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| | Montclair Homicide Suspect Arrested in Brooklyn | | 2008-07-08 15:45:00 | | Statement by Essex County Prosecutor Paula DowAt around noon today, our multi-state manhunt for the Montclair-Y shooter ended successfully.Kenneth Duckett, 37, of Orange, was arrested by members of the United States Marshals New York/New Jersey Fugitive Regional Task Force in an apartment building located at 885 Troy Ave., in Brooklyn. Duckett was arrested without incident and taken to a New York Police Department precinct in the Bronx.Duckett is accused of fatally shooting Monica Paul in front of their 11-year-old daughter at the Montclair YMCA on June 26. At the time, their 4-year-old son was swimming in the Y-pool.Detectives and members of the U.S. Marshal’s Task Force developed information leading them to the Brooklyn location.The arrest comes after a 12-day manhunt that covered several states.Duckett will remain in New York awaiting extradition.He has been formally charged with murder and weapons offenses. His bail has been set at $1 million. I would like to thank all of our law | | By: The Hudson Line Blog | | |
| | Happy birthday, Brooklyn Bridge | | 2008-05-25 09:45:03 | | Filed under: History, Festivals and Events, North America, United States, NewsAs a New Yorker, I sometimes tend to get a bit jaded about the incredible sights all around me. Times… | | By: Fortunatur | | |
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| Happy 125th Birthday, Brooklyn Bridge! | | 2008-05-23 09:00:37 | | The most beautiful bridge in New York turns 125! Check out the Official Guide to all festivities through Memorial Day weekend.
Photo by Dave Kliman on Flickr.
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| | | Nets to Newark and not Brooklyn? | | 2008-05-01 22:45:00 | | Could the supposed Brooklyn-bound New Jersey Nets be actually about to make an about-face and head south to Newark, rather than east to Brooklyn? Well, it looks like it might be in the works, at the very least, according to an interesting story in today's Star-Ledger. You'll want to check this out if you're a Nets fan.Landing the Nets would be a coup if Jeff Vanderbeek is able to convince Bruce Ratner to sell him and his investment group the team. It seems like the bond market may be a huge factor as to whether Ratner is able to finance a proposed $950-million arena in Brooklyn.It ought to be interesting to see what happens here. There will likely be a lot more on this story in the coming days. | | By: The Hudson Line Blog | | |
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| | Brooklyn Trivia on Tuesday | | 2008-04-28 16:25:00 | | Trivia Night this week will feature as its special category: "Brooklyn Trivia." There will be seven questions about the largest borough in New York City, which also happens to be the birthplace of one Omnipotent Q. For those of you who aren't up on New York's hippest borough, the questions will be of the multiple choice variety.There will be a Red Sox game against Toronto on at Professor Thom's on Tuesday night that begins at 7 PM, but we hope to get the festivities rolling on or before 9: 30 PM. This week's Sneak Peek question is:Of the 50 US states, how many of them were named for US presidents?We will have the other usual four categories as well, so I hope to see many of you on Tuesday night. | | By: The Mighty Quinn Media Machine | | |
| | Real estate slump sets Brooklyn back | | 2008-04-24 17:55:00 | | A rise in foreclosures and gloom about the economy could stop up-and-coming Brooklyn neighborhoods in their tracks. As the real estate market cools, fears grow that professionals will lose interest in such areas as Bedford-Stuyvesant, East New York and Brownsville.“When there’s a pullback in the marketplace, the ‘newer’ neighborhoods are often harder hit,” said Frank Percesepe, Brooklyn VP for Corcoran.These neighborhoods are among the top 10 Brooklyn areas with foreclosures, according to a 2006 list from NYU’s Furman Center for Real Estate and Urban Policy.
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| | Kanye West x Brooklyn Machine Works GID Track Bike | | 2008-04-11 11:29:15 | | Brooklyn Machine Works has just finished a special “Glow in the Dark” track bike commissioned by Kanye West. Done in all the high end accents that is expected from BMW, the bike might make an appearance during the “Glow in the Dark” Tour that begins next week.
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Tags: Kanye, West, x, [...] | | By: Individual Sole | | |
| | Brooklyn Wigga Causes Global War | | 2008-04-10 07:42:27 | | Brooklyn, NY — The once respected wigga community of Brooklyn stood together in an act of defiance today when one LL Cool Kazz recently launched an attack against Digg.com.
