Those damn water-balloon dropping neighborhood college kids! No, wait… those lovely, responsible pillars of tomorrow’s society. Yeah, that’s it… Educational Housing Services (EHS) roused 40 area students to help tidy Brooklyn Heights’ Cadman Plaza Park last Sunday, April 21, Earth Day eve. Volunteers represented neighborhood institutes Baruch College, Berkeley College, John Jay College, Long Island [...]
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Brooklyn Public Library President Addresses Future Of Cadman Plaza Branch
Linda E. Johnson, President & CEO of the Brooklyn Public Library, sent an email to patrons Wednesday about “our efforts to create a better branch in Brooklyn Heights.” In it, she addresses her take on “innovative solutions to help us provide the service Brooklynites deserve” by “constructing a new, modern branch in Brooklyn Heights.” The [...]
Brooklyn Public Library Eyes E-Book Sales As New Income Resource
The Brooklyn Public Library has inked a deal with Simon & Schuster to make the publisher’s complete collection of electronic books available at branch libraries, in which BPL will then get a 2% cut of profits from each book sold. The money raised is being eyed as a way to help fund the more than [...]
Brooklyn Historical Society Logging Superstorm Sandy Stories
The Brooklyn Historical Society is looking to collect “survivor stories” from Superstorm Sandy as part of a permanent collection at the Brooklyn Heights destination. Historians are searching for residents of diverse ages, ethnicities and occupations from shoreline neighborhoods in Brooklyn, Queens and Staten Island to talk about their experiences during and after the hurricane. The [...]
District 33 Participatory Budget Ballot: Here’s How To Help The Heights
Brooklyn Heights Association Executive Director Judy Stanton reminds BHB readers that this is the week to vote for four Brooklyn Heights projects that are part of the Participatory Budget Ballot for District 33. Those projects that would enhance Brooklyn Heights, according to Stanton, are: * PS8′s new Middle School (MS 8) needs funds to purchase [...]
Vote For Local Project Funding From Councilman Steve Levin’s Kitty
As we reported last October, Steve Levin, who represents our district in the City Council, has $1 million in discretionary funds that may be used to bankroll projects in the area. Back then he had a community meeting to solicit ideas; now he has a list of sixteen “viable” projects and is asking constituents to [...]
Community Group Continues Robust Push Against Cadman Plaza Library Closure
Citizens Defending Libraries, the Brooklyn Heights-based organization formed to oppose the sale and potential destruction of the Cadman Plaza building, continues to communicate its message in the community. On Saturday, the group was out in force in front of the branch, encouraging locals to sign its ongoing petition (8,300 signatures to date, with a goal [...]
PS8 Acknowledges BHA Contribution For Middle School Launch
At PS8′s benefit auction last Friday at Plymouth Church, the Brooklyn Heights public school acknowledged the generous gift from the Brooklyn Heights Association last spring to help launch PS8′s new middle school. In fact, BHA offered PS8 a greater contribution than DOE. The event included a presentation from Councilman Steve Levin. In the photo: Jane [...]
‘Citizens Defending Libraries’ Rallies In Manhattan To Protect Cadman Plaza Branch
Brooklyn Heights-based organization Citizens Defending Libraries rallied Friday during a hearing in Manhattan addressing the New York City Council’s Fiscal Year 2014 Preliminary Budget, and the Mayor’s Fiscal Year ‘13 Preliminary Management Report and Agency Oversight. The hearing was run by James G. Van Bramer, Committee on Cultural Affairs, Libraries and International Relations. Testimony from [...]
BK Public Library CEO Promises New Cadman Plaza Branch Would Be ‘Patron-Pleasing’
Brooklyn Public Library CEO Linda Johnson is taking opponents to task by promising that a potential replacement branch for Brooklyn Heights’ ailing Cadman Plaza Library will be “a light-filled facility full of patron-pleasing technology.” The New York Daily News reported last week that the proposed smaller facility—with 15,000sf, about half the size of the current [...]
Compare & Contrast: Heights’ PS 8 & Vinegar Hill’s PS 307
DNAInfo.com offers an intriguing comparison today between P.S. 8 at 37 Hicks Street in Brooklyn Heights and P.S. 307 in Vinegar Hill: “Despite academic struggles in the past, P.S. 8 has long been admired for its active parent groups, partnerships with local art organizations and innovative after-school programming… P.S. 307 in Vinegar Hill, meanwhile, has [...]
