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Bikers and pedestrians on Prospect Park Drive in Brooklyn.

Prospect Park Alliance releases study results for Park Drive safety improvements

By Isabel Song Beer

AMNY

LATER, GATOR! Alligator found in, rescued from Brooklyn’s Prospect Park Lake

Brighton Beach school found to have an illegal construction spot outside school.

‘Recipe for disaster’: DOB slaps Brighton elementary school with illegal parking violation

By Jada Camille

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Parks

Morgan Monaco, new Prospect Park Alliance president, brings long public service career to Brooklyn’s backyard

By Yuliya Hikava

The family is pushing to have their patriarchs namesake become a part of the Bay Ridge community.

Bay Ridge

Bay Ridge family looks to name new dog park after dad who died ‘doing what he loved’

By Jada Camille

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Coney’s newest rollercoaster, Tony’s Express, now open at Luna Park

By Jessica Parks

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Construction of Luna Park’s new rides still underway as 2022 season comes to a close

By Jessica Parks

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Parks

Lifeguard shortage leaves large parts of Coney and Brighton shoreline unguarded and dangerous

By Jessica Parks & Jada Camille

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Bath Beach

Southern Brooklyn parks finally getting upgrades after long delays due to pandemic

By Jessica Parks

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Winner, new café from Michelin star chef, opens at the iconic Picnic House in Prospect Park

By Ximena Del Cerro

Students stand around mural they created on benches

Kids & Education

Brooklyn students paint city benches to speak out against bullying, racism

By Jada Camille

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E-bikers threatened with tickets for trying to ride Prospect Park loop

By Ben Brachfeld

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Politics

City kicks off $109M in renovations for Brooklyn parks

By Ben Brachfeld

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Parks

Prospect Park war memorial repaired days after car crash

By Kirstyn Brendlen

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After multiple dog deaths, locals raise alarms about McCarren Park

By Kirstyn Brendlen

‘Battle Week’ kicks off with commemoration of heroic Maryland 400

Park Slope

City invests $11 million in Old Stone House preservation

By Ben Brachfeld

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Prospect Park Vale gets historic $40 million city investment

By Ben Brachfeld

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Red Hook

Red Hook residents frustrated by ongoing recreation center closure

By Kirstyn Brendlen

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Development begins on long-awaited Shirley Chisholm Rec Center in East Flatbush

By Ben Brachfeld

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Two Brooklyn playgrounds to be renovated under city program, de Blasio announces

By Ben Brachfeld

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