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IKEA

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Minibodega pop-up with Top Chef season 21 winner; rummage sales, art walks, kite and film festivals, and, yes, the Repair Cafe, all this weekend!

May 16, 2026

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6 min read

Minibodega pop-up with Top Chef season 21 winner; rummage sales, art walks, kite and film festivals, and, yes, the Repair Cafe, all this weekend!

Top Chef season 21 winner takes over a Court St. bodega today; a Cobble Hill couple helps Mamdani launch Soccer Streets; BK workspaces features Apartment Therapy's Style Editor and a new traffic light for Columbia Street!

Julie Holstein
Julie Holstein

Bike Lanes

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Parents demand empty Pre-K school opens; Red Hook FC play today at 4P!

May 9, 2026

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8 min read

Parents demand empty Pre-K school opens; Red Hook FC play today at 4P!

Ward 6 chats with a Cobble Hill husband and wife novelists; yes, it sold for $17 million; more bikes lanes are coming--share your feedback NOW; come hear our two congressional candidates before next month's primary; CitiBike prices to go up

Julie Holstein
Julie Holstein

Brooklyn Marine Terminal

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Everyone is mourning Caputo's; World Cup watch parties in Brooklyn

May 2, 2026

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8 min read

Everyone is mourning Caputo's; World Cup watch parties in Brooklyn

Is there any substitute for Caputo's Black & Whites? more goals for our hometown soccer team; which books are hot right now? more apartment towers for Cobble Hill; is Tony's Chocolonely really the best?

Julie Holstein
Julie Holstein

Dinah

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Free Citi-bikes for Earth Day! The most anticipated restaurant opening after Bar Ferdinando's

Apr 27, 2026

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7 min read

Free Citi-bikes for Earth Day! The most anticipated restaurant opening after Bar Ferdinando's

(links corrected) Air e-passenger taxis test our skies, Atlantic Ave. bagel shop gets an upgrade, Red Hook needs your help saving its cobblestones streets, more trees for NYC, the Goldman/Lander race heats up, Sam's Pizzeria gets a 2nd act, and free Citi-bikes for Earth Day!

Julie Holstein
Julie Holstein

Brooklyn Marine Terminal

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Help give away millions as the last day of participatory budgeting ends tomorrow.

Apr 18, 2026

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10 min read

Help give away millions as the last day of participatory budgeting ends tomorrow.

Nosy Neighbor answers a reader's question; hometown soccer team with a 3-1 win! Bar Ferdinando’s opens and readers' review Bar Bruno, the BK independent book crawl starts today

Julie Holstein
Julie Holstein

Henry Public

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Cheer on our hometown semi-pro soccer team today! More celebrities bid adieu and so did cabs on Clinton St.

Apr 11, 2026

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16 min read

Cheer on our hometown semi-pro soccer team today! More celebrities bid adieu and so did cabs on Clinton St.

Henry Public or LI Bar? Taxpayer money wasted on an empty Pre-K building and the local dad who won't stop until it opens, nearly 18K new millionaires in NY, custom-sneakers come to C. Gardens and Strong Place says goodbye to Daniel Craig and Rachel Weisz

Julie Holstein
Julie Holstein

Brooklyn Marine Terminal

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A famous director who lived quietly among us is selling his brownstown. And the Gilded Rose comes to CGs.

Apr 4, 2026

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15 min read

A famous director who lived quietly among us is selling his brownstown. And the Gilded Rose comes to CGs.

Meet Cobble Hill's oyster goddess, did someone say chocolate? it's the small victories that get me through the day, romance book meet-up in Carroll Gardens and more from Ward 6

Julie Holstein
Julie Holstein

Bar Ferdinando's

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Semi-pro soccer in Red Hook starts soon! Can you guess the New Yorker's fav Italian sub? Rents go up again.

Mar 28, 2026

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14 min read

Semi-pro soccer in Red Hook starts soon! Can you guess the New Yorker's fav Italian sub? Rents go up again.

Why so much hype about Bar Ferdinando's opening next month? The George magazine cover following JFK Jr and Carolyn Bassette's death; have things calmed down on Court St? And the New Yorker's fave Italian sub is not what you think.

Julie Holstein
Julie Holstein

gowanus

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Help a local dad go viral, and so much more from Ward 6.

Mar 21, 2026

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14 min read

Help a local dad go viral, and so much more from Ward 6.

Local brother and sister actors share mom's banana bread recipe; why does NYC want to build on a toxic waste site? Dad turns to social media; why isn't building more apartment buildings the answer to NYC's housing crisis? Free movie tickets and seasonal JOBS at Brooklyn Bridge Park!

Julie Holstein
Julie Holstein

Brooklyn Marine Terminal

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Fake spring sucks and more from Ward 6 to warm up your day.

Mar 16, 2026

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14 min read

Fake spring sucks and more from Ward 6 to warm up your day.

Residents came out strong this week for each other and our communities. More restaurants open and close; Pure joy seeing Oscar-nominated neighbor in Gen X tribute band; what was that smell early Wednesday morning?

Julie Holstein
Julie Holstein
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