Two Members of the Central Park Five Visit Packer Collegiate
On Wednesday at the Packer Collegiate Institute, students and faculty listened raptly as two members of the Central Park Five shared their stories of being arrested, convicted, and jailed for the infamous 1989 Central Park jogger assault—a crime they didn’t commit. Raymond Santana and Yusef Salaam spoke to members of the Packer community for two [...]
Another Look Inside Cadman Plaza Library Potential Sale
As news continues to swirl regarding the potential sale of Brooklyn Heights’ Cadman Plaza Public Library, there’s new perspective to the story as reported by Brooklyn Daily in a post titled “The Brooklyn Public Library wants to cut off its nose to save its face.” As previously reported, the library is considering demolishing its Brooklyn [...]
A Take & Tale On Brooklyn Heights’ Toastmasters
Blog Duck Soup, which promises to “dog paddle through culture, technology & music,” offers a weird & whacko take via writer Rachel Aviv’s participation in long-lived Toastmasters International, where she shares how “ordinary people (can) speak forcefully and authoritatively.” She offers: I attended several sessions of a club in Brooklyn Heights with a reputation for [...]
Brooklyn Heights Library Trustees Meeting To Address Impending Sale
The Friends of the Brooklyn Heights Branch Library will hold a Trustees Meeting—open to the public—on Tuesday, January 29, at 6:30 p.m. in the second floor Children’s Room of the library at 280 Cadman Plaza West. At 7, The VP of Government & Community Relations will address the impending sale of the building. It was [...]
Long Island College Hospital Faces Potential Shutdown
The Long Island College Hospital in Cobble Hill is facing potential closure as it continues to lose money for owner State University of New York. According to stories in The New York Times and New York Daily News, the 150-year-old facility at 339 Hicks Street is on the table with State University trustees. But a [...]
Brooklyn Heights Public Library Going For Broke: Closing? Relocating? Selling?
As part of a systemwide shakeup, the Brooklyn Public Library has announced that branches will be moving, downsizing and/or consolidating, as the system shifts to digital media and services. Among the targets is Brooklyn Heights’ Cadman Plaza branch, according to a report late Tuesday in the Brooklyn Daily Eagle. It is confirmed that the branch’s [...]
Friends Of Brooklyn Heights Library Offers Hart Crane Tribute January 9
The Friends of the Brooklyn Heights Branch Library is presenting “Dedicated To Hart Crane” Wednesday, January 9 at 6:30 p.m. at 280 Cadman Plaza West. The Chief Librarian of the BPL will introduce Prof. Langdon Hammer, Chairman of the Department of English at Yale University, who will give a short talk about Hart Crane, one [...]
Brooklyn Friends School Hosts Annual Winter Festival 12/01
The Brooklyn Friends School Winter Festival is coming up after Thanksgiving, Saturday, 12/1, from 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. “Get a jump on holiday shopping and have a blast with your children at the Downtown Brooklyn school’s 33rd annual holiday fundraiser benefiting Horizons at Brooklyn Friends School.” Festivities include a craft fair with 45 local [...]
TONIGHT: PS 8 Hosts Fourth Annual ‘Night To Celebrate Reading’ In DUMBO
TONIGHT: Brooklyn Heights PS 8 is hosting its fourth annual “Night To Celebrate Reading,” with nearly a dozen authors participating, along with “wine, cheese, hors d’ouevres, author readings and hilarity.” The place: Galapagos Art Space in DUMBO at 16 Main Street, 7-10 p.m. Adults only, please. This year’s authors include Katie Moline, Jeff Newelt, Monte [...]
Brooklyn Bridge Rotary Club Hosts Monthly ‘Dinner With The Doctor’
The Brooklyn Bridge Rotary Club has launched a monthly series called “Dinner with the Doctor” to aid health education in the community. Free and open to the public, it takes place at the Brooklyn Marriott, 333 Adams Street. The series is moderated by Rotary Club charter member Cara Lubin, M.D. The series kicked off October [...]
Brooklyn Book Festival Culminates Sunday, 9/23 Throughout Brooklyn Heights
More details on The Brooklyn Book Festival, which reaches its finale Sunday, September 23, at Brooklyn’s Borough Hall & Plaza, with 280+ authors and poets participating amid 104+ panels. More than four dozen “bookend” events will also take place from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Among highlights: A conversation between Borough Prez Marty Markowitz & [...]
