Ben Shahn’s name today is obscure, but Shahn was perhaps one of the greatest artists ever to come out of Williamsburg. Born in Lithuania, Shahn grew up in the Southside […]
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Legendary Founder of Williamsburg’s El Puente Luis Garden Acosta Passes Away
North Brooklyn’s Hispanic community is mourning one of its most beloved members, Luis Garden Acosta, who passed away yesterday. A towering community leader with a deep concern for social justice, […]
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North Brooklyn Angels to Receive 5 Percent of Brooklyn Whole Foods Sales 1/10
The mobile soup kitchen run by the North Brooklyn Angels, known as the Angelmobile, is the first recipient of the Whole Foods 5% Day. This Thursday (1/10) Whole Foods has […]
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Video: Brooklyn Community Board 1 January Meeting
Brooklyn Community Board 1’s monthly board meeting and public hearing was last night. If you couldn’t make it in person, the entire meeting is available to watch below. Here’s the […]
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Greenpoint Inundated With anti-Semitic and Hate Propaganda
A series of stickers with anti-Semitic and hate speech were discovered along McGuinness Boulevard on Sunday morning by a Greenpoint couple who took photos and peeled the stickers before tipping off […]
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Brooklyn Community Board 1 Meets Tuesday (1/8) For Monthly Public Hearing
Brooklyn Community Board 1’s monthly board meeting and public hearing will take place on Tuesday, Jan. 8, at 6 p.m. – 9 p.m., at the Swinging 60s Senior Center (211 […]
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The Neglected Abstract Masterpieces of the Williamsburg Houses
For years brilliant avant-guarde murals lay hidden inside a local housing project, but thanks to an intrepid art history detective they were rediscovered and everyone today can enjoy their […]
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The Abandoned Subway Tunnel Teasing Williamsburg
Imagine how much easier it would be for alternative transportation with the L train apocalypse if there was a parallel subway line from Williamsburg providing another route to Manhattan! In […]
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Welcome to Your Second Home: The Immaculate Coworking Space Class & Co
Brooklyn is a borough teeming with innovative thinkers and diligent entrepreneurs. Ideas pour out of these creative minds, and all they need is a place to simmer and settle. Where […]
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Mondo NYC Takeaway: Creativity is Undervalued (Op-Ed)
View this post on Instagram Really awesome content on the “Obsolete” panel featuring @fusemachines @peertracks @womenontheblock and Hu-manity! #mondonyc #igniting A post shared by Mondo.NYC (@mondo.nyc) on Oct […]