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Brooklyn Tech High School evacuated after fire

Fort Greene
Brooklyn Tech High School in Fort Greene was evacuated Wednesday morning after a fire broke out at 29 Fort Greene Place. … Full Article

Brooklyn Heights Promenade gets a new gardener

Brooklyn Heights
Courthouse workers and visitors to Downtown Brooklyn often stroll over to the world-famous Brooklyn Heights Promenade for lunch. In good weather a take-out lunch on a Promenade bench means dining with one of the greatest vistas in the world: New York Harbor. … Full Article

Brooklyn news team wins Pulitzer Prize

Downtown
Three reporters at a small Brooklyn non-profit, InsideClimate News have taken home a Pulitzer Prize. … Full Article

Pentagon eyes closing military bases; Fort Hamilton advocates ‘not worried’

Bay Ridge
The Fort Hamilton Army Base, the only active military post in New York City, could wind up on a list of facilities slated for shutdown if Congress grants a Pentagon request for the formation of a new base realignment and closure commission (BRAC) next year. … Full Article

A guide to exploring Jackie Robinson's Brooklyn

With the movie "42" bringing the Jackie Robinson story to a new generation, fans young and old may be inspired to visit some of the places in Brooklyn connected to the African-American athlete who integrated Major League Baseball when he joined the Brooklyn Dodgers in  … Full Article

Brooklyn Heights Association optimistic about bike share program

Brooklyn Heights
After years of anticipation, the Citi Bike Share program is finally hitting the streets of Brooklyn.  The Brooklyn Heights Association, which has expressed concerns over the program in the past, is excited for the programs launch in May. … Full Article

NEWS ANALYSIS: In Jay-Z’s New Rap, Who Are the `dweebs’?

Atlantic Yards
In his new song, “Open Letter,” 17-time Grammy winner Jay-Z, a longtime booster and part-owner of the Brooklyn Nets, addresses his having to sell his reported $4.5 million stake in the team so he can become certified as a player agent. … Full Article

Bike Share stations begin popping up in Brooklyn

While Brooklynites were out enjoying nearly 80-degree weather on Tuesday, the Department of Transportation was busy installing the long-awaited bike racks for the Citi Bike share program throughout the borough. … Full Article

Great GoogaMooga returns to Prospect Park in May

Prospect Park
The 2013 Great GoogaMooga food and music spectacular will return to Prospect Park on Brooklyn May 17 through 19. If you want to go, you'll need to buy tickets soon. … Full Article

Marilyn Gelber reflects on achievements of Brooklyn Community Foundation

The biggest accomplishment of the Brooklyn Community Foundation, established three-and-a-half years ago as the successor to the Independence Community Foundation, is the fact that “the foundation belongs to Brooklyn, rat … Full Article
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