Central Brooklyn
A bunch of thugs stabbed and robbed a student’s older brother of his jewelry, the teenager recalled, seemingly reliving the trauma he experienced in his own neighborhood. “It gets me very emotional,” he told state lawmakers, pausing to regain his composure, before adding, “I’m worried about the safety
Boerum Hill
Welcome back to openings and closings. This week, we welcome lots of new bakeries (we can smell the bread already) and bars, and say goodbye to a favorite ice cream shop. Openings: Bushwick: Sweet Chili [https://www.sweetchilinyc.com/] 1045 Flushing Avenue, between Morgan Avenue and Vandevoort Place. > [https:
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BORO PARK/KENSINGTON – The person who cops suspect threw eggs both at a synagogue and at a woman over the weekend, a hate crime, has been arrested. On Saturday, November 3 at around 6:05 p.m., a teenager threw an egg in the direction of a 38-year-old woman on
Business
A new store dispensing CBD products is coming to Brooklyn and will open at 195 5th Avenue in Park Slope, between Union and Sackett. Owner Dominique Pastorello hopes to focus on educating consumers on the potential benefits of CBD products and opening the first ‘Your CBD Store’ in the 5
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Young men in a mosque. (Photo: Rifky Nur Setyadi on Unsplash)BAY RIDGE – A Muslim family, along with Council on American-Islamic Relations-NY [https://www.cair-ny.org/], has filed a civil rights complaint against the NYC Department of Education for allegedly bullying a nine-year-old because of his faith, in retaliation for
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Savory pierogis at Pierozek. Courtesy of STUNTMANpr.GREENPOINT — Alexandra Kucharski was born into a Polish family in Greenpoint. Her parents, who emigrated over 30 years ago, came with nothing but a suitcase to build the American Dream. They would send Alexandra to Poland over the summers to spend time with
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Rendering of Sea Breeze Tower. Courtesy of Rybak Development.Seven members of the land use committee of Coney Island and Brighton Beach [/free-resource-book-tell-you-everything-you-need-to-know-about-brighton-beach-sheepshead-bay/] -based Community Board 13 voted unanimously Tuesday night to recommend approval of a rezoning proposal that would allow developer Rybak Development to create 6,000 square feet
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B71 coalition gather outside of Park Slope Library with Council Member Brad Lander and Assemblymember Jo Anne Simon. Hannah H. Kim/BklynerPARK SLOPE — Residents from Red Hook, Carroll Gardens, Gowanus, and Park Slope rallied before the MTA’s open house on the Brooklyn Bus Network Redesign [/tell-the-mta-what-you-hate-about-your-brooklyn-bus-route-this-fall/] in Park Slope
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Dr. Melony Samuels, the executive director of The Campaign Against Hunger, center with supporters.This holiday season, Brooklyn Community Foundation wants to prove that Brooklyn isn’t just New York City’s largest or hippest borough, it is also its most generous. The Foundation’s #BrooklynGives campaign [http://www.brooklyngives.
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DITMAS PARK — A 60-year-old delivery man was attacked and robbed while delivering food last week. On Tuesday, November 5 at around 9:40 p.m., a man was delivering food to a house on Dorchester Road, between Marlborough Road and East 16th Street. Then, two men approached him and took
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Alexander Rapaport placing a candle on the site of the man’s death. (Photo via Rapaport)BORO PARK – A homeless man died while sleeping on the streets in Brooklyn over the weekend. On November 10, a 46-year-old homeless man who was sleeping on a bench outside the Alben Triangle park
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SOUTH BROOKLYN — At a town hall [/mayors-promises-sheepshead-last-nights-town-hall/] in Sheepshead Bay back in September 2017, Mayor de Blasio promised a $10 million initiative that would provide homeowners in Southern Brooklyn with free sewage cut-off valves. However, it seems that the mayor misspoke. That money would be coming from state funds, not