The attack itself came in the form of a string of incomprehensible gibberish on MySpace. Once the post had made its way onto the Digg community itself, [...] | | By: The Cult of Qelqoth | | |
| | Takashi Murakami speaks at the Brooklyn Museum | | 2008-04-07 14:33:21 | | After being organized and exhibited at the MOCA (Museum of Contemporary Art) in Los Angeles, ©Murakami opened at the Brooklyn Museum on April 5, 2008, running through July 13, 2008. In the press conference, Murakami spoke of the great efforts of his team to prepare for the MOCA show as well as the exhibition in [...] | | By: Imprint TALK: Asian Pop Culture Blog | | |
| | Kanye West Live at Murakami’s Brooklyn Museum Opening | | 2008-04-04 14:47:29 | | At the Brooklyn Museum last night, Kanye West helped kick off the opening of Japanese pop artist Takashi Murakami’s new exhibit with a party thrown by Louis Vuitton. Complex was on hand and managed to get some exclusive footage of him performing “Can’t Tell Me Nothing.” Check the video clips after the jump!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hAcKKRDFAX4
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Tags: Kanye, West, [...] | | By: Individual Sole | | |
| | Brooklyn Bridge, New York City | | 2008-03-31 00:36:01 | | The Brooklyn Bridge, one of the oldest suspension bridges in the United States, stretches 5,989 feet (1825 m) over the East River connecting the New York City boroughs of Manhattan and Brooklyn. On completion, it was the largest suspension bridge in the world and the first steel-wire suspension bridge. Originally referred to as the New [...] | | By: Best travel, travel trailers, discount travel, 200 | | |
| | | Brooklyn Real Estate Trends Hit Spotlight | | 2008-02-12 03:07:00 | | “This just shows that we don’t need to schlep to Midtown Manhattan to talk about real estate,†said David Kramer, principal of Hudson Cos. Inc. and member of the roundtable’s Steering Committee at the event. “I think today highlighted all the things going on in Brooklyn: the Navy Yard, new condos in Prospect Heights and exciting office renovations on Court Street.â€Gregg Winter, president of Winter and Co., said that “the market isn’t dead. I was looking for much worse numbers.â€
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| | Downtown Brooklyn 'Renaissance' | | 2008-01-24 02:03:00 | | Amid the low-end retail outlets, dentists' offices, and courthouses that dot the neighborhood, 11 new condominiums and rental buildings — a total of 1,480 units — are welcoming their first residents.The newcomers are a mix of Wall Street bankers attracted by the short commute to Lower Manhattan, families trading in their Brooklyn brownstones for condominiums, and 30-somethings fleeing high Manhattan prices, brokers and new residents said in interviews.
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| | And He's Selling a Bridge in Brooklyn, Too | | 2008-01-03 23:19:00 | | The ridiculous, almost laughable saga that is Roger Clemens and his steroid use took another turn on Thursday when an excerpt of the upcoming "60 Minutes" interview The Carpetbagger gave to Mike Wallace was released.Clemens insists he's "never" taken any steroids.From the Boston Globe:Roger Clemens said former trainer Brian McNamee injected him with the painkiller lidocaine and the vitamin B-12 -- not any performance-enhancing drugs.In the first excerpts released from the pitcher's interview with CBS's "60 Minutes," which is to be broadcast Sunday night, Clemens maintained the denials he has issued since McNamee implicated him in the Mitchell report on doping in baseball, which was released Dec. 13.McNamee, a former strength coach for the Blue Jays and Yankees, told Mitchell he personally injected Clemens with steroids in 1998 while they were with Toronto, and with steroids and human growth hormone in 2000 and 2001 while with New York."Roger took bunches of his shots over his career, much the way racehorses do, unfortunately," Clemens' lawyer, Rusty Hardin, said after the excepts were released Thursday.Clemens issued a video statement on Dec. 23 denying McNamee's accusations and plans to hold a news conference Monday. Clemens did not mention injections of painkillers or vitamins."That short statement didn't go into any details and simply told the public at large he did not take steroids or any other performance-enhancing drugs. That's never been a contention of his," Hardin said."The reason he hasn't stepped out personally before now was really our decision, not his, and that was to more deliberately look into how in the world the Mitchell report could have reached what we believe was this totally wrong conclusion before we started talking out. Now we're more comfortable with all of that, and he's going to answer whatever questions they have."During the CBS interview, recorded last Friday at Clemens' home in Katy, Texas, Clemens was asked whether McNamee | | By: The Mighty Quinn Media Machine | | |
| | | Brooklyn beckons in New York property war | | 2007-10-27 16:26:00 | | Flourishing across the East River are tempting homebuyers - and expats in particular - away from their former favourite area. And it is not only the prices that are drawing them, but a cultural vibrancy that the city's central borough has lost.While the rest of the country has experienced a drop in property prices, the city's market has defied its many Jeremiahs by staying buoyant.As recently as August, when the sub-prime mortgage crisis was already making daily headlines, the New York Times property supplement ran a banner headline proclaiming "The Manhattan Real Estate Slump that Wasn't".
