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Brooklyn Nets celebrate Lunar New Year at Tuesday night game against Celtics

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Feb. 14, 2024 By Ximena Del Cerro The Brooklyn Nets dressed in distinguishable bright red and gold on Tuesday before facing the Boston Celtics, to celebrate the start of Lunar New Year. The match — and the Nets’ home base, Barclays Center — was wrapped in homages to Chinese culture with traditional and modern performances,…
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Downtown Brooklyn’s Edison Building to be considered for landmark status

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Feb. 14, 2024 By Anna Bradley-Smith

The Landmarks Preservation Commission on Tuesday voted to add the Brooklyn Edison Building at 345 Adams St. to its calendar for possible designation as an individual landmark, triggering a public hearing on the proposal.

The good, the bad and the funny: Brooklynites share their dating stories ahead of Valentine’s Day

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Feb. 13, 2024 By Jada Camille Valentine’s Day is right around the corner, and Brooklynites are getting in the mood by reminiscing on some of their best, worst and most memorable dating experiences, to say the least. Nearly three million people call Kings County home — and with that, comes a lot of good, bad and laugh-out-loud funny. (See also: cringe.) Here are some dating horror — and success — stories, to get you in the V-Day spirit. The good Not all dating stories end in tragedy. Brooklynite BelRaye Osborne told Brooklyn Paper that she ended up marrying her childhood…
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Media lab at Red Hook Recreation Center gets $100,000 upgrade

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Feb. 13, 2024 By Kirstyn Brendlen

The Red Hook Recreation Center has received another major upgrade in the form of a newly-enhanced media lab, which the city’s Parks Department unveiled on Monday. 

‘Adding fuel to the fires’: Famed Chicago comedy club The Second City to open in Brooklyn

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Feb. 13, 2024 By Ximena Del Cerro

Stephen Colbert, Tina Fey, Steve Carell and Mike Myers are just a few of the names on the alumni list of comedy powerhouse The Second City. On its 65th anniversary on Feb. 12, the iconic Chicago performance club announced a “second-coming” in New York City with the opening of its newest location in Williamsburg.

City’s proposed zoning amendment sparks debate, Brooklyn residents raise concerns about reduced community input

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Feb. 13, 2024 By Anna Bradley-Smith A change to city rules that would allow up to 250-unit, 250-foot-tall residential developments to be built without going through the city’s environmental review process was largely met with support at a public hearing Wednesday. However, Brooklyn was heavily represented in those who spoke against the proposal, with speakers…
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