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3 days ago | brooklynpaper.com | Kirstyn Brendlen

A driver hit and injured a father and son who were riding their bicycles in Bed-Stuy on Saturday. The driver, a 37-year-old man, was headed south on Nostrand Avenue at about 12 p.m. on June 21 when he hit a 44-year-old man and his 10-year-old son, who were cycling west on Lexington Avenue, police said. Both victims were injured in the crash and were brought by ambulance to Maimonides Medical Center in stable condition.

4 days ago | brooklynpaper.com | Neighborhood Acts |Anna Bradley-Smith |Brooklyn Paper

Bed-Stuy is about to get even more dining options with two new restaurants slated to debut in the coming weeks: French-themed Badaboom and Mexico City cantina-inspired Dolores. Badaboom plans to open its doors sometime this week at 421 Bainbridge St., on the corner of Howard Avenue. The restaurant will serve rotisserie chicken and French-influenced comfort dishes and wine.

1 week ago | brooklynpaper.com | Neighborhood Acts |Anna Bradley-Smith |Brooklyn Paper

In an unexpected move, two new historic districts have been proposed for the area south of Prospect Park, once part of the historic town of Flatbush. The city’s Landmarks Preservation Commission voted unanimously Tuesday to calendar the proposed Beverley Square West and Ditmas Park West Historic Districts, a step that sets up forthcoming public hearings.

1 week ago | brooklynpaper.com | Kirstyn Brendlen

The city’s parks department this week unveiled a new “mini forest” on a formerly little-used lot on the Williamsburg waterfront. Tucked into the North Fifth Street Pier and Park, the leafy plot is filled with native plants and trees, part of the parks department’s effort to increase the tree canopy across New York City.

1 week ago | brooklynpaper.com | Kirstyn Brendlen

The people of South Williamsburg have, for decades, dealt with the long-term effects of  environmental abuses and climate change. New York City considers the nabe an environmental justice area — meaning it has suffered “disproportionate negative impacts due to historical and existing social inequities without equal protection and enforcement of environmental laws and regulations.”Those impacts are still apparent, said Asenhat Gómez, interim executive director of local org El Puente.