The prison-themed playground in Bed Stuy is no more, NY1 reports. City officials painted over the bars and sign that read “Jail.” Though the playground was a popular spot to play cops and robbers, residents complained that it might not be quite so much fun for children in the community whose parents were in jail....
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March 25, 2010March 25, 2010Live Wire
Michelle Obama Pays Visit to Brooklyn
The first lady and her daughters dropped by yesterday for a visit, grabbed some lunch, went to the park. It was a lovely (cloudy) day in Brooklyn. Michelle Obama visited the newly opened Brooklyn Bridge Park and stopped at the Brooklyn Ice Cream Factory. UPDATE: Gothamist reports the presidential family had such a good time...
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March 25, 2010March 25, 2010Live Wire
Daily Round Up
Don’t Pave Paradise Community members are gathering opposition to Brooklyn College’s plans to replace most of the 14-year-old Campus Road Community Garden, in Ditmas Park, with a parking lot. They’ve also started a petition, which already has 205 signatures. Cue the Joni Mitchell, please. UPDATE: Our reporter Nathania Zevi is on her way to cover...
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March 24, 2010March 25, 2010Brooklyn Life, Live Wire
MTA Loses Even More Friends
You know if it’s an MTA announcement it can’t be good. Today the MTA told Brooklyn residents their much-loathed commute will get that much more difficult. By a vote of 11-2, the W line will be eliminated and the M line will no longer run in south Brooklyn.
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March 24, 2010March 25, 2010Live Wire
Censors Abuzz Over PG-13 Atlantic Yards Protest
The ground is broken on the Atlantic Yards building project, but not everyone’s come to terms. A mystery protestor had his say today, hacking into a sign on Flatbush Avenue and giving the proverbial middle finger to developer Bruce Ratner. As one resident pointed out, it’s kind of funny, but then think of the children. Just...
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March 24, 2010March 25, 2010Live Wire
Fauxhemians Take Over Williamsburg
After much debate, and no more than the usual Gawker-esque snarkiness, Fauxhemians has won out as the new nickname for hipsters. At 34 percent, there’s still room for debate over coffee or homemade beer in Williamsburg. But this raises another important semantic topic. Where did that ubiquitous term of endearment and scorn “hipster” come from?...
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March 24, 2010March 25, 2010Live Wire
We win! We win! Census Says Brooklyn Growing Most
Brooklyn grew by 102,000, while Manhattan’s population shrunk in 2008 to 2009 for the first time, according to census data released yesterday. Population experts — who are working overtime answering reporters’ calls these days — attribute Brooklyn’s growth to an influx of immigrants and Manhattan’s shrinkage to the collapse of the financial sector. But before you...
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March 11, 2010March 11, 2010Live Wire
What does it mean? Scholars discuss Atlantic Yards
What could the Atlantic Yards project mean for the future of the neighborhood? Scholars use the past to understand the future in the latest story in our full-day coverage of the Atlantic Yards controversy.
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March 11, 2010March 11, 2010Live Wire
Watch the Protests at Atlantic Yards
Hundreds of protestors gathered this afternoon to protest the Atlantic Yards building project. Hear the chants, read the signs, mock the bobbleheads – all thanks to our video coverage from outside the event. In case you missed it, catch our live blog as well.
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March 11, 2010April 2, 2010Brooklyn Life, Multimedia, Politics, Video
Video – Hundreds Protest Atlantic Yards
Van Tieu and Yepoka Yeebo Angry residents gathered at Barclays Center outside the Atlantic Yards Project to protest as Governor David Paterson and other officials broke ground on the new home of the New Jersey Nets.