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Eco-Friendly Coffee Carts To Open At Prospect Park
Blank Street will soon serve affordable coffee and pastries at the park year round from two of its teal-toned, battery-powered carts.

Kayla Levy covers all things Astoria, Long Island City, Forest Hills and Bayside for Patch. She has written for New York Magazine's Curbed and the Strategist, and Time Out. Follow her on Twitter @kaylev and send story tips to kayla.levy@patch.com.
Blank Street will soon serve affordable coffee and pastries at the park year round from two of its teal-toned, battery-powered carts.

Four-legged models can strut their stuff on the red carpet in the hopes of winning a gift bag full of puppy-approved treats.
Protesters spent hours at the distribution center with blockades, a boat and a banner that read "we're in a climate f---ing emergency."
A note in Orsolya Gaal's home helped cops find her on-and-off lover David Bonola, who later confessed to her murder, according to a report.
The popular Open Street is kicking off its third event-filled year with an Earth Day Celebration, including plant sales and live music.
The Fairview Co-op is leading efforts to environmentally retrofit NYC buildings, which account for 70 percent of citywide carbon emissions.
An online real estate article compared Bayside to Astoria because both areas boast single family homes and waterfront views. Do you agree?
Rents are back to pre-pandemic prices in Park Slope, but some nearby neighborhoods, like Gowanus, have seen major hikes, a new report found.
David Bonola, the on-and-off romantic partner of Orsolya Gaal, made "incriminating statements" in connection to her murder, officials said.
The building was recently sold for $8.25M to a company that shares an address with a real estate developer specializing in boutique homes.
The pictured trio were involved in shooting a teen in the head, police said, noting that the person in the middle reportedly shot the gun.
Photos taken at the scene of the crash show one car overturned, and another with serious damage to its front bumper.
Many commuters didn't know Frank James was at the Seventh Avenue station Tuesday. Some said they wouldn't be able to identify him today.
A judge placed James, 62, under a permanent order of detention until his trial on a federal terror charge.
Health inspectors found a Brooklyn pizzeria without soap in the bathroom and a Manhattan takeout spot with signs of mice. Read more here.
The shooting, which happened near one of Brooklyn's busiest transit centers, came shortly after an attack at 36th Street in Sunset Park.
The latest details about Frank James' capture, the federal terror charge he is facing and what he did before the Brooklyn subway attack.
Frank James, 62, faces a federal terror charge in the mass transit attack, officials said.
"'Solidarity' isn't going to keep our subway safe — cops and tough prosecutors are," said Vickie Paladino in response to another NYC leader.
Local leaders said they would help cut down on citywide violence after a gas-masked shooter fired shots into a train and injured 23 people.