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25 Famous People You Didn’t Know Were From Flatbush, Brooklyn

Few Brooklyn neighborhoods can tell their history through as many different kinds of famous people as Flatbush. Barbra Streisand and Neil Diamond walked the halls of Erasmus Hall High School before either became a recording star. A future Supreme Court justice grew up in a Brooklyn household that prized education. An illustrator who would help invent modern television cartoons, an Oscar-winning actress, and a writer whose childhood experiences became material for his novels all have stories tied to the neighborhood. Even the list of names associated with Flatbush’s later hip-hop culture would fill an article of its own.

Brooklyn, NY · 2d
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Idyllic Pursuit

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This New Jersey City Was Built Around a Waterfall Instead of a Town Square

Paterson is a New Jersey city whose industrial core was planned around the Great Falls...

Paterson, NJ · 1d

The Bergen Record

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'The Ten Commandments,' 70 years old, has this North Jersey connection

Pompton Lakes is not the Red Sea. And North Jersey is not North Africa — where Cecil B. DeMille and his cast of thousands restaged the exodus from Egypt, on location, in his supreme blockbuster, "The Ten Commandments." Yet the fingerprints of New Jersey are all over the 1956 movie classic, which celebrates its 70th anniversary on Nov. 8. "The Ten Commandments" is one of the few old Hollywood movies that still command a following today: On ABC it is still a prime-time holiday tradition during the Passover season. It was in the pews of the original Christ Episcopal Church that DeMille would have first heard the story of Moses, the Pharaoh of Egypt, the enslaved children of Israel, the parting of the Red Sea, and the giving of The Law. Possibly even from the mouth of his own father, Henry de Mille — a lay preacher there. "I can remember going Sunday after Sunday to church with my father and listening to him preach," DeMille said in one interview. Book versus movie His father, of course, based his sermons in the Bible. But the Bible left out certain things — which DeMille, in his $13 million epic (about $157

Pompton Lakes, NJ · 2d

Chowhound

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The Fiber-Rich Vegetable That Once Started A War Between Farmers And The Mafia

Organized crime set its sights on this unique vegetable loaded with fiber, leading to a long and violent conflict with the farmers who grew it.

New York, NY · 9h

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Relive The Sopranos At These 7 Unforgettable Filming Locations In New Jersey

Ready to relive Sopranos filming locations in New Jersey?. These 7 unforgettable spots deliver real TV history and pure Jersey magic!. 1. Holsten’s Ice Cream, Chocolate & Restaurant (Bloomfield) There’s no better place to start a Sopranos tour than Holsten’s in Bloomfield. This is the spot where...

New Jersey · 19h

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Queen Latifah goes back to Newark to build the homes her city needs

Long before the Oscar nomination, the Emmy and the Grammy, before “Ladies First” turned a teenager into a cultural force, Dana Owens, a.k.a. Queen Latifah, was a Newark kid learning the rhythm of her neighborhood’s corners and stoops. Decades later, she went back to those same blocks, this time carrying blueprints.

Newark, NJ · 2d

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From Classroom to Broadway: Columbia English Class Takes Field Trip to See Tony-Award Winning Musical

A group of 50 Columbia High School students went on a field trip to New York City on Wednesday to see the Tony-award winning Broadway musical “Hadestown” at the Walter Kerr Theatre. The trip was part of the course The Play’s the Thing, which is an English elective that allows students to immerse themselves in acting prompts, theater knowledge, and overall creative expression.

New York, NY · 2d

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Luxury Tower May Rise After Cinema 123 by Angelica Shuts Suddenly

After 64 years of operation, Cinema 123 by Angelika suddenly closed its doors on October 29 and only acknowledged the following day that the beloved three-screen theater across from Bloomingdales had shown its last film. The closure follows the sale of the building in September by movie theater and real...

New York, NY · 14h

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The Upper West Side Brownstone Where Meg Ryan’s ‘You’ve Got Mail’ Character Lived Is for Sale for $3.95 Million

The New York City townhouse served as the exterior of Kathleen Kelly’s home in the beloved 1998 romantic comedy.

Manhattan, NY · 2d

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New Lots African Burial Ground Ceremony Honors History, Future of Site

Instead of a traditional groundbreaking ceremony with shovels, hard hats, and safety vests, the Brooklyn Public Library, Gilbane Building Company, and the East New York African Burial Ground Collective hosted a special ground acknowledgment ceremony on October 29 to honor and remember the free and enslaved Africans buried in the East New York African burial ground.

