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Public Scrutiny of Children

After a four year old and five year old, while on their bicycles,  accidentally ran into and knocked down a 87-year-old woman who died months later for unrelated causes, the children and their parents were sued. After the The New … Continue reading

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Sunday Love

Anyone raised in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, knows that vintage thrift stores – which cater to the mix-matched, tight ripped jeans, converse, plaid-shirt wearing “hippie hipsters” that reside there – are superabundant. However, amidst the bounty is an innovative store, which not … Continue reading

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Neighborhood faces profile: Juan Ortiz (FINAL)

Around 3:30 p.m., a man walks into the Williamsburg Community Center accompanied by many happy-spirited children, who he had just picked up from school. On the surface, he seems like the typical citizen of the community, whose desk is strewn … Continue reading

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Joe Gould

Joe Gould was a corky old man, which is evident in his weird yet habitual activities like eating ketchup, carrying a bag or cigarette butts, and naming the pigeons he fed on a regular basis in Madison Square Park. He … Continue reading

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Williamsburg Backgrounder

In Williamsburg, there are sections that are residential and commercial and some that are industrial. Although this neighborhood is comprised of many nationalities, the ones that constitute a large population are the European ones. There is also a large Latino … Continue reading

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Neighborhood Memo: Williamsburg

Williamsburg is a Brooklyn neighborhood that borders Greenpoint, Bedford Stuyvesant, and Bushwick. It is home to the Brooklyn brewery, Domino Sugar factory, and the Williamsburg Bridge, which extends to Lower East Side in Manhattan. On Driggs and Broadway, you will … Continue reading

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