By Nick Pauly, Gersh Kuntzman, and Lucky Ngamwajasat
Cyclones: One of the only hole in the Cyclones lineup during the team’s recent surge to first place has been Jonathan Sanchez.
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By Dana Rubinstein
Atlantic Yards: Brooklyn is getting whiter, the Census Bureau reported last week, confirming many residents’ unscientific observations.
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By Louise Crawford
Smartmom: Last week, Diaper Diva’s red-haired daughter, Ducky, celebrated her second birthday and her very first birthday in the United States.
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By Ariella Cohen
Red Hook: He owns a much-loved pizzeria on the edge of Red Hook, but Gino Vitale knows the future is in condos.
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By Gersh Kuntzman
Atlantic Yards: Dozens of elected officials, activists, Brooklyn residents, community board members and even some Atlantic Yards supporters called this week for an extension of the public comment period on Bruce Ratner’s Atlantic Yards project — but the state agency overseeing the project said the approval process is moving full steam ahead.
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By Ariella Cohen
Development: The Goddess of War won another battle this week.
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Editorial: Wednesday marks the first day of the rest of Brooklyn’s life.
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By David K. Randall
For a museum that once hanged a painting of the Virgin Mary adorned with elephant dung, a behind-the-scenes staffing change would seem like the last thing to cause controversy.
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By Gersh Kuntzman and Rebecca Ballhaus
Atlantic Yards: Call it the “Fourth-to-Flatbush Two-Step.”
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By Ariella Cohen
Atlantic Yards: The state’s only public hearing on the Atlantic Yards arena, office and housing mega-development will be held on Wednesday, Aug. 23.
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By Lisa J. Curtis
On Aug. 24 the "Movies With a View"
outdoor film series in DUMBO concludes with a screening of Walter
Hill’s cult classic, "The Warriors." The 1979 flick,
shot on location throughout New York City, features a Coney Island
gang, falsely accused of a killing, that must flee from the Bronx
to its home turf while being pursued by vengeance-seeking thugs.
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By Eleazer Gorenstein
This weekend, you could be one of hundreds
of New Yorkers who are fine-tuning their motor skills with a
bocce ball in one hand and a beer in the other, sharpening their
minds by sipping on a martini while reading Voltaire, or just
plain head-banging to some good tunes.
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By Jovana Rizzo
Want to see Academy Award-winning actors
perform in a classic drama on a Central Park stage? For free?
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By Jovana Rizzo
The Metropolitan Opera is bringing world-class
opera to Marine Park, for free, in celebration of the 40th anniversary
of "Met in the Parks."
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By Karen Butler
Until now, Kenan Thompson has been best
known for his comedic work in movies like "Good Burger"
and "Fat Albert" and on TV shows such as "Saturday
Night Live" and "Kenan & Kel."
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By Tina Barry
Brooklyn Heights may be the prettiest neighborhood
in the borough, but you can count the good eateries among its
blocks on one hand. With Jack the Horse Tavern, owners Tim Oltmans
and his business manager-wife Micki Schubert hope to improve
the nabe’s culinary reputation.
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By Lisa J. Curtis
Let’s talk about sex, Baby.
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By Lisa J. Curtis
News coverage about a curator shuffle at the
Brooklyn Museum suggested that the museum’s exhibition schedule
would soon become a bleak array of drivel targeted to the lowest
common denominator.
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By Tina Barry
Revisiting a restaurant I’ve loved is a
tricky business. If I make a big deal about a place, recalling
each dish over the months, then I set myself up for disappointment
the second time around. So I resisted going back to Amelia
Ristorante in Bay Ridge for almost a year.
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By Gersh Kuntzman
Downtown plan: It looks like the lovechild of the Flatiron Building and a spaceship — but this just-unveiled rendering of a luxury condo planned for the gateway to Downtown is the latest attempt to bring Manhattan across the river.
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