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January 19, 2021

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Obituary

Neighbors

Remembering Tommaso Restaurant’s Thomas Verdillo

Thomas Verdillo, the owner and founder of Tommaso Restaurant in  Bensonhurst, passed away on Sunday, December 27th, due to complications...

Ellie Plass|December 30, 2020 @4:30 pmDecember 30, 2020 @4:30 pm
Neighbors

Remembering Tommaso Restaurant’s Thomas Verdillo

Thomas Verdillo, the owner and founder of Tommaso Restaurant in  Bensonhurst, passed away on Sunday, December 27th, due to complications...

Ellie Plass|December 30, 2020 @4:30 pmDecember 30, 2020 @4:30 pm
Neighbors

RIP Baba Inde: Court Street Loses a Beloved Friend and Neighbor

Everybody loved Baba.

Rachel Lindy Baron|December 29, 2020 @5:10 pmDecember 29, 2020 @5:10 pm
Neighbors

RIP Baba Inde: Court Street Loses a Beloved Friend and Neighbor

Everybody loved Baba.

Rachel Lindy Baron|December 29, 2020 @5:10 pmDecember 29, 2020 @5:10 pm
Obituary

David Dinkins, NYC’s First & Only Black Mayor, Dies At 93

David Dinkins, New York City’s first and only Black mayor who served one term died yesterday at 93-years-old. His wife...

Zainab Iqbal|November 24, 2020 @5:16 pm
Obituary

David Dinkins, NYC’s First & Only Black Mayor, Dies At 93

David Dinkins, New York City’s first and only Black mayor who served one term died yesterday at 93-years-old. His wife...

Zainab Iqbal|November 24, 2020 @5:16 pm
News

This Week In Brooklyn: School Re-Opening Delayed, Mayor Of Carroll Gardens, Soup Kitchens & Guns

BROOKLYN – It’s Thursday and so much is happening across our borough. Don’t forget to get your flu shot! And...

Zainab Iqbal|September 17, 2020 @4:26 pm
News

This Week In Brooklyn: School Re-Opening Delayed, Mayor Of Carroll Gardens, Soup Kitchens & Guns

BROOKLYN – It’s Thursday and so much is happening across our borough. Don’t forget to get your flu shot! And...

Zainab Iqbal|September 17, 2020 @4:26 pm
Obituary

Remembering Humayun Butt Of Brighton Beach

BRIGHTON BEACH – Humayun Butt was a dad to four children. He was a grandpa to eight. And he was...

Zainab Iqbal|July 6, 2020 @5:25 pmJuly 7, 2020 @5:25 pm
Obituary

Remembering Humayun Butt Of Brighton Beach

BRIGHTON BEACH – Humayun Butt was a dad to four children. He was a grandpa to eight. And he was...

Zainab Iqbal|July 6, 2020 @5:25 pmJuly 7, 2020 @5:25 pm
Obituary

Remembering Ahmad Samhan: Restaurateur, Father, Friend

Ahmad Samhan, a Brooklyn restaurateur, and father, died of a heart attack last Friday at the age of 51. Samhan...

Ellie Plass|July 2, 2020 @3:44 pmJuly 13, 2020 @3:44 pm
Obituary

Remembering Ahmad Samhan: Restaurateur, Father, Friend

Ahmad Samhan, a Brooklyn restaurateur, and father, died of a heart attack last Friday at the age of 51. Samhan...

Ellie Plass|July 2, 2020 @3:44 pmJuly 13, 2020 @3:44 pm
Obituary

Michael Halkias, Owner of Grand Prospect Hall, Dies From Coronavirus

PARK SLOPE – Michael Halkias, a Brooklyn legend and the owner of the Grand Prospect Hall, died yesterday afternoon. He...

Zainab Iqbal|May 7, 2020 @3:23 pmMay 7, 2020 @3:23 pm
Obituary

Michael Halkias, Owner of Grand Prospect Hall, Dies From Coronavirus

PARK SLOPE – Michael Halkias, a Brooklyn legend and the owner of the Grand Prospect Hall, died yesterday afternoon. He...

Zainab Iqbal|May 7, 2020 @3:23 pmMay 7, 2020 @3:23 pm
News

Brooklyn Weeps For Little Enzo

MIDWOOD – Last night was the vigil for 10-year-old Enzo Farachio. He was killed by a driver while waiting at...

Zainab Iqbal|September 13, 2019 @4:37 pmOctober 1, 2019 @4:37 pm
News

Brooklyn Weeps For Little Enzo

MIDWOOD – Last night was the vigil for 10-year-old Enzo Farachio. He was killed by a driver while waiting at...

