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Dysentery, Cancer, and Other Things That Happen When You Drink From The Gowanus
On the off-chance you come across anyone dangling over the edge of the Gowanus’ banks, lapping up the water like a cat: grab them by the ankles and pull them away. Turns out, that stuff’s not so good...
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The 10 Creepiest Buildings in Brooklyn
Scouting NY One of the best things about Halloween is the advent of fall and the change in the air—Jack Autumn nipping at your nose. Watching a horror movie with a cool October breeze wafting through...
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Will Gowanus Be the Next DUMBO?
Via Daily News Two Trees, this company’s landlord, invented DUMBO, turning a neighborhood of warehouses and artists into a commutertown full of lofts converted into office space, attracting (and often...
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How Close Do You Live to a Toxic Waste Site? (Hint: Closer Than You Think)
The Gowanus Canal: toxic and beautiful.William Miller c/o animalnewyork.com It really seems like there’s a map for everything these days. There’s a map that shows how promiscuous New Yorkers are...
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Royal Palms Shuffleboard Club Gets Official Opening Date
Okay, shuffleheads (what do shuffleboard enthusiasts call themselves?) the time has finally come for the hotly-anticipated Royal Palms Shuffleboard Club to open its doors to the public. DNAinfo...
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Four & Twenty Blackbirds, Now At The Brooklyn Public Library
To all you ruthless criminals who managed to steal more than 70,000 books from the Brooklyn Public Library in 2012: is delicious pie and coffee enough to entice you into returning your books? If so,...
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Brooklyn’s Secret Bodies of Water
No. 8 Brooklyn’s Secret Bodies of Water There’re The streets and sidewalks, and under them the gas lines, electrical wires, water mains, and fiber-optic cables—and then what? Seaside cities like ours...
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Whole Foods: Gowanus Gets a Crash Course in the New One-Stop Shopping
Photo by Austin McAllister No. 5 Whole Foods Gowanus Gets a Crash Course in the New One-Stop Shopping It might seem a little strange that a borough full of some of the most worldly and jaded people on...
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Whole Foods Gowanus In Trouble With The Law (Again) Over The Coignet Building
Image: Gowanus Your Face Off Those of you who live in Gowanus or visit the Whole Foods there regularly may have noticed a lovely brick and concrete building right behind it. Well, a few years ago Whole...
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“Historic” Gowanus?!: The Problem with Preservation
Brooklyn Paper Had our 18th- and 19th-century forebears been as preservationally minded as we, very few of us would live here: Brooklyn would be a loose collection of farms and shacks and creeks and...
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Royal Palms Shuffleboard Club Is Launching A Mahjong League
Photo: Flickr user Priscilla In their ongoing quest to introduce the pastimes of the elderly to the mainstream crowd, the Royal Palms Shuffleboard, which opened its doors earlier this year, is adding...
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Beer Goggles: The Pride Of Brooklyn Homebrew Festival
Believe it or not, many of your favorite craft breweries started out as small, kitchen- or basement-based operations before becoming the titans of industry we know them as today. That’s why it’s...
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Updates on the Morbid Anatomy Museum
In December, we told you (via DNAinfo) that Gowanus was getting a Morbid Anatomy Museum. It’s an expansion of the blog and website of the same name, run by artist and historian Joanna Ebenstein, which...
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Gowanus’ Kentile Floors Sign Will Be Lit For One Night Next Month
Photo: Missy S. If you’ve ever taken the F or G trains as far as Smith-9th Streets or driven on the Gowanus Expressway, then you’ve seen the massive Kentile Floors sign. At eight stories high, it’s...
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Now Open: Gowanus Whole Foods’ 20,000 Square Foot Greenhouse
Image: NY Post They may have hit a few snags along the way, but overall, Whole Foods Gowanus has been a welcome addition to the borough. They’re selling locally made products and have made a real...
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Whole Foods Gowanus In Hot Water With Locals Once Again
Image: Zagat There’s no denying that the relationship between Whole Foods Gowanus and the people who live in the neighborhood has been a contentious one. Already, they’ve received two fines for failing...
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All The Pie Is Coming To Gowanus This Summer
Photo: Austin McAllister Because there is never, ever enough pie in the world, Four & Twenty Blackbirds will open a 3,000-sq-ft pie mecca at Third Ave and Sackett St this summer, which will include...
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Gowanus Won’t Become A Historic District Any Time Soon
Image: EcoBrooklyn After nearly a decade of hemming and hawing, it appears that Gowanus won’t become a historic district in the near future. Following complaints from the neighborhood’s residents, The...
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The Kentile Floors Sign Is Maybe, Probably Getting Torn Down
*Sob* Welp, this is the worst thing you’ll hear today: there have been whispers over the Interweb that suggest the impossible: The Kentile Floors sign is maybe, probably, horrifically in the process of...
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Gowanus Canal and Newtown Creek May Get Massive Storm Walls
Rendering of a tidal barrier in the Newtown Creek. Image New York Development Corporation If you’ve been down in the subway system lately, you might have noticed posters from the city urging residents...
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