Hippie Oko Farms volunteers to get evicted from NYC plot before they can harvest crops
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Hippie Oko Farms volunteers to get evicted from NYC plot before they can harvest crops

ByNews Polite

About 600 urban farmers say they are being evicted from their Williamsburg plot so suddenly that they won’t even be able to harvest their last batch of crops. The volunteer gardeners toiling for Oko Farms — which provides fresh produce to low-income Brooklynites — was warned by Two Trees Management in…

Tattoos of the Statue of Liberty are the focus of this offbeat NYC spot: ‘She’s an ideal’
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Tattoos of the Statue of Liberty are the focus of this offbeat NYC spot: ‘She’s an ideal’

ByNews Polite

Give me your tired, your poor — and your tatted masses. The Statue of Liberty has long been a symbol of freedom and the American Dream, but also an irresistible option for a tattoo among a surprising number of ink addicts. “It started off with us wanting something that focused…

NYC squatters ‘terrorized’ neighborhood after taking control of M brownstone
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NYC squatters ‘terrorized’ neighborhood after taking control of $4M brownstone

ByNews Polite

Almost two dozen disheveled squatters tormented and terrorized the residents and businesses surrounding a vacant $4 million Brooklyn brownstone they commandeered. The young miscreants stole packages off neighbor’s porches, threatened passersby, damaged private property, got high on the stoop, and set off fireworks in the early morning hours, neighbors told…

Century-old WWI memorial left overgrown, ignored in Williamsburg, Brooklyn
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Century-old WWI memorial left overgrown, ignored in Williamsburg, Brooklyn

ByNews Polite

A tiny green refuge in Brooklyn honoring locals who died fighting in World War I is tucked away in a 3,000-square-foot park – mysteriously padlocked most days and hidden under overgrown brush. Few get to enjoy the city-owned Memorial Gore’s beauty since its biggest backers died, as the Williamsburg park…

Bicycle-riding bandit knocks out, pick-pockets man in Brooklyn
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Bicycle-riding bandit knocks out, pick-pockets man in Brooklyn

ByNews Polite

A bicycle-riding bandit sucker-punched a man, knocking him out, before robbing the victim blind on a Brooklyn street, police said Friday. The shocking attack happened just past 10:30 a.m. Sunday near Metropolitan Avenue and Manhattan Avenue in Williamsburg. The assailant rode a Citi Bike up to his 26-year-old victim and…