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Awesome: The owner of a Clinton Hill spa wants locals to go from the treatment room to the conference room — without stepping foot off the premises. Comment
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Not so bright: Slope’s six-signal traffic light creates chaos at intersection, locals claim
Mean Streets: A six-light traffic signal outside Prospect Park that shines separate “go” lights for bicycles and cars is too confusing for drivers, who routinely run their red light and put cyclists in harm’s way, according to a Park Sloper who lives nearby. Comment
Brooklyn Heights: President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and senior advisor Jared Kushner unloaded his stakes in two yuge Brooklyn developments — the old Watchtower complex in Brooklyn Heights, which is being transformed in to a high-end office complex, and a ground-up luxury tower in nearby Dumbo — according to a rep for the firm that bought him out. Comment
Event: The world’s biggest game is back! Comment
The state Senate this week voted to finally fix the spelling of “Verrazzano” on signs leading up to the bridge — two years after The Brooklyn Paper broke the news that a Dyker Heights resident demanded that change. Here’s Brooklyn Paper Radio’s take on the controversey, with Prof. Silvio Lacetti of the Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken.
Bay Ridge: The federal government must release an undocumented immigrant who Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers detained while he made a routine pizza delivery to Fort Hamilton Army Base on June 1, demanded protesters gathered just across the street at John Paul Jones Park in Bay Ridge on June 6. Comments (39)
Event: There is plenty to sea — and do! Comments (1)
One bountiful barge! S’Park boat offers fruits and veggies — for free — through July 1
Awesome: A floating farm on a barge docked at Sunset Park’s Brooklyn Army Terminal offers locals a slice of nature in the concrete jungle by allowing them to freely pick fresh herbs, fruits, and vegetables. Comments (1)
Dining: Want to get really high? Comment
