If you haven’t heard, and if what’s under your feet is your kind of thing, then you should know that tours of the old subway tunnel under Atlantic Avenue are being held again. What’s it like down there? Check out Nathan Kensinger Photography for a look. He’s posted several pics from a recent trip down […]

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Officials from the New York Economic Development Corp. have made a number of trips to amusement parks around the world to look at possible models for Coney Island, reports Jotham Sederstrom in today’s Daily News. Among the destinations: Blackpool, England, Copenhagen (photo of Tivoli Gardens above), Amsterdam and Orland. Mr. Sederstrom writes: Since 2005, city […]

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We featured this building as a “Construction Site Du Jour” back in the spring because it was so special. Well, now that it’s been fully unveiled to the public, it’s just as nice. It’s not as, uh, ornate in design as some of our previous “What Were They Thinking?” friends. Nonetheless, its utilitarian character and […]

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The murder rate in North Brooklyn is apparently increasing. The New York Sun reports that, as of last week, “the homicide rate had risen 13% in the 10 precincts that make up North Brooklyn; the city as a whole is in a downward trend.” There have been 78 murders in the northern half of Brooklyn […]

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