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Cinema: This summer’s “Movies With a View’ series in Brooklyn Bridge Park will be a feast of female filmmakers! The eight-week series of outdoor films will launch on July 12 with the New York City comedy “Desperately Seeking Susan,” directed by Susan Seidelman, and will continue with seven more movies directed by women. Comment
Greenpoint: Young scholars at a Greenpoint elementary school recently completed a weeks’ worth of events that taught them how a simple hello can go a long way toward stopping gun violence in classrooms, according to a mom who helped put together the preventative programming. Comments (1)
Police cuff man suspected of sexually abusing 5-year-old
Crown Heights: Cops busted a 26-year-old man for allegedly sexually abusing a 5-year-old girl in Crown Heights. Comment
Theater: Call it “A View From the Barge.” Comment
Now she’s pissed about where she raised her kids
Fearless Parenting: Maybe Stephanie should have brought them up in the suburbs? Comment
Williamsburg: A 2007 graduate of Williamsburg’s Harry Van Arsdale High School is serving aboard one of the United States Navy’s newest ships. Comment
Page 1: As Brooklynites from Greenpoint to Coney Island prepare for the first official three-day weekend of the season, the Paper would like to remind you that it is quite possibly the best travel companion one can find in the borough. It is light and foldable enough to fit in any piece of luggage, and it won’t interrupt your journey for a bathroom or snack break. But best of all, it will ensure you don’t miss a morsel of hyper-local news, no matter if you’re going to the beach, the countryside, or an outer borough. So pick up the Paper before you skip town, and keep hustlin’, Brooklyn! Comment
Growing up: Botanic Garden will transform overlooked ‘Overlook’ into inviting incline
Prospect Heights: Brooklyn Botanic Garden leaders are sprucing up a hill overlooking the sprawling flower bed that will give visitors a new reason to get high in the green space, according to its president. Comments (10)
Puddle puzzle: City points fingers instead of fixing flooding outside Terrace subway station
Windsor Terrace: City officials are passing the buck when it comes to who is responsible for fixing infrastructure that floods outside a Windsor Terrace subway station, where straphangers had to cross a makeshift brick footbridge when a massive pool formed inside the hub itself last week. Comments (1)
Nightlife: She’s the pin-up queen from Coney! Comments (1)
Flatbush: A state pol spearheading the push to create a Little Haiti in Kings County brought the cultural district closer to fruition on Friday at a rally within her proposed enclave that celebrated Haitian Flag Day and the unveiling of a street co-named for a Haitian revolutionary. Comments (3)
Awesome: This half marathon was full of good will! Comment
If it’s Wednesday, it’s crime news day on BrooklynPaper.com!
Crime: Find your neighborhood below or click the link above to get a full list. Comment
Cleaning Our Waterways: City engineers must rip up their plans for a new water-filtration facility called a headhouse and its adjacent public space on the Gowanus Canal, according to many Gowanusaurs, who blasted the recently proposed scheme as ill-conceived. Comments (6)
Fuzzy Brooklyn: A strain of canine influenza that’s infected more than a dozen Kings County canines in recent weeks will only get worse before it gets better, according to a city vet. Comments (4)
Temporary home: Sunset Park’s interim library opens doors to patrons
Sunset Park: This library is turning over a new page. Comments (2)
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Rock the boats! Five ways to get on the waves this summer
We’re going to need a summer boat! The waterways of Brooklyn are filled with boating activities, and if you want to get out on the water, there are plenty of paddling options. Comment
