EAST FLATBUSH – On November 12, local residents turned in guns at the NYPD’s Gun Buyback Initiative in Central Brooklyn. A total of 39 guns were turned in by midday. The 2011 Gun Buyback Initiative was held in the middle of the busy streets of Church Avenue, Brooklyn in the small yet cozy Restoration Temple: [...]
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Hundreds Pack Times Square for Mario 3D Launch
Video game fans brave the cold to join event promoting release of Super Mario 3D Land
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Pet Hospital Opens With Hot Dog Contest
Brooklyn’s newest pet hospital opens with dog contest and visit from hot dog eating champ
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How Will the Barclay’s Center Affect its Brooklyn Neighborhood
Sometimes when Anne and Adam are walking past the construction at Barclay Center Arena in central Brooklyn, they see rats – lots of them. The rats cross the streets or crawl around trash cans, in families, as many as 12 at a time. There are an “incredible amount of rats,” says Adam. The rats are [...]
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Brooklyn Turns Containers Into Shops
Dekalb Market converted unused shipping containers into a small village of eateries, craft shops, and performance spaces
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NBA Lockout’s Effect on Store Sales
MIDTOWN MANHATTAN – Stores around Madison Square Garden usually experience a boom in business during the NBA season. But due to the NBA lockout in its fifth week, some neighboring stores are feeling the financial pressure. Thomas Tallaphro, a sales representative at Footaction across the street, said that during the NBA season they would make [...]
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Nightmare Snowstorm Doesn’t Dampen Halloween Spirits
DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN – Despite the uncharacteristic October snowstorm, shoppers came out to do some last minute searching for costumes before the Monday Halloween holiday. At Ricky’s NYC in Brooklyn Heights, sales associate Shaun Pettigrew, 19, from East New York, didn’t seem to think the weather would be a problem. “We’re in New York and everybody [...]
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Do Occupiers Really Represent the 99%?
Protesters say they are a more diverse group than the public realizes.
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Protesters Brave the Rain, Snow and Wind
Winter conditions give Wall Street occupiers serious test of their resolve
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White House Holds Anti-Bullying Summit
Conference raises awareness about teen bullying, specifically against Asian Americans
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Protesters at Zuccotti Park!
Protesters at Zuccotti Park claim that they’re the 99% but their ranks lack diversity. FIRST TAKE students took pictures of the protesters, their outdoor operation, plus their signs and paraphernalia.
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