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| | Brooklyn Platform Bed | | 2007-10-08 21:24:20 | | The Brooklyn platform bed pays homage to the thirties and has removable backs that are geometric shapes covered in leather. The interchangeable arms and backs helps to transform the bed into a lounger.
BED Contemporary, Bed Designs, platform bed | | By: BEDzine - We are crazy about BEDs!!! | | |
| | "Come Back to Brooklyn" | | 2007-09-24 02:52:00 | | I got an interesting email from my aunt the other day, and it was this video on YouTube, with a musical tribute to the beloved borough of Brooklyn called "Come Back to Brooklyn." I thought it was pretty good, with a catchy tune to it. It contains many scenes of Brooklyn and its neighborhoods, including Bay Ridge, where Yours Truly was born.As you know, there are two types of people in the world: those who were born in Brooklyn, and those who wish they were. Even if you're not from Brooklyn, please do check it out. It's a cool little video. | | By: The Mighty Quinn Media Machine | | |
| | Vision Group developing Brooklyn condo project | | 2007-08-12 23:52:42 | | Vision Real Estate Group, owned by Amir Yerushalmi, is developing the Greenpoint Lofts business condominium project in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, for $22 million. The project has 68 offices. Soaring rents in New York, where 95% of offices are rented, has resulted in a new trend of business condominiums, or commercial condominiums, in which offices can be purchased, rather than leased. A business condominium can be purchased for half the price of an apartment condominium, and real estate experts predict that the business condominium will become an increasingly important niche market in the coming years.
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| | A Flood Falls In Brooklyn | | 2007-08-09 03:12:00 | | כ"ה באב תשס"זTorrential rains flooded and crippled New York's public transit systems earlier today. Foxnews reports:"I don't know that God had rush hour in mind when the storms hit," Bloomberg said at news conference in a Brooklyn neighborhood where the National Weather Service was trying to determine whether a tornado had struck."It's nobody's fault. You see how hard the rain was coming down," said Mark Edwards, who tried to get on a subway in Brooklyn only to find that the line was flooded. | | By: Walking On Fire | | |
| | "Brooklyn Dodgers: The Ghosts of Flatbush" | | 2007-07-15 00:26:00 | | This past week on HBO, a documentary film debuted called "Brooklyn Dodgers: The Ghosts of Flatbush." I didn't get a chance to see it during the week, as I was busy with the Red Sox games and other assorted things. But earlier today, I had a chance to see it. I'm really glad I did. It is simply one of the best documentaries ever made about baseball.As many of you know, I am a descendant of Brooklyn Dodger fans. Both my parents, my aunts and uncles, as well as my grandparents, were loyal fans. I knew this was a film I had to check out. As I write this, I live just ten minutes on the subway from where Ebbets Field once stood. (My dad saw the film the night it debuted, and said it was very well-made.)"Brooklyn Dodgers: The Ghosts of Flatbush," narrated wonderfully by Liev Schreiber, is a history of one of baseball's most beloved teams, but it is centered on the years 1947-1957, the teams that were nicknamed "The Boys of Summer." Jackie Robinson's arrival in baseball in 1947 is the sta | | By: The Mighty Quinn Media Machine | | |
| | Brooklyn condo sales stunner | | 2007-07-12 00:11:00 | | With luxury condos soaring all over the borough, Brooklynites might have reason to expect a massive invasion from well-heeled neighbors in Manhattan. But figures obtained by the Brooklyn News from a number of high-profile developments show that borough residents have led the push to snap up those new homes - a trend even the developers did not expect.
