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"We’ve been part of this neighborhood for more than 50 years and now this one guy is trying to destroy my entire business." ...
BED-STUY – POLICE SAY THAT at around 3 a.m. on Sunday, April 20, an unidentified man followed a 38-year-old woman off of the G train at the Bedford-Nostrand subway station, and pursued her for ...
BOROUGHWIDE — There are thousands of edible fruit trees in Brooklyn. Yet, much of the fruit residents grab from the supermarket sport an “imported” sticker. As of 2021, 60% of fresh fruit in ...
Taking place as it has for decades on Willow Place (off Joralemon Street), the fair features rides and games for the kids, delicious Mexican/Lebanese treats from new local restaurant El Cedro ...
Gov. Kathy Hochul and the city’s five district attorneys celebrated changes to the state’s evidence-sharing laws that were worked into the state budget Wednesday. While the governor’s ...
DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN — Mayor Eric Adams announced plans for a 72-story mixed-use tower at 395 Flatbush Ave., set to be Brooklyn’s second-tallest after the Brooklyn Tower, Curbed reports.
CITYWIDE — NYPD DET. JOSEPH BORRELLI, the Brooklyn-born sleuth who put NYC’s notorious “Son of Sam” serial killer behind bars, died this week, according to the New York Post. He was 93.
The public knew Sean “Diddy” Combs as a larger-than-life cultural icon and business mogul, but behind the scenes, he was coercing women into drug-fueled sexual encounters and using violence to ...
BROOKLYN HEIGHTS — Music instructor/guitarist Christian Apuzzo along with student musicians Louie Piscitello and Caine Nation-Ng, both age 11, entertained with guitar classics — from folk ...
The Brooklyn Quilters Guild hosted its biennial quilt show at BKloft26 in Sunset Park on Saturday and Sunday, April 26 and 27. Nearly 100 of the guild’s roughly 230 members contributed 200 quilts for ...
CYPRESS HILLS — A 41-YEAR-OLD MAN was fatally stabbed in the abdomen on a “J90” shuttle bus in Cypress Hills on Sunday just before 2 p.m., police said. Officers responded to a 911 call for a ...
BROOKLYN — The Brooklyn Mirage, part of the Avant Gardner complex, faces further delays in reopening due to unissued city permits following a major renovation. The venue has reportedly been ...