The Ocean Avenue NewsDOWNTOWN BROOKLYN — GET YOUR SALSA ON AT WILLOUGHBY PLAZA this evening, with live percussion and teaching from Sael Nuñez, as well as the rhythmic sensations of DJ Louie T. The event, running from 5-8 p.m., is hosted by Salsa Salsa Dance Studio, located on Fourth Avenue between Dean and Bergen Streets. Admission is free […]
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WILLIAMSBURG — WILLIAMSBURG’S ZAAB ZAAB IS HOSTING A POP-UP EVENT CALLED “PANDAN PROJECT 2.0” on Aug. 31, celebrating pandan with a variety of sweet and savory dishes. The event, at 208 Grand Street, features collaborations with Southeast Asian brands like Honeycakes, Moonman and Kinhfolk. Attendees can enjoy unique offerings such as pandan onion smash burgers, […]
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CROWN HEIGHTS — CHEVRA SIMCHAS SHABBOS V’YOM TOV is organizing the Crown Heights community to ensure that every child is equipped with essential school supplies for the upcoming academic year. Due to rising living costs, more families are in need this year. The campaign seeks donations to ensure that every child starts the school year […]
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BOERUM HILL — RELATED COMPANIES IS NEARING a deal to revive the Pacific Park development in Brooklyn, where construction has been stalled since late 2023, according to an Aug. 27 Wall Street Journal article that was quoted on the Atlantic Yards Pacific Park Report. The project, which includes plans for 16 high-rise buildings and thousands […]
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PARK SLOPE — THE COMMUNITY GROUP HOUSING NOT HIGHRISES IS ADVOCATING for a 100% affordable housing development instead of the proposed 13- to 19-story majority market-rate towers on the Arrow Linen industrial site in South Slope. Founded in Brooklyn originally, but now headquartered in Garden City, Arrow Linen is converting its facility into a housing […]
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SUNSET PARK — STUDIES SHOW THAT THE WESTERN BROOKLYN NEIGHBORHOOD of Sunset Park is home to one of the highest concentrations of labor cooperatives in the country, according to Labor Notes. The labor movement’s stronghold in Brooklyn has expanded to the neighborhood’s undocumented communities, notably immigrants from Mexico, Central America and East Asia. These co-ops, […]
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OCEAN HILL — THE 31 RESIDENTS of a row of four Ocean Hill buildings destroyed in a Monday night fire escaped with their lives, but are now without homes, including nine children, reports Fox News. Six firefighters were also injured in the effort to extinguish the flames, which reportedly lasted for three hours and caused […]
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CITYWIDE — DEPARTMENT OF CONSUMER and Worker Protection Commissioner Vilda Vera Mayuga on Monday announced an agreement with the R.G. Ortiz Funeral Homes chain, which operates in the Bronx, Brooklyn and Manhattan, to provide more than $604,000 in restitution for “egregious” violations of the city’s Consumer Protection Law. The city had filed suit against Ortiz […]
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