Newsletter
NYT says the best restaurants in America are in Brooklyn, but we can't seem to win at our own Bagelfest. Today's rain is the sideshow of Hurricane Fiona that wreaked havoc in Puerto Rico on its way to Canada, dropping 20" of water. Adams administration
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By far, the biggest news in Brooklyn this week was the tragic deaths of three children in Coney Island. They were found at the water's edge on Monday, with their mother wandering two miles away, barefoot, soaking wet, and uncommunicative. The mother has since been charged with murder
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Can a bánh mì from Hancos in Park Slope help you find love and other stories
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Elections are over, and it's the perfect time to enjoy the last couple of weeks of summer.
Politics
Kevin Parker keeps his job, for now.
Newsletter
This week we focus on the primaries, health, and public space.
Health
Deaths form overdoses of non-heroin opioids doubled during COVID, killing four times as many Brooklyn residents as just a few years ago, with fentanyl playing a leading role.
Opinion
“As a city, when we seem incapable of caring for basic things — public spaces, sanitation, safe streets — it’s hard to feel confident that we can handle bigger challenges and achieve greater goals," Friends of Cooper Park in Williamsburg say, urging Mayor to speed up park investments.
Kaegan Mays-Williams is running against Sen. Kevin Parker and David Alexis to represent District 21 in the state senate. Mays-Williams, a lawyer, hopes to offer an alternative for those wishing to vote for someone who is not associated with the troubled Brooklyn Democrats, is not known for anger issues, and
You need to be able to work across party lines and with people within your own conference. Being the loudest voice does not have anything to do with whether anything gets passed or who your allies are.