Zainab Iqbal|September 13, 2019 @4:37 pmOctober 1, 2019 @4:37 pm
Obituary

R.I.P. Red Hook Slim: “He Could Make The Blues Harp Sing, Wail, Laugh Or Roar”

RED HOOK – Friends of Red Hook Slim, a beloved local blues harpist, reached out to Bklyner to share the...

Pamela Wong|September 9, 2019 @10:05 amOctober 1, 2019 @10:05 am
Obituary

R.I.P. Red Hook Slim: “He Could Make The Blues Harp Sing, Wail, Laugh Or Roar”

RED HOOK – Friends of Red Hook Slim, a beloved local blues harpist, reached out to Bklyner to share the...

Pamela Wong|September 9, 2019 @10:05 amOctober 1, 2019 @10:05 am
Obituary

R.I.P. Alan Fleishman: Brooklyn Activist & LGBTQ Trailblazer

Local officials are paying tribute to Alan Fleishman, a longtime political organizer and LGBTQ activist who passed away earlier this...

Pamela Wong|August 29, 2019 @12:00 pmOctober 1, 2019 @12:00 pm
Obituary

R.I.P. Alan Fleishman: Brooklyn Activist & LGBTQ Trailblazer

Local officials are paying tribute to Alan Fleishman, a longtime political organizer and LGBTQ activist who passed away earlier this...

Pamela Wong|August 29, 2019 @12:00 pmOctober 1, 2019 @12:00 pm
Obituary

Kevin Peter Carroll Dies, Age 33

BAY RIDGE – Former District Leader Kevin Peter Carroll, 33, of Community Board 10, was found dead at home on...

Olivia Oldham|June 4, 2019 @9:58 amJune 4, 2019 @9:58 am
Obituary

Kevin Peter Carroll Dies, Age 33

BAY RIDGE – Former District Leader Kevin Peter Carroll, 33, of Community Board 10, was found dead at home on...

Olivia Oldham|June 4, 2019 @9:58 amJune 4, 2019 @9:58 am
Obituary

Greenpoint Centenarian “Big Helen” Sieczkowski Passed Away January 2nd – OBITUARY

By Michael Kawochka GREENPOINT – Greenpoint centenarian “Big Helen” Sieczkowski passed away January 2, 2019.  She was the oldest living...

BKLYNER|January 5, 2019 @11:34 amJanuary 5, 2019 @11:34 am
Obituary

Greenpoint Centenarian “Big Helen” Sieczkowski Passed Away January 2nd – OBITUARY

By Michael Kawochka GREENPOINT – Greenpoint centenarian “Big Helen” Sieczkowski passed away January 2, 2019.  She was the oldest living...

BKLYNER|January 5, 2019 @11:34 amJanuary 5, 2019 @11:34 am
Park Slope

Farewell to Flo Leopoldi, Matriarch Of Leopoldi Hardware

PARK SLOPE – Florence Leopoldi, the matriarch of 5th Avenue’s family-owned Leopoldi Hardware, passed away on December 19. She was...

Pamela Wong|January 4, 2019 @12:49 pm
Park Slope

Farewell to Flo Leopoldi, Matriarch Of Leopoldi Hardware

PARK SLOPE – Florence Leopoldi, the matriarch of 5th Avenue’s family-owned Leopoldi Hardware, passed away on December 19. She was...

Pamela Wong|January 4, 2019 @12:49 pm
Obituary

Justice William C. Thompson Sr. dies at 94

Brooklyn — New York State Supreme Court Justice William C. Thompson Sr., the first African American state senator from Brooklyn died...

Kadia Goba|December 26, 2018 @4:03 pmDecember 26, 2018 @4:03 pm
Obituary

Justice William C. Thompson Sr. dies at 94

Brooklyn — New York State Supreme Court Justice William C. Thompson Sr., the first African American state senator from Brooklyn died...

Kadia Goba|December 26, 2018 @4:03 pmDecember 26, 2018 @4:03 pm
Obituary

Obituary: Jay the Barber

Below obituary was submitted by the family: PARK SLOPE – Jason (aka Jay) Melvin Santiago Laracuente, passed away in Brooklyn on...

BKLYNER|August 31, 2018 @2:12 pmAugust 31, 2018 @2:12 pm
Obituary

Obituary: Jay the Barber

Below obituary was submitted by the family: PARK SLOPE – Jason (aka Jay) Melvin Santiago Laracuente, passed away in Brooklyn on...

BKLYNER|August 31, 2018 @2:12 pmAugust 31, 2018 @2:12 pm
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