By Michael P. Ventura
Park Slope: When Clem Labine, one of the first so-called “brownstoners,” moved to Park Slope, it was vastly different from the way that the neighborhood is commonly conceived these days. There was “nary a stroller to be seen,” he said,
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By Stephen Brown
The Brooklyn Paper / Tom Callan
Atlantic Yards: A welter of community groups and politicians joined the legal pile-on on Bruce Ratner’s Atlantic Yards project on Thursday, claiming in a lawsuit that the state shirked its duties by approving major modifications to the project over the summer without a review of the environmental consequences.
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By Will Yakowicz
Park Slope: F and G train service in Brownstone Brooklyn was disrupted for two hours this morning after a man jumped in front of an incoming train at the Seventh Avenue station at around 7:35 am.
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By Stephen Brown
Park Slope: You just never know what’s going to happen when you invite a stranger over to your home. Plus, all the crime news from Park Slope’s 78th Precinct.
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By Stephen Brown
Atlantic Yards: State officials have finally put a price on Daniel Goldstein’s opposition to the Atlantic Yards project — it’s going to cost the activist $80,000.
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By Shane Kite
Nightlife: Jesse Levitt, owner of the Minor Arcana on Washington Avenue, is optimistic.
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By Will Yakowicz
Dining: Plenty of bars show European football matches, but at the long-awaited Black Horse Pub in Park Slope, you can watch Manchester United live while eating fried eggs, Irish bacon, black pudding, sausage, baked beans, mushrooms, grilled tomatoes, and fried toast — and wash it down with a spot of tea or a pint of Guinness.
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