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August 25, 2025
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Hurricane Evacuation Details

Red Hook, DUMBO, and Gowanus asked to go.

Bloomberg Evacuates Low-Lying Brooklyn

Dumbo, Red Hook and Gowanus residents asked to look for high ground.

Gowanus Houses Reunion

Old-Timers Day brings residents current and past for food, games, music and memories at Baltic between Hoyt and Bond.

Earthquake Shakes Brooklyn

5.9 Virginia quake rattles upper apartments.

Hurricane Coming?

Weather service says Irene could be severe. Bloomberg says: Prepare.

Cobble Hill Cyclist Killed

Jeffrey Axelrod, head of local CSA.

Social Guide Pioneers Community TV

Dumbo web developer brings community to your television experience at the intersection of Twitter, Facebook and a TV guide.

Shooting on W. 9th St.

And a knife in the chest on Baltic.

PS29 PTA Embezzlement

Case may head to trial.

St. Ann’s Charismatic Founder

Dies at 83 after creating national sensation.

Notes from Jersey Shore

Sun, ocean and The Situation delaying your local entertainment.

DOT Raises Parking Rates

Muni meters will charge $1 per hour.

Shopping Boom Downtown

City woes big stores to downtown Brooklyn.

Cultural Moment: McQueen Show

Visitors wait for more than 3 hours to get in.

French imports, Robin Des Bois

You can't live here without visiting this Smith St. institution.

Times: Bloomberg $130M in Aid

For NYC's black and Latino men.

Pool, Tennis, Ice Skating!

Coming to Brooklyn Bridge Park.

Apply for Your Art Grant

Get into a grant writing seminar at the Brooklyn Arts Council

Wasps Invade Pier 6 SandBox

They're not aggressive, but don't play with them.

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