By Yepoka Yeebo and Matthew Huisman Gershow Recycling has owned the scrap yard on Pitkin Avenue in East New York for the past 10 years with more than 200-300 customers a day. Senior Facility Manager Eric Kugler took us on a tour of the facility.
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February 26, 2010March 9, 2010Audio Slideshow, Brooklyn Life
Beneath Atlantic Avenue
Brooklynite Bob Diamond, who discovered the world's oldest subway tunnel in 1979, give a tour and tells the tale of his great discovery.
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February 26, 2010June 15, 2010Brooklyn Life
A stylish walk of shame
During Willimasburg Fashion Week, Arthur Arbit put on a show that featured many young designers, who incorporated performance into their art.
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February 26, 2010February 26, 2010Brooklyn Life
Bus line cuts anger South Brooklyn Residents
The MTA has proposed cuts in the B4 bus line that will leave many residents of South Brooklyn stranded.
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February 26, 2010March 9, 2010Brooklyn Life
School move hampered by hookers
A proposed charter school divides locals over prostitution school placement near the Gowanus Canal.
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February 26, 2010April 5, 2010Brooklyn Life, Business, Multimedia, Video
Video – Parking Around Me
A startup company is using text messages to alert Park Slope residents of available parking spots.
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February 25, 2010February 25, 2010Brooklyn Life
At Immaculée, Talk of Haiti Earthquake Ebbs
By Clare O’Connor Inside Immaculée Haitian Restaurant and Bakery, there’s a big-screen TV on the back wall, its volume turned up. ESPN is on, but no one is paying attention to the golf on the screen, just chatting to each other in Creole and forming a line. On January 12, the day of the earthquake...
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February 25, 2010March 4, 2010Brooklyn Life
I’m Still Here
A 92-year-old Holocaust survivor fights her eviction.
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February 23, 2010March 4, 2010Brooklyn Life
Hungry, on a Rainy Afternoon
Here in Brooklyn: Lunch in the rain on 13th Avenue in Borough Park.
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February 23, 2010April 2, 2010Brooklyn Life, Crime, Video
VIdeo – After the fire: Luisa’s funeral
Miguel Chan mourns at a funeral for his wife Luisa Chan, victim of the Bensonhurst fire that killed four others.