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Park Slope is a neighborhood in the western section of New York City's most populous borough, Brooklyn
Park Slope is a neighborhood in the western section of New York City's most populous borough, Brooklyn
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Cop pleads guilty in fiancee's shooting death in Bay Shore
erik.german@newsday.comOutraged shouts echoed in a Riverhead courtroom yesterday after a New York City Police Academy instructor pleaded guilty to killing his fiancee in a deal that will send him to prison for 10 years. Alexis Chaparro, 28, had initially been charged with...Tags: Court Administration, Crimes, Ramon Hernandez, Prosecution, Justice System
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NYPD cop from Bay Shore pleads guilty in fiancee's shooting death
erik.german@newsday.comOutraged shouts echoed in a Riverhead courtroom Wednesday after a New York City Police Academy instructor pleaded guilty to killing his fiancee in a deal that will send him to prison for 10 years. Alexis Chaparro, 28, had initially been charged with...Tags: Court Administration, Crimes, Ramon Hernandez, Prosecution, Justice System
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Getting there: Directions to Park Slope, Brooklyn
Can "A Christmas Story" really be 25 years old? The iconic 1983 holiday film about Ralphie Parker and his dream of getting a Red Ryder BB gun from Santa is marking a big anniversary this month. At the "A Christmas Story" House & Museum in Cleveland,...Tags: House (movie), Christmas, Religious Festivals, Fiction
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What to do: Park Slope, Brooklyn, New York
WHAT Napkleen disposable clothing protector HOW MUCH $2.69 for 10 adult or 15 baby napkins WHAT WORKS The absorbent plastic-paper napkin helps prevent spills from staining clothing, perfect if you've packed light and don't have many clothing changes or...Tags: Brooklyn (New York City), New York
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Day tripper: Destination, Park Slope, Brooklyn
Special to NewsdayPark Slope is a fine mixture of late 19th century elegance and 21st century cool: Brownstones and limestones complete with bow windows, bay windows, turrets and cupolas vie for space along its tree-lined streets with up-to-the minute bistros and bars....Tags: Jackie Robinson, Central Park, Tourism and Leisure, Brooklyn Museum, Calvert Vaux
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NYC: Grousing over a poll watcher's demand for ID
Spin CycleWe just got home from voting at Brooklyn's PS 107 in Park Slope. After waiting in line for 50 minutes -- John Hodgman from "The Daily Show" and those Apple TV ads was in front of us! -- the poll......Tags: New York, Republican Party, The Daily Show (tv program)
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How small businesses on LI can battle a weak economy
carrie.mason-draffen@newsday.comAt Trio Hardware & Paint in Plainview, a customer recently came to the counter with a can of spray paint and Silly Putty. She needed the $4.79 paint but the $2.39 Silly Putty was a little extra for her young son. While at the counter, she had second...Tags: Marketing, Online, Corporate Officers, Manhattan (New York City), Internet
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Green streets where everyone wins
e-mail irene@irenevirag.com.Ever since I spent a year in England as a college student, I dreamed that one day I'd have a garden in the front of my house. I didn't know much about gardens then, but I knew I loved stopping to smell the roses tumbling over the low stone walls and...Tags: Metal and Mineral, Northport, East Flatbush, House and Home, Road Transportation
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Crusing NYC's moveable sweet feasts
In the beginning, there was the Treats Truck, the brainchild of actress-turned-baker Kim Ima. In June 2007, she got behind the wheel of her converted truck and began cruising the streets of the city, dispensing all manner of cookies and assorted sweets....Tags: Awards and Prizes, Restaurant and Catering Industry, West Village, Ceremonies, Schools
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Voters say 'yes!' to another Bloomberg term
Many New Yorkers cast a "yes" vote Tuesday for Mayor Michael Bloomberg's presumed campaign for a third term. Whether it's Bloomberg's push for a healthier city, his campaign against smoking or innovations such as 311, New Yorkers are happy with what...Tags: Elections, Little Neck, Crown Heights, Local Elections, Stuyvesant Town
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Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn: City Living among old and new
Special to amNewYorkAs the F or G train transitions to the elevated tracks after leaving the Carroll Street station, the first thing many straphangers notice are the unusually expansive gardens sprawling out in front of the surrounding brownstones. Fenced in by iron gates,...Tags: Court Administration, Carroll Gardens, Gowanus, Restaurant and Catering Industry, Theft
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I'll take (the other) Manhattan
"No Sleep Till Brooklyn," The Beastie Boys Before it was the baby name of choice among foreign-born arrivistes, or became synonymous with urban chic, and before it attracted more celebrities than Barack Obama's presidential campaign, Brooklyn was...Tags: Metal and Mineral, Central Park, Restaurant and Catering Industry, Tourism and Leisure, Calvert Vaux
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