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A Close Encounter With “Captain Cleanup” The Post Box Repainter Of Brooklyn Heights

A long time BHB reader sent us a dispatch Sunday afternoon regarding the Brooklyn Heights “super-hero” responsible for repainting many mailboxes in the neighborhood. He’s been nicknamed “Captain Cleanup” by our commenters.

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Beloved Mailman Returns to Cadman Towers

The Beatles may have never gotten back together, but Cadman Towers and their favorite mailman have: Brooklyn Paper: Hundreds of residents of a Brooklyn Heights apartment tower hailed the return of their beloved letter carrier, four months after their building had been removed from his route amid supposed budget shortfalls four months ago. On Saturday, […]

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101 Clark Residents Miffed Over Transfered Mailman

The Brooklyn Paper reports that the residents of 101 Clark Street are upset over the transfer of their long time postman: Brooklyn Paper: Neither snow, nor rain, nor heat, nor gloom of night stays Santos Caraballos from the swift completion of his appointed rounds. But United States Postal Service bureaucrats are another thing entirely. Members […]

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