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Bushwick Turns To The Stars And So Can You

New York's leading group of amateur astronomers are setting up shop for the first time next month at the DeKalb Library

Bushwick Turns To The Stars And So Can You

Bushwick Turns To The Stars And So Can You

New York's leading group of amateur astronomers are setting up shop for the first time next month at the DeKalb Library

Bushwick Turns To The Stars And So Can You

Bushwick native Kat Troche grew up looking at the stars. A member, these days, of the observing committee of the Amateur Astronomers Association of New York, she’s going to be at the helm of the Association’s latest new sidewalk stargazing location in North Brooklyn. After some back and forth over weather-related delays, the group has settled on a date in mid-May to gather local starwatchers outside the DeKalb Library on Bushwick Avenue. The group will also be hosting a stargazing event earlier in the month in nearby Crown Heights. 

“I was a student at PS 274 and a regular at the DeKalb Library, which is where we will be setting up, and where I first developed my love of…

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