Homeless Families, Cloaked in Normality
New York Times
Unique hopped off and transferred to the C train, then the S train, then walked a distance to his classes at the High School for Global Citizenship in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn. Ms. Lewis, with Jacaery (pronounced Juh-CARE-ee) still in tow, ...

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Girls basketball roundup: Harris shoots Bergtraum to ninth straight PSAL win
New York Post
Clara Barton 58, Prospect Heights 13: Akeesha Belfon scored 11 points for Clara Barton (10-3) in Brooklyn A East. Ashley Andrews and Fortunate Ekwuruke each added eight points. Prospect Heights is 0-13 Martin Van Buren 52, Beach Channel 44: Karina Wong ...

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PHOTOS: Atlantic Yards Becomes the Barclays Center
Patch.com
A monthly photo essay documenting the construction of the Barclays Center, which the Brooklyn Nets will soon call home. By Amy Sara Clark Construction on the Barclays Center at Atlantic Yards on Feb. 1, 2012 as seen from the Dean Street entrance.

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CBS Local
Gallof: A New Home? Don't Believe The Hype, Islanders Fans
CBS Local
Someone offers Wang development rights at Atlantic Yards in Brooklyn, or in any other possible venue situation. 2. Whoever wants the Islanders gives them a guaranteed minimum amount of money that assures their profit margin (in lieu of climbing ...

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5 Things: Marcus Garvey Biopic, 'Sensory Tour' of Love, Late-Night Q Problems ...
Patch.com
Prospect Heights-area subway, alternate side and event information you won't want to miss. Carlton Avenue between Bergen and St. Marks on Jan. 31, 2012. 2. You need to do something different. Head to Brooklyn Museum's "Thursdays @ 7" where there will ...

High-rise housing going modular
CNN (blog)
A third of the apartments at Forest City Ratner's project in Brooklyn are supposed to be affordable units. The project, known as Atlantic Yards, was first slowed by several lawsuits, some filed by community groups opposed to the project.

Brooklyn nabes expect real estate boom with Barclays Center
amNY
The buzz surrounding Barclays Center in Prospect Heights is expected to attract an onslaught of investment to the area and turn the nearby neighborhoods into some of the most sought-after ZIP codes in the city, real estate experts said.

Brooklyn Daily
Brooklyn 'courts' more tourists with Barclays Center venue
amNY
Brooklyn's making a play for the millions of tourists who come to the city -- and wagering that its new arena will win over more visitors. Elected officials and sports execs want to give Manhattan a run for its tourism dollars, although it is uncertain ...
Islanders to play in Brooklyn!Brooklyn Daily

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New York Daily News
Census data: Being single in Bklyn is hard work
New York Daily News
... coffee shop on Washington Avenue in Prospect Heights. Three single men at Cucina Mexican Grill in Sunset Park – a popular hangout. Labor trumps love in the county of Kings. Newly released Census data shows swaths of Brooklyn with concentrated spots ...

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Brooklyn Today: February 1, 2012
Brooklyn Daily Eagle
This was announced at a presentation at Borough hall by representatives of Sam Schwartz Engineering, traffic consultant for the Atlantic Yards project. The idea of such a plan dates to 2006. Now, after several delays, Forest City Ratner expects to ...

Meet Jay 'Rocket' Ruiz, President of Brooklyn Bike Patrol
Patch.com
Ruiz recounted to Patch what he said to his wife that night in their Prospect Heights home. “'I can do this. I can hop on my bike, bring women home and then they wouldn't be attacked,'” Ruiz said, who rides his bike about 26 miles everyday—11 miles ...

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Waiting for Bruce: The Commercial Observer Tours Atlantic Yards Arena
New York Observer
... over a dress shirt with no tie and an open collar, he was also underdresed for the sunny but windy chill swirling across the $1 billion Barclays Center that his firm Forest City Ratner is well into building at the Atlantic Yards site in Brooklyn.

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Prospect Heights
New York Times (blog)
The apartment is conveniently located in the center of it all! Just two short blocks to the AC subway line and just a short 10 block walk to the best park in Brooklyn, Prospect Park. Available Immediately, call for an appointment today!

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Girls basketball roundup: Bergtraum squeaks out win over Lewis
New York Post
East New York Family Academy 58, Prospect Heights 22: Wilinda Rhodes and Aiyana Dugue each scored 15 points for East New York Family Academy (3-9) in Brooklyn A East. Ashley Dugue chipped in eight points. Prospect Heights is 0-12. St. John Villa 56, ...

New York Times (blog)
Islanders to Play Devils in Preseason Game at New Arena in Brooklyn
New York Times (blog)
The Islanders are entitled to play anywhere on Long Island, including Brooklyn and Queens, so a move to the Atlantic Yards would not qualify as a relocation. Yormark confirmed that the Nets and the arena group met with Bettman last year in an ...
Brooklyn 'courts' more tourists with Barclays Center venueamNY
Gallof: A New Home? Don't Believe The Hype, Islanders FansCBS Local
Islanders to play in Brooklyn!Brooklyn Daily

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Islanders to play in Brooklyn!
Brooklyn Daily
His comments were a reversal of his longtime claim that the Prospect Heights arena would be too small to host pro hockey games. Still, National Hockey League officials seem to be leaning toward keeping the Islanders to our east: earlier this week, ...

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CBS Local
Islanders To Play In Brooklyn! For One Game
Gothamist
Hockey is really coming to Brooklyn...for at least one game. Yup, despite concerns that the Barclays Center was too small for regulation hockey, the much-maligned Atlantic Yards stadium has announced that on October 2, 2012 the Islanders are going to ...
Islanders to play in Brooklyn!BrooklynPapers.com
Testing the Ice Where Hockey Was an AfterthoughtNew York Times
Devils Set To Play Islanders In Preseason Game At Barclays CenterCBS Local

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5 Things: Slow Zone Petition Deadline, 'No Country for Old Men' Showing, Late ...
Patch.com
Prospect Heights-area subway, alternate side and event information you won't want to miss. Snow at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden on Jan. 12, 2011 in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn. 1. You need to make Prospect Heights a "slow zone" .

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Redistricting: Breaking Down Brooklyn
New York Daily News (blog)
BY Celeste Katz Brooklyn would get its first Asian-majority legislative district under the state Legislature's redistricting plan. The newly rawn maps create a state Assembly district that is 51% Asian in Sunset Park, Dyker Heights, and Bensonhurst.

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Is Carroll Gardens the New Crown Heights North?
Patch.com
Example A was the Upper West Side and it's (more) affordable doppelgänger Prospect Heights. Instead of Central Park you get Prospect. Instead of Lincoln Center and the American Museum of Natural History you get the Central Library, the Brooklyn Museum ...

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