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Just in time for a blizzard: Ward 6 with all of your local news.

Feb 21, 2026

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15 min read

Just in time for a blizzard: Ward 6 with all of your local news.

BK Councilmembers take on the dogs. "Pick up your fxxxxxx shit!" "Scoop your poop!"

Julie Holstein

Brooklyn Marine Terminal

Post #21: Heartbreak Holiday Dance and so much more on this V-Day weekend

Feb 14, 2026

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11 min read

Post #21: Heartbreak Holiday Dance and so much more on this V-Day weekend

Is the Court St. Redesign getting a Redesign? Businesses file an appeal; the karaoke queen of Montero's; Paulie Gees is coming to Gowanus; live in a rental ripoff? Mamdani needs to know and hip-hop at Borough Hall

Julie Holstein

Artists

How to survive the coolld weather and so much more.

Feb 7, 2026

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16 min read

How to survive the coolld weather and so much more.

Post #20: Wuthering Heights is all the rage, year-round outdoor dining is almost back, the most popular books in our corner of Brooklyn and an entire Cobble Hill block has a new owner

Julie Holstein

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Post #18: A new pickleball club on Van Brunt; Elon Musk Leaves Red Hook; help stop another Ryder Cup chopper invasion!

Jan 24, 2026

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14 min read

Post #18: A new pickleball club on Van Brunt; Elon Musk Leaves Red Hook; help stop another Ryder Cup chopper invasion!

Remember that gawd-awful Ryder Cup weekend when hundreds of helicopters flew non-stop above our Brooklyn neighborhoods because people paid $1200 for a 12-minute flight to the Long Island golf tournament?

Julie Holstein

Artists

Sanitation trucks as roving works of art.

Jan 18, 2026

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16 min read

Sanitation trucks as roving works of art.

Ward 6: #17 ALL THOSE NEW DISPENSARIES, EXPLAINED

Julie Holstein

Brooklyn Marine Terminal

Another tipster told me Madewell will move into the space, which I immediately responded with an eyeroll and a groan. “It’s better than a bank,” she aptly said—yes, but tough, tough news.

Dec 13, 2025

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17 min read

Another tipster told me Madewell will move into the space, which I immediately responded with an eyeroll and a groan. “It’s better than a bank,” she aptly said—yes, but tough, tough news.

In this week's post #14: Two big scoops; a warning after the closure of a Brooklyn private school for two days; a packed CB6 meeting about you know what (hint: 2-wheels), a Gen X guide for the holidays and a world with less trucks.

Julie Holstein

restaurants

Just in time for a blizzard: Ward 6 with all of your local news.

Post #21: Heartbreak Holiday Dance and so much more on this V-Day weekend

How to survive the coolld weather and so much more.

Post #18: A new pickleball club on Van Brunt; Elon Musk Leaves Red Hook; help stop another Ryder Cup chopper invasion!

Sanitation trucks as roving works of art.

Another tipster told me Madewell will move into the space, which I immediately responded with an eyeroll and a groan. “It’s better than a bank,” she aptly said—yes, but tough, tough news.

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