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A quietly legendary taproom: With 20 rotating taps brewed on-site, cocktails, natural wines, NYS ciders, and a beer garden-slash-greenhouse hang, Evil Twin Brewing NYC is where Ridgewood locals and wandering Brooklynites end up for playful hazies, fruit-bomb sours, and whatever Claudia’s cafe is sl…
Rainy-day energy fix: Launch Family Entertainment Queens is the kind of indoor playground that burns off weekends in the best way, with wall-to-wall trampolines, dodgeball, dunk hoops, a ninja course, rock wall, and battle beam.
Serious cheesesteak cravings? When you want a real-deal Philly fix without leaving the boroughs, Wogies Bar & Grill, FIDI delivers scratch-made pub fare on house-baked hoagie rolls, plus crispy wings and house-made Philly pretzels.
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Mayor Mamdani's plan to rehabilitate the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, a section of the triple cantilever section, has been met with cheers and jeers from advocates, lawmakers, and residents of the neighborhoods bisected by the highway.
Full story at therealdeal.com ↗
Police are searching for three thieves who broke into several restaurants in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, overnight.
Full story at abc7ny.com ↗
1084 Madison St, 2, Bushwick, Brooklyn, has been renovated into a 3-bedroom full floor apartment with an upgraded kitchen and bathrooms.
Full story at brownstoner.com ↗
A modernist townhouse in Clinton Hill, New York, has sold for $3.85 million, a significant decrease from the $5.2 million asking price.
Full story at curbed.com ↗
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