P.S. 8′s Middle School to Open Tomorrow
Tomorrow (Thursday, September 6), M.S. 8, the middle school extension of P.S. 8, will welcome its first students. The school is located in the George Westinghouse High School building (see photo). M.S. 8 students will use the building’s Tillary Street entrance, between Jay and Bridge streets.
Brooklyn Book Festival Line-Up
The Brooklyn Book Festival has announced its comprehensive lineup for the first-ever weeklong series of “Bookend Events” that will take place at venues throughout the borough from September 17 through September 23. The seventh-annual event is presented by Brooklyn Tourism and the Brooklyn Literary Council, initiatives of Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz, with support from [...]
The High Life: Collegiate Room & Board At St. George’s Weller Residence
Ever wonder how much it costs for college students to stay in the St. George Hotel? Kaplan International Centers is offering an end-of-summer residence special at the Weller Residence on 100 Henry Street for the bargain basement price through August 25 of… $320 a week! Included with a furnished room & private bath are a [...]
Self-Checkout Kiosks Come To Brooklyn Libraries
Emulating drug stores and supermarkets, the Brooklyn Public Library has installed self-checkout machines across the borough, including the Brooklyn Heights, Williamsburg, Kings Bay, Highlawn, Mapleton,, Homecrest and Bay Ridge branches. The library says the automated checkout “dishwasher-sized units” will enable patrons to borrow and return materials more conveniently and efficiently, allowing staff to spend more [...]
Brooklyn Heights Library Admits AC System Is Kaput
The Brooklyn Public Library has issued a one-sheet apologizing for the continued lack of air conditioning at its Heights branch, and the intermittent shutdown of the Cadman Plaza location as a result. “Please accept our apologies for the periodic closures at the Brooklyn Heights branch. The air conditioning system for most of the building no [...]
Everyday Athlete Coming To Brooklyn Heights
Fitness center “everyday athlete” will open its second Brooklyn location in the Heights this summer at 130 Clinton Street. Tomas Anthony and Alejandra Belmar opened their first zen-centered store in 1998 in nearby Carroll Gardens at 136 Union Street. According to the company’s website, “We believe fitness is essential and transformative. It also should be [...]
Brooklyn Heights Library KO’d By AC Outage
The summer 2012 reading list wasn’t supposed to be quite this steamy. An air conditioning outage at the Brooklyn Heights Library has closed the local branch at 280 Cadman Plaza West for much of the week. The shutdown began at 2 p.m. Tuesday, before the library—which also contains the Business and Careers Library—was officially closed [...]
Collegiate Housing At The St. George: Deluxe Living
If you’ve walked past the St. George Hotel outside the 2/3 subway stop on Clark or Henry streets and been curious about what the EHS collegiate residences there offer today’s poor, starving, overworked college students, I’ve got two words to describe it: luxe living. “You’ll have the time of your life,” EHS suggests. “Our all-inclusive [...]
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Open Thread Wednesday 6/12/13
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Northern Italian Restaurant Sociale Coming to Brooklyn Heights
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Will Brooklyn Heights Resident Stephen Pierson Take Out Steve Levin In NYC Council District 33?
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A Close Encounter With “Captain Cleanup” The Post Box Repainter Of Brooklyn Heights
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The U.S. Post Office Paints Over The Work Of Brooklyn Heights’ “Captain Cleanup”
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DA Candidate Ken Thompson Identifies Brooklyn Heights as High Asthma Zone
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Mettle: Documentary about People Who Collect Recyclables for Cash
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Della Pietra’s: New Butcher on the Block
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Parking in Brooklyn Heights
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Hicks Street in Brooklyn Heights to be “Milled” Thursday and Friday
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Former Brooklyn Heights Resident Moves To Harlem To “Escape Multi-Million Dollar Mansions And Unfriendly Neighbors”
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Environmental Assessment For Empire Stores and Tobacco Warehouse Released; Public Hearing Next Thursday
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Brooklyn Heights Blogger Coins A Phrase For Captain Cleanup’s Work In Neighborhood
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Tree Limb Down Between Clark and Pierrepont On Promenade
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84th Precinct Police Blotter – 6/11/13
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More Walk Photos: Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn Bridge Park, and Fulton Ferry Historic District
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‘Don’t Dent My Car’ Visits Brooklyn Heights
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Brooklyn Heights Profile: Andy Brown
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Walk Photos: Brooklyn Heights and Brooklyn Bridge Park
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Professional Cleanup Guy Geo Friend-Lee Sweeps Up In Brooklyn Heights, Posts Wacky Video
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Solar Powered Charging Stations Available at Pier 1, Other Locations Later
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Poplar Street “Open Garden” Next Saturday
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Actor Fisher Stevens Loves Jack The Horse, Henry’s End In Brooklyn Heights
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Fundraiser to Save LICH Tomorrow Evening
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“Tradition with a Twist”: Free Concert at Pier 1 Friday Afternoon and Evening
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Photoville Fence Unveiling Thursday
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Erin Boyle Finds Things Rosy in Brooklyn Heights
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E!Online Fashion Blog Features Willowtown Resident
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More Scaffolding at 25 Pierrepont Street
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The People Of The Internets Love Vine And Brooklyn Heights
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Landmarks President Peg Breen to Speak at CB2 Meeting Wednesday
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Update Meeting on Brooklyn Bridge Park Tomorrow
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Theater 2020 Presents Free Reading of Romantic French Comedy Saturday
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BHA Says, “Contact Cuomo to Save LICH!”
