The Sumner Avenue Armory on the corner of Marcus Garvey Boulevard and Jefferson Avenue in Bedford-Stuyvesant (Chris Haire/Brooklyn Ink). It is a Monday morning before dawn and a man in his twenties, a bag slung over his shoulder and a black beanie on his head, exits the iron gates of the Sumner Avenue Armory. The...
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December 5, 2011September 30, 2019Brooklyn Life
A Humanized Hemingway and His Boat
Soldier. Big-game hunter. Misogynist. Greatest American writer. Most overrated American writer. There is no shortage of labels attached to the name Ernest Hemingway. The critical and popular analysis of Hemingway and the minimalist, beneath-the-surface writing style he brought to prominence has become so saturated that the man himself has become nearly cliché since he invaded...
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December 1, 2011September 30, 2019Brooklyn Life
Dispute Over Flatbush Vacant Lot Shrouded in Legal Ambiguity
The company interested in purchasing the lot at 480 Stratford Road, 10 Stratford Associates, is seeking approval for a legal maneuver allowing it to erect a seven-story building among the decades-old Victorians, setting up a fight with the residents of District 14, who insist such a building would violate a rezoning law passed in 2009.
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October 28, 2011October 28, 2011Brooklyn Life
Charter School Fights for Kids to Break Cycle of Poverty
The teacher-to-student inspirational speech is a staple of education but, as it turns out, teachers can give pep talks to parents too. The one-year-old Bedford-Stuyvesant New Beginnings Charter School hosted a town hall meeting last night that started as a myth-buster about charter schools, with school representatives lauding the benefits of these schools over other...
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October 20, 2011October 21, 2011Brooklyn Life
Recent Census Reveals Decline in Brooklyn’s Black Population
Brooklyn's black population is in decline in many of the borough's districts, signalling a demographic shift. The shifts appear to be closely related to rising housing prices in many of those neighborhoods.
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October 14, 2011October 14, 2011Live Wire
Windsor Terrace Resident Sexually Assaulted Last Night
A Brooklyn woman in her 20s was groped Thursday night while walking her dog on 17th Street near Seventh Avenue, the Daily News reported. The incident occurred shortly after 10 p.m. A man with a knife grabbed her and felt her crotch, the Daily News story said. The attack came hours after Adolfo Martinez, 26,...
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October 7, 2011October 7, 2011Brooklyn Life
Community Eagerly Awaits Opportunities New Shopping Center Will Provide
After years of debate and final approval by the City Council two weeks ago, the first tentative signs emerge of the construction of BJs Wholesale Club on the Bensonhurst waterfront. Hazardous material signs and rat boxes were attached yesterday to the dilapidated building that will soon be demolished to make way for a 214,000-square-foot shopping...
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October 5, 2011October 6, 2011Brooklyn Life
Community Searching for Answers in Murder of Beloved Barber
A shaken Flatbush community is still searching for answers days after the murder Saturday afternoon of beloved barber Warren Billings.