Bensonhurst
The intersection of the hit-and-run, 17th Avenue and New Utrecht Avenue. (Source: Google Maps)A Queens woman has succumbed to her injuries after being struck by a motorcycle in a hit-and-run outside New Utrecht High School [http://www.newutrechthighschoolnyc.com/] earlier this month, cops say. Huiling
Arts & Culture
A rehearsal of ‘All American Boys’ should work. (Courtesy of Off the Page Education)Teaching artists, public school students, award-winning authors and professional actors have combined their talents to produce All American Boys [http://pipertheatre.org/event/all-american-boys-2016-07-26/2016-07-26/], a theatrical drama
Central Brooklyn
(Photo via Tuesdays Children / Flickr [https://www.flickr.com/photos/135510814@N08/22703947198/in/album-72157659039439324/] )Things are looking up for local non-profit champion Alison Silberman. She and her husband moved from Park Slope to East 17th Street in Ditmas Park last year, and just this month she was
Business
[L-R] Restaurateurs John Bush, Dale Talde, and David Massoni own Thistle Hill Tavern, Pork Slope, and Talde. (Via BlackBook)Two well-known local restaurants are up for sale, owned by the trilogy behind Talde Brooklyn [http://www.taldebrooklyn.com/] (369 7th Avenue at 11th Street). Both Pork Slope [http:
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Casey Cizikas of the New York Islanders. (Photo via ny_islanders [https://www.instagram.com/p/BCSt4hkkwxU/?taken-by=ny_islanders&hl=en])By Sean Egan The New York Islanders met with the New York Mets about possibly building a hockey-specific arena to move the hockey team to
Police & Fire
Jason Forgetta. (Photo via Brooklyn District Attorney’s Office)A Ditmas Park man was convicted of predatory sexual assault and other charges after impersonating a cop and brutally raping a 26-year-old sex worker in a Sunset Park hotel room in 2014. Jason Forgetta, 39, was found guilty of
News
Casey Cizikas of the New York Islanders. (Photo via ny_islanders [https://www.instagram.com/p/BCSt4hkkwxU/?taken-by=ny_islanders&hl=en])The New York Islanders met with the New York Mets about possibly building a hockey-specific arena to move the hockey team to Willets Point in
Central Brooklyn
Jason Forgetta. (Photo via Brooklyn District Attorney’s Office)[Update 9/12: Jason Forgetta has been sentenced to up to 32 years to life in prison, according to Brooklyn District Attorney Ken Thompson. “This serial sex offender is a clear and present danger to all women and must not be
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Smile! The DOT is giving away bike helmets! (Courtesy Twitter/NYCDOT [https://twitter.com/NYC_DOT/status/747460285808709632])Want a free bike helmet? Keep reading. The Department of Transportation [/?s=dot] and Citibike [/?s=citibike] are teaming up to literally give away bike helmets from 12pm to 3pm on Saturday
Announcements
If our dedicated and informed readers are anything like us, they’ve had enough of the same old delivery services and their shortcomings… but no worries – there is a solution to your problem. FoodSnagger: [http://www.foodsnagger.com] A Brooklyn based delivery service that’s paving the way to true
Police & Fire
Photos via Muslims Giving BackYesterday, the New York Post [http://nypost.com/2016/07/20/teens-beaten-outside-mosque-may-have-sexually-assaulted-mans-girlfriend/] reported the Brooklyn District Attorney’s office is investigating allegations that the two teens who were beaten outside a Sunset Park mosque sexually assaulted their
Bensonhurst
Photo by reconrican [http://websta.me/p/1013825817415140344_18937447]A pregnant woman was rescued from the D train tracks by a group of heroic straphangers Thursday morning after falling from the subway platform, DNAinfo first reported [https://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20160721/bensonhurst/good-samaritans-rescue-pregnant-woman-who-