Brooklyn, NY · 2d

NBC New York

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Puerto Rican culture comes alive at El Museo del Barrio

Inside El Museo del Barrio in Manhattan, Puerto Rican art and culture has come alive since its foundation back in 1969. NBC New York’s Gaby Acevedo reports.

Manhattan, NY · 1d

Gothamist

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Amtrak's Penn Station plan could funnel taxpayer money to new venue for James Dolan

The Trump administration is moving ahead with a new design for Penn Station. The federal government's plan to rebuild Penn Station would require the purchase of a theater attached to the west side of Madison Square Garden. [ more › ]

New York, NY · 2d

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The 10 New York Used Bookstores Where An Hour Of Browsing Turns Into An Afternoon

Rare first editions sit inside an old bank vault at one bookstore, right where stacks of cash once lived. Swapping money for stories might be the smartest trade that building ever made, and I adore the whole idea. The person who started that shop even helped arrange the sale of...

New York, NY · 10h

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Cam’ron And Ma$e Ask If New York’s Accent Is Disappearing

Cam’ron and Ma$e turned a question about New York’s changing voice into a full Harlem debate: Is the city’s accent slowly disappearing?. The discussion surfaced on the November 5 episode of It Is What It Is. Treasure “Stat Baby” Wilson put the question to the two rappers, whose voices, slang and comic timing carry decades of Harlem into a show built around sports and barbershop conversation.

New York, NY · 2d

Decked Out Magazine/Decked Out Media

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Why Hard Rock Hotel New York Is a Must-Visit for Rock Memorabilia Collectors This Holiday

The perfect stay The post Why Hard Rock Hotel New York Is a Must-Visit for Rock Memorabilia Collectors This Holiday first appeared on Decked Out Magazine .

New York, NY · 2d

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New Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade balloons take first flight

Bluey, Joe Cool Snoopy and Sorcerer's Apprentice Mickey have officially taken flight. Macy's newest Thanksgiving Day Parade balloons completed their first public test runs at BalloonFest ahead of their parade debut.

East Rutherford, NJ · 8h

Deadline

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‘Jane Elliott Against The World,’ Oscar-Contending Documentary On Pioneering And Polarizing Educator, Heads To Theaters

EXCLUSIVE: Jane Elliott Against the World , the Oscar-contending documentary about the Iowa educator who opened the eyes of Americans to the pernicious mechanism of racism, will soon reach theaters. 'Independent Lens' Series Acquires Four Documentaries: Prize Winners 'Jane Elliott Against The World,' 'Seeds' & More Judd Ehrlich’s film, winner of the Jury Award for Best Documentary at the Bentonville Film Festival, opens December 4 at The Quad in New York City and in Los Angeles at Laemmle Noho 7. The feature, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, has won audience awards at the Boulder International Film Festival, Cleveland International Film Festival, Sonoma International Film Festival, and Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival, among other honors. It screens at DOC NYC on November 15. Jane Elliott Against the World is set to make its premiere on the PBS series Independent Lens and on streaming on March 29, 2027. Watch an exclusive clip from the film below. Independent Lens/Flatbush Pictures “In 1968, Jane Elliott divided her all-white Iowa classroom by eye color, creating a lesson in discrimination that made her a national icon and lightning rod in the fight against racism,” notes a synopsis. “Now, nearing 90, she takes on a

Los Angeles, CA · 2d

People

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Liza Minnelli Says Working with Her Father Vincente Minnelli on His Final Film Is ‘Something I Treasure’ (Exclusive)

The father and daughter will be honored in an upcoming retrospective at New York City’s Museum of the Moving Image

New York, NY · 2d

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Queen Latifah Brings Newark Housing Mission To BET Documentary

Queen Latifah‘s effort to build housing in Newark is headed to BET, which set a Friday, November 27 premiere for “You Can Go Home Again.”. The documentary follows the rapper’s return to the New Jersey community that raised her and the years of work behind RISE Living. The mixed-use development includes affordable apartments, with a name that honors her late mother, Rita.

Newark, NJ · 1d

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Tony Winner Rupert Holmes Brings Broadway to Cranford High for One Night Only

Cranford High School is about to get a taste of Broadway when Rupert Holmes, the Tony Award-winning composer behind The Pina Colada Song, takes the stage alongside students for a one-night-only concert on November 20. Doors open at 6 p.m. and the show begins at 7 p.m. at the school, located at 201 West End Place in Cranford, New Jersey.

Cranford, NJ · 23h