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Demolition clears way for new arched storefronts on Bedford Avenue in Williamsburg

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Jan. 17, 2024 By Cate Corcoran The last bits of remaining storefronts in a row of five on a prime stretch of Bedford Avenue were demolished in the last month or two, and a rendering has gone up on the fence. Three renderings on a retail rental listing for the development at 184-192 Bedford Ave. show a low-slung brick building with arches and big windows. The large lot is now vacant with some equipment and supplies sitting on rocky soil behind the green construction fence. The lot abuts Dunkin’ Donuts at Williamsburg’s most-trafficked corner, the intersection of Bedford Ave. and…
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Op-Ed: What Would Martin Luther King Jr.’s Response be to Current Anti-Semitism?

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Jan. 17, 2024 By Rabbi Marc Schneier The image is chilling in its overt and malevolent celebration of the brutal Hamas attack of October 7, in which more than 1,200 Israeli civilians died. Released by the national office of Black Lives Matter (BLM) in Chicago and featured on X, with the slogan “I Stand With Palestine,” the meme portrays a Hamas fighter on a paraglider on his way to participate in the murderous mission last fall. Separately, The Movement for Black Lives, a coalition of more than 50 Black liberationist organizations – including BLM – released a statement condemning “the…

Brooklyn’s best-selling Stanley Tumbler

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Jan. 16, 2024 By Stephanie Waddle

What’s all the fuss with the Stanley Tumbler? Why would anyone camp out overnight to get the latest version of a stainless steel water bottle, a “quencher” or “ice flow” — with no water in it!