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The accomplishments of the 33 Kings of Kings County for 2014 shone even more brightly than the jewels on their golden party crowns, presented to them at the fourth annual event, held on October 8 at Grand Prospect Hall in Park Slope.

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The Vitagraph Studios smokestack stood tall above Midwood long before the Kentile Floors and Eagle Clothes signs were ever erected, but now residents past and present are afraid the local – but not official – landmark will face the same fate and be removed from the Brooklyn skyline.

On the heels of what many are calling a growing heroin problem in the five boroughs and Brooklyn especially, Donna Mae DePola, founder of the Sunset Park Resource Training and Counseling Center (TRTC), has just opened the drug and alcohol rehabilitation site’s first satellite in Bay Ridge.

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It was a cause for celebration – and empty stomachs – on Tuesday, October 7 as the Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce (BCC) joined forces with the Federation of Italian American Organizations (FIAO) to host a special two-in-one event: a sneak peek of the soon-to-be finished Il Centro Italian-American Community Center that doubled as the official kick-off to Brooklyn’s own Italian Restaurant Week, October 8-15.

Lights. Camera. Fashion!

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Brooklyn’s Eighth Avenue between 61^st and 63^rd Streets is still slated to be the home of a new multi-story shopping and hotel development known as Eighth Avenue Center, which will begin construction in spring of 2015.

Just over a week after withdrawing as medical partner in the development deal to purchase Long Island College Hospital (LICH), NYU Langone Medical Center re-joined the partnership with Fortis Property Group.

On a recent Thursday night, normally a relatively quiet evening for restaurants, Marine Park favorite Michael’s Restaurant was packed.

Just over a week after withdrawing as medical partner in the development deal to purchase Long Island College Hospital (LICH), NYU Langone Medical Center re-joined the partnership with Fortis Property Group.

Bay Ridge’s busy 86^th Street strip officially made room for 24 new flavors of chicken wings as Planet Wings, at home at 8612 Fifth Avenue since the end of the summer, celebrated its grand opening on Friday, September 19.

The upscale Chinese restaurant Lai Yuen, which had occupied space in the Hamilton Building, on the northeast corner of 101st Street and Fourth Avenue for the past 15 years, lost its lease.

Save the date!

Thanks to Ridgeite Onofrio Demattia, an Italian-born jeweler whose work has been showcased on both the Queen Mary and the Queen Elizabeth cruise ships, those looking for a one-of-a-kind, hand-carved masterpiece need to look no further than his Fifth Avenue shop, Onofrio D. Oro on Fifth.

What began as a networking event for Brooklyn businesswomen and community leaders to form a Women’s Initiative with the Brooklyn borough president’s office quickly turned into a call to action to empower, train and inspire the next generation of young female leaders.

Public and private buildings will go green by 2050, according to a plan by Mayor Bill de Blasio, which aims to see an 80 percent cut in the city’s greenhouse gas emissions via installation of energy efficient appliances and infrastructure.

The Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce and City Council’s Brooklyn Delegation launched “Chamber on the Go,” which will bring financial, legal and employee recruitment assistance and other business services to local Brooklyn businesses where they are.

When a simple chocolate chip cookie is Instagram-worthy and leaves you wondering if you should buy a whole box worth, you know the bakers have knocked it out of the park.

It’s back, and better than ever.

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) has rejected a request by the American Freedom Defense Initiative to run advertisements that include the phrase “Killing Jews” on the back of MTA New York City Transit buses.

The Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts at Brooklyn College, born in 1954, is celebrating more than just the start of another exciting season this fall – it’s celebrating a very important birthday.

There’s a new kid on the block. On Thursday, September 18, Bay Ridge welcomed one of its newest salons, Salvo Capelli, during a ribbon cutting ceremony.

Treat and Release Medical Center of Bay Ridge, one of the few 30-year veterans of the Ridge’s Third Avenue strip, celebrated its 30^th anniversary on Tuesday, September 16, with smiles and a lot of balloons in the waiting room.

Hula hoops, tacos and pony rides were among the many family-friendly activities that filled Sunset Park’s Fifth Avenue Festival between 44^th and 59^th Streets on Sunday, September 14. The annual festival has been held since 1999 and is an opportunity for neighbors to interact with and support local small business vendors and community arts groups over food, dancing and fun.

With 24 original flavors of wings – sold both on the bone and in boneless bites – it’s hard not to want to check out 86^th Street’s brand new Planet Wings, located at 8612 Fifth Avenue.