"Twenty MPH Is Plenty"

Motivated by recent pedestrian deaths and statistics showing that those deaths could have been prevented by a lower speed limit, a group of safe streets activists, led by the organization Right of Way, changed
the speed limit along Park Slope West this weekend by hanging their own "20 MPH Is Plenty" signs.

One of their signs was posted at the intersection where 12-year-old Sammy Cohen

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Kelly's Hosts Benefit for Liz Walters

From 5PM to 2 AM on Saturday, December 7, Kelly's Tavern, at 9259 4th Avenue in Bay Ridge, will host "A Little Help from My Friends", a fundraiser for Liz Walters, undergoing a lengthy period of hospitalization and rehabilitation due to unexpected surgical complications.

The local resident and community activist is the single mother of two children.

Live music, featuring popular local bands

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Local "Toys for Tots" Drop-Off Locations

Heart to Heart Gifts


: Rosemarie Sayad
11/01/2013 - 12/02/2013
10am to 7pm Monday through Sunday
9006 3rd Avenue, Brooklyn, New York, 11209

Slope Fitness: Julitza Morales
11/13/2013 - 12/09/2013
Monday - Friday 530am-10pm, Saturday and Sunday 7am-8pm
808 Union St, Brooklyn, New York, 11209

BrooklynONE productions: Anthony Marino
12/12/2013 - 12/15/2013
6pm-11pm
461 99th street, Brooklyn ,

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Pumpkin Tree

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City Emerges as Specialty Foods Manufacturing Center

Contrary to what you may have heard, manufacturing hasn't died in New York City: it's just evolved. Food making, a fast-growing bright spot in the city's manufacturing sector, promises significant local job growth.

According to a recent report from the Pratt Center for Community
Development, food and beverage manufacturing in the city grew by more than 11% from 2008 and 2012, higher than

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Scandinavian Christmas Market

The Scandinavian East Coast Museum, host of the popular annual Viking Festival at Owls Head Park in Bay Ridge, will host a Scandinavian Christmas Market again this year at Nordic Delicacies, 6909 Third Avenue in Bay Ridge, from 10:00 – 3:00 on two successive Saturdays: November 30 and December 7.

The sale will feature Scandinavian Christmas items, a visit from Santa Claus and his helper Dee,

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War/Photography at the Brooklyn Museum

War/Photography: Images of Armed Conflict and Its Aftermath opened in the Robert E. Blum Gallery on the 1st Floor at the Brooklyn Museum on November 8 and will remain open until February 2, 2014.

The exhibit explores the experience of war through an unprecedented collection of 400 photographic
prints, books, magazines, albums, and camera equipment, including both well-known and previously

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