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Daily Archives: August 25, 2020

Linden Boulevard Fountain Avenue intersection
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Homeless Woman Fatally Struck by Tractor-Trailer in East New York

by Tramane Harris August 25, 2020January 28, 2021

A 40-year-old woman was fatally struck by tractor trailer on Monday in East New York, reported Brooklyn Paper. She was panhandling across Linden Boulevard at Fountain Ave around 11:00am, when […]

COVID-19, Brooklyn, Flatbush, Julie Stamm, multiple sclerosis, motherhood, Some Days We, children's book
Posted inFeatured News

Flatbush Author Navigates Life As a Mother with Chronic Illness in New Children’s Book

by Yannise Jean August 25, 2020January 28, 2021
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Bushwick Nightclub Accused of Throwing Large Indoor Parties Despite COVID-19

by Jackson Ferrari Ibelle August 25, 2020January 28, 2021
State of Independence, directed by Erica Mann, is an intimate look into the life of Ghanaian-American DJ Gabrielle Kwarteng.
Posted inFeatured News

Fresh Black Films Series Spotlights Brooklyn’s Black Indie Filmmakers

by Miranda Levingston August 25, 2020January 28, 2021
Posted inIn Other Brooklyn News

Brooklyn’s Flatbush Malls Become Grass Median Oases in the Age of Social Distancing

by Brooklyn Reader August 25, 2020January 25, 2021
That sinking feeling! Cement truck falls into Downtown Brooklyn sinkhole
Posted inIn Other Brooklyn News

That Sinking Feeling! Cement Truck Falls into Downtown Brooklyn Sinkhole

by Brooklyn Reader August 25, 2020January 28, 2021
Posted inIn Other Brooklyn News, In Other Brooklyn News Featured

Brooklyn’s Most and Least Expensive Neighborhoods

by Brooklyn Reader August 25, 2020January 28, 2021
Brooklyn Rents Are Finally Starting to Drop
Posted inIn Other Brooklyn News

Brooklyn Rents Are Finally Starting to Drop

by Brooklyn Reader August 25, 2020January 28, 2021
March For The Dead
Posted inFeatured News

Photos: New Yorkers March in White for Those Lost to COVID-19

by Anna Bradley-Smith August 25, 2020January 25, 2021

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