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Spread Love, It’s the Christopher Wallace Way: Brooklyn Block Renamed for Notorious B.I.G.
On any other day, the storm that lingered over Brooklyn, N.Y., may have been looked on as ominous or foreboding. It certainly would’ve deterred anyone from standing in it longer than they absolutely had to. But on Monday, on one block bordering the Clinton Hill and Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhoods, it was an affirmation. “Biggie is crying…
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Proof of the Reality of Slavery ‘Up North’ in New York City and Its Aftermath Is in Danger of Disappearing Forever
A report just last year found that when it comes to teaching about slavery—the very economic and social foundation on which this nation was built—the U.S. does a piss poor job. As the Southern Poverty Law Center found: “Students lack a basic knowledge of the important role [slavery] played in shaping the United States and…
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Coffee Shop in NYC’s Gentrified Bed-Stuy Neighborhood Refused to Give Candy to Black Children on Halloween: Report
A café in the increasingly gentrified Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of New York City’s Brooklyn borough is looking real funny in the light after reportedly refusing to give candy to black children who came in to trick-or-treat on Halloween. The Strand Cafe is located at 492 Nostrand Avenue in the heart of historically black Bed-Stuy. Oma Holloway—co-chair…
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A Noose—No, 2 Nooses—Grow in Brooklyn
Not trying to be flip, but what can you say when lynching paraphernalia is being spread around the United States like Whole Foods in the hood? Last week, two more nooses were found in Brooklyn, N.Y., and this, of course, raises concerns about safety. “Nooses have been found, which obviously signify … lynching,” said Brooklyn…
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NYPD Boycotting Dunkin’ Donuts After Employee Allegedly Refused to Serve 2 Detectives
Looks like the New York City Police Department won’t be popping into Dunkin’ Donuts anytime soon after an apparent falling-out that started Friday when a worker at a Dunkin’ Donuts/Baskin-Robbins in Brooklyn allegedly refused to scoop ice cream for two 73rd Precinct detectives because they were cops. Following the incident, police-union heads called for a…
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Biggie Smalls Mural Will Stay on NYC Building
Last week a Brooklyn, N.Y., landlord threatened to remove a Biggie Smalls mural created by Spread Art NYC in order to make room for new windows. But on Monday, local activists reached an agreement with the landlord. The mural, which has been on the building in Brooklyn’s Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood since 2015, was an eyesore and…
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NYC Biggie Mural to Be Destroyed by Landlord
A Brooklyn, N.Y., landlord plans to remove a mural of Biggie Smalls to make room for windows and raise rent prices. Two years ago, the mural was placed on the side of an apartment building on the corner of Bedford Avenue and Quincy Street in Biggie’s Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood, but Samuel Berkowitz, the building’s landlord, said…
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NYC Couple Found Shot to Death in Apartment
Felicita Sotillo, 38, was found dead with her boyfriend in an apartment in New York City’s borough of Brooklyn early Wednesday morning, the New York Daily News reports. Police are investigating the crime scene as a murder-suicide. They believe that Sotillo’s boyfriend, 41, shot Sotillo in the head before shooting himself. According to the Daily…