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Brooklyn Municipal Building Renamed the Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Municipal Building

Brooklyn Municipal Building. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal/Bklyner)Today Mayor Bill de Blasio, First Lady Chirlane McCray, Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams, other local officials and the family of late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg gathered this afternoon to rename the Brooklyn Municipal building in her honor. “Today we honor

Beloved 1960s Children’s Television Host And Flatbush Native Sonny Fox, Dead at 95

Photo via Sonny FoxSonny Fox, the television host of the beloved 1960s New York-based Sunday children’s program, Wonderama, has died at 95. Fox died on Sunday, of pneumonia, due to COVID-19, in Los Angeles. His death was confirmed by his official website. [https://www.sonnyfox.tv/] In 1959, the

‘Mafia Cops’ Investigators Join New Series From “Boardwalk Empire” Creator Terence Winter

There are good cops and bad cops, and then there are the Mafia Cops — Stephen Caracappa and Louis Eppolito, two New York City police detectives who murdered for the mob. Emmy Award-winner Terence Winter will develop a limited series based on the book “Friends of the Family: The Inside Story

After Five Months Without, Brooklyn Welcomes Back Live Comedy

Caption: Comedian Derek Gaines (@thegreatboy) performs at a recent @takeitoutsidecomedy show in Bed Stuy. Photo courtesy of JT Anderson (@jtcanshoot).On a recent luke-warm night, in an undisclosed outdoor location in Brooklyn, an audience of a little over a hundred people sat on an expanse of concrete steps and watched

How an Angela Davis Quote Wound Up at the Barclays Center Subway Entrance

Angela Davis Quote at Barclays Center. Norman Oder/BklynerOn June 7, the tenth day of protests that coalesced around the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, arena managers replaced advertising at the venue’s singular oculus with a quote [/brooklyns-accidental-new-town-square/] from Martin Luther King Jr.–“The time is always right to do

Coney Island’s Ocean Drive Set to Have D’Agostino’s, Grand Opening Soon

Rendering of Ocean Drive [https://oceandrivenyc.com/].Ocean Drive, [https://oceandrivenyc.com/] (formerly Ocean Dreams) the latest ‘Miami-inspired’ double tower apartment complex in Coney Island at 3514 Surf Avenue, will have a D’Agostino supermarket on the ground floor. Plans are in place for the store to open by the

“Posse up and get tested” – Cuomo Asks Chris Rock And Rosie Perez To Educate Neighbors

Governor Andrew M. Cuomo’s daily Coronavirus briefing at the Madison Square Boys & Girls Club in Brooklyn, where he was joined by Brooklynites Chris Rock and Rosie Perez. The actors were on hand to promote testing and the wearing of PPE while in public. (Kevin P. Coughlin / Office of

Restaurant Owners Organize To Fight For Their Businesses

On Thursday of last week, Greg Baxtrom and Max Katzenberg, the owners and operators of Brooklyn’s Olmsted [http://olmstednyc.com] and Maison Yaki [http://maisonyaki.com], saw an urgent need. Sales tax for restaurants was due the next day, and with the mandatory closures, many would be forced to

Reporters Are Not Invincible. Get Well Soon!

Todd Maisel at work. Liena Zagare/BklynerThe last time I saw photojournalist extraordinaire and Marine Park neighbor Todd Maisel in flesh was at an ICE rally in Flatbush. He whacked me in the head with his cameras looking for a better angle on a story he was shooting for AM

Refresh Cortelyou Library – Upcoming Renovations & Fundraiser

Via Brooklyn Public LibraryThe Cortelyou branch of the Brooklyn Public Library is getting a lick of paint, new shelves, and new lighting later this year – all part of a $250,000 capital grant requested in 2016 by our former Assemblymember Jim Brannan, who retired in 2017, and was replaced by