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| | | The Brooklyn Botanic Garden was founded in 1910 | | 2007-05-12 07:00:00 | | Bangkok post The Brooklyn Botanic Garden was founded in 1910 on city waste land and became one of the great botanic gardens of the whole world and Brooklyn?s most popular cultural attraction. On May 11, 1911, the Brooklyn Botanic Garden officially opened. Located at 1000 Washington Ave. along Eastern Parkway, it is a 52-acre oasis for many hundreds of thousands of visitors annually. It is committed to the refreshment, enjoyment and instruction of its visitors, serving to educate adults and children alike in the vast collection of plants from all over the world. From the beginning, unlike most other botanic institutions of the time which focused on scientific research, the Garden popularized the art of gardening by teaching it to anyone who wanted to learn... | | By: The Flower Expert - Flowers Encyclopedia | | |
| | Brooklyn Botanic Garden's Plant Sale | | 2007-05-05 07:00:00 | | With the largest quality selection of plants in the metropolitan area, Brooklyn Botanic Garden's Plant Sale draws thousands of plant lovers each year who take advantage of the unmatched value, in addition to the helpful gardening advice of on-site BBG horticulture experts. Over 20,000 plants will be on display in an area the size of two football fields on Brooklyn Botanic Garden's incomparable Cherry Esplanade, with the garden's glorious cherry trees in full bloom. The Plant Sale helps benefit children's education programs at the Garden... | | By: The Flower Expert - Flowers Encyclopedia | | |
| | Brooklyn Lager | | 2007-04-29 19:06:41 | | It seems like the fight between David and Goliath, but in reality it’s just a battle between beer brewers. Obviously, there are the megabrewers like Anheuser Busch and InBev which generate beer as a branded commodity and target the mainstream market. Then there are the smaller brewers who craft their beers more as an art and target people who appreciate variety and flavour. Brooklyn Lager obviously falls into the smaller brewer category, but they are a growing by leaps and bounds and are now considered one of the top 40 breweries in the US. Also, they just recently entered the Ontario market with Brooklyn Lager. I was happy to pick up a six pack to see what’s brewing in Brooklyn.
Continue reading "Brooklyn Lager" » | | By: The Art of Drink | | |
| | Drifting Through Brooklyn | | 2006-11-21 18:30:00 | |
When you look at a list of the world's top paddling spots, it's unlikely that you'll find Brooklyn, New York.
And it's even less likely that you'll find the Gowanus Canal, a narrow sliver of water that cuts its way from Gowanus Bay through the industrial zones of Red Hook, South Brooklyn, and Park Slope. It's not exactly what you might call scenic, at least not in the traditional sense of the word. It's lined by crumbling warehouses, generating plants, shadowy factories, Coast Guard fuel depots, and even a Home Depot. It meanders beneath the Gowanus Expressway, one of the busiest highways in New York City, and has been referred to as the most polluted waterway in America. A slick, rainbow film of oil and other chemicals gives the water in the canal a colorful, shimmering candy coating that would be beautiful at sunset if it didn't smell like cold metal and gunpowder and leave a disturbing acrid taste in the air. Visibility in the water is almost zero, and any trip acros | | By: SiteBits | | |
| | Puente de Brooklyn | | 2006-11-03 23:15:00 | | Puente de Brooklyn - Nueva York (EEUU)"Podrá parecer ésta una meta bastante peculiar, pero, como sus repentinos ataques de hambre, pertenecía a su modo de vivir. Mientras caminaba bajo la luna, estos pensamientos se convirtieron en extrañas convicciones. Mantuvo la espalda más derecha que nunca y fijó la mirada hacia adelante. El Puente Tsukiji es un puente totalmente desprovisto de encanto. Los cuatro pilares de sus extremos carecen de todo atractivo. Sin embargo, mientras lo cruzaban, las cuatro mujeres pudieron oler por primera vez algo parecido al aroma del mar. Soplaba un viento con reminiscencias de brisa salada. Hasta un aviso de neón rojo perteneciente a una compañía de seguros, que podía divisarse hacia el sur, parecía un faro proclamando la proximidad del océano."Los siete puentes - Yukio Mishima | | By: difusiones | | |
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