|News|
New Brooklyn Library Card Celebrates Black American History
The library card, released Wednesday, will be part of a Juneteenth celebration at one of the library branches later this month.
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Prospect Heights-Crown Heights, NY|News|
Here's Where District 35 Council Candidates Stand On Your Issues
Patch asked the District 35 City Council candidates to respond to the issues raised in our neighborhood survey. Here's where they stand.
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Bed-Stuy, NY|News|
Adams Gives Tour Of Bed-Stuy Home To Prove He Lives There: Report
Questions arose this week whether the mayoral candidate, who slept in his office at Brooklyn Borough Hall last year, lives in New Jersey.
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Bed-Stuy, NY|News|
Campaign To Shut Down Bed-Stuy Nightclub Renews As Bar Reopens
Amour Cabaret — which officials say is a strip club despite its marketing as a bikini bar — opened for the first time in a year last week.
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Park Slope, NY|News|
'Mini Street Festival' Planned For Park Slope Pride Celebration
The street festival, on Fifth Avenue, will follow a 5K in Prospect Park and include live music and drag performers.
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Park Slope, NY|News|
Here's Where District 39 Council Candidates Stand On Your Issues
Patch asked the District 39 City Council candidates to respond to the issues raised in our neighborhood survey. Here's where they stand.
Anna Quinn, Patch Staff
Park Slope, NY|News|
Smorgasburg Returns To Brooklyn Spots For 1st Time Since Pandemic
The popular food festival, which ran a to-go only location in 2020, is coming back to the Williamsburg waterfront and Prospect Park in June.
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Prospect Heights-Crown Heights, NY|News|
Crown, Prospect Heights COVID Rates Dip Below 1 Percent: Data
The two neighborhood's ZIP codes all went under a 1 percent seven-day positivity rate this week despite concerns about vaccine distribution.
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Bed-Stuy, NY|News|
BK Teen Facing 25 Years In Prison For Shooting Of 5-Year-Old: DA
18-year-old Omar Gelin, who police say opened fire in broad daylight on the sidewalk, was arraigned Tuesday, prosecutors announced.
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Prospect Heights-Crown Heights, NY|News|
Attempted Rapist Followed Woman Home From Subway In Brooklyn: DA
Kareem Gilmore was arraigned Monday for the March attack, when he tried to rape a woman in her apartment building, according to prosecutors.
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Bed-Stuy, NY|News|
28-Year-Old Shot And Killed In Bed-Stuy: Cops
The man was shot on Lewis Avenue early Tuesday morning, police said.
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Park Slope, NY|News|
Ex-Girlfriend Faces Life In Prison For Park Slope Killing: DA
A woman accused of shooting her ex-girlfriend point blank on a Park Slope street earlier this year faces 25 years to life, prosecutors said.
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Bed-Stuy, NY|News|
'Free Black Women's Library' Searches For A Home In Bed-Stuy
The traveling library, started in 2015, is looking for a permanent storefront for its collection of 3,000 books written by Black women.
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Prospect Heights-Crown Heights, NY|News|
17 Hurt When MTA Bus Crashes Into Brooklyn House: FDNY
An MTA bus hit the unoccupied building Monday afternoon, hurting 17 people, according to officials.
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Prospect Heights-Crown Heights, NY|News|
Crown Heights ZIP Codes Among Lowest Vaccination Rates In State
The 11213 and 11233 ZIP codes are among 25 across the state that Gov. Andrew Cuomo says will get extra resources to bump up vaccine rates.
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Prospect Heights-Crown Heights, NY|News|
Half Of Brooklyn Adults Are Now Fully Vaccinated: Data
Brooklyn is the second-to-last of the five boroughs to reach the milestone, data shows.
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Park Slope, NY|News|
Thousands Of COVID Victims To Be Honored At Brooklyn Memorial
The memorial, launching at Green-Wood Cemetery Tuesday, will include thousands of nameplates and drawings from those who lost loved ones.
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Prospect Heights-Crown Heights, NY|News|
Cops Search For Suspect In Crown Heights Homicide: NYPD
Police say the man shot a 22-year-old in the neck in an apartment on Pacific Street, according to the NYPD.
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Prospect Heights-Crown Heights, NY|News|
These 11 Brooklyn Spots Have Some Of The Best Mexican Food In NYC
Eleven eateries in the borough made Eater's list of "NYC’s 30 Essential Mexican Restaurants," the most of any borough.
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