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“Kids for Libraries” Rally Saturday
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Subway Service Alerts: Brooklyn Heights and Vicinity
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“If These Knishes Could Talk” Screening at Quad Cinema
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Last Minute Weekend Suggestions: Brooklyn Heights and Nearby
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Brooklyn Eagle Profiles Noodle Pudding Owner And Answers One Of Brooklyn Heights’ Most Burning Questions
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Open Thread Wednesday 6/19/13
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Open Thread Wednesday 6/19/13
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Solar Powered Charging Stations Available at Pier 1, Other Locations Later
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Actor Fisher Stevens Loves Jack The Horse, Henry’s End In Brooklyn Heights
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Tree Limb Down Between Clark and Pierrepont On Promenade
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Northern Italian Restaurant Sociale Coming to Brooklyn Heights
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More Scaffolding at 25 Pierrepont Street
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E!Online Fashion Blog Features Willowtown Resident
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“Tradition with a Twist”: Free Concert at Pier 1 Friday Afternoon and Evening
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Walk Photos: Brooklyn Heights and Brooklyn Bridge Park
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‘Don’t Dent My Car’ Visits Brooklyn Heights
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Professional Cleanup Guy Geo Friend-Lee Sweeps Up In Brooklyn Heights, Posts Wacky Video
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Brooklyn Heights Blogger Coins A Phrase For Captain Cleanup’s Work In Neighborhood
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Hicks Street in Brooklyn Heights to be “Milled” Thursday and Friday
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The People Of The Internets Love Vine And Brooklyn Heights
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Brooklyn Eagle Profiles Noodle Pudding Owner And Answers One Of Brooklyn Heights’ Most Burning Questions
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Parking in Brooklyn Heights
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Poplar Street “Open Garden” Next Saturday
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Environmental Assessment For Empire Stores and Tobacco Warehouse Released; Public Hearing Next Thursday
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Fundraiser to Save LICH Tomorrow Evening
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Last Minute Weekend Suggestions: Brooklyn Heights and Nearby
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“If These Knishes Could Talk” Screening at Quad Cinema
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Subway Service Alerts: Brooklyn Heights and Vicinity
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“Kids for Libraries” Rally Saturday
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BHA Says, “Contact Cuomo to Save LICH!”
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DA Candidate Ken Thompson Identifies Brooklyn Heights as High Asthma Zone
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Theater 2020 Presents Free Reading of Romantic French Comedy Saturday
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Open Thread Wednesday 6/12/13
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Erin Boyle Finds Things Rosy in Brooklyn Heights
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Former Brooklyn Heights Resident Moves To Harlem To “Escape Multi-Million Dollar Mansions And Unfriendly Neighbors”
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Brooklyn Heights Profile: Andy Brown
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84th Precinct Police Blotter – 6/11/13
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The U.S. Post Office Paints Over The Work Of Brooklyn Heights’ “Captain Cleanup”
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Photoville Fence Unveiling Thursday
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Mettle: Documentary about People Who Collect Recyclables for Cash
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Della Pietra’s: New Butcher on the Block
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Update Meeting on Brooklyn Bridge Park Tomorrow
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Landmarks President Peg Breen to Speak at CB2 Meeting Wednesday
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Will Brooklyn Heights Resident Stephen Pierson Take Out Steve Levin In NYC Council District 33?
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More Walk Photos: Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn Bridge Park, and Fulton Ferry Historic District
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A Close Encounter With “Captain Cleanup” The Post Box Repainter Of Brooklyn Heights
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