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Downtown Brooklyn

Jul
03
Downtown Brooklyn Updates: The Amberly & The Ace Hotel

Downtown Brooklyn Updates: The Amberly & The Ace Hotel

DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN – The team behind the new 33-story, 270-unit luxury rental building coming to 120 Nassau Street [/facade-installation-begins-120-nassau-street/] recently launched
2 min read
Jul
02

Weekend Crime Blotter: Dramatic Open-Water Rescue, A Big Bank-Robbery Score & More

(Courtesy: bee721 / flickr)BOERUM HILL – Can I speak to your manager? That’s what a bank robber asked a Chase
3 min read
Jun
28
Brooklyn Pols Call on Albany to Fund MTA Repairs After Ceiling Collapse

Brooklyn Pols Call on Albany to Fund MTA Repairs After Ceiling Collapse

Borough President Adams called for funding of the FastForward plan along with Brooklyn politicians and leaders at a press conference
2 min read
Jun
27

Wednesday Crime Blotter: Multiple Shooting Assaults, Bed-Stuy Burglars Charge Stolen Credit Cards & More

CONEY ISLAND – A New York firefighter was arrested last night at his home in Coney Island, said police. Nelson Merizalde,
2 min read
Jun
25
Chow Down With Brooklyn Eats This Week at City Point!

Chow Down With Brooklyn Eats This Week at City Point!

Brooklyn Eats (Photo by Paul Stremple)DOWNTOWN – Brooklyn’s biggest food expo is back in downtown at a new location—
2 min read
Jun
25
Weekend Crime Blotter: A Stun-Gun Wielding Burglar, A Scooter-Riding Sexual Assault Suspect & More

Weekend Crime Blotter: A Stun-Gun Wielding Burglar, A Scooter-Riding Sexual Assault Suspect & More

SUNSET PARK – After a horrifying knife assault that severed a woman’s arm and two of her fingers in Sunset
4 min read
Jun
22
Brooklyn’s Old Paramount Theatre Is New Again

Brooklyn’s Old Paramount Theatre Is New Again

DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN – As gentrification continues to steamroll through Downtown Brooklyn, one new project stands out as a crowd-pleaser with little
3 min read
Jun
20
Wednesday Crime Blotter: Deadbeat Cop Avoids Child Support Payments, A Bloody Beach Brawl on Coney Island & More

Wednesday Crime Blotter: Deadbeat Cop Avoids Child Support Payments, A Bloody Beach Brawl on Coney Island & More

Photo via Wikimedia Commons [https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cc/Police_Line_Crime_Scene_2498847226.jpg] DOWNTOWN – NYPD
2 min read
Jun
18
17-Foot-Tall Sculpture Depicting Endangered Rhinos Moves to MetroTech Commons

17-Foot-Tall Sculpture Depicting Endangered Rhinos Moves to MetroTech Commons

DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN – The Last Three, the 17-foot-tall bronze sculpture depicting the last three northern white rhinos in the world stacked
3 min read
Jun
15
Brooklynites gather outside Borough Hall to #endfamilyseparation

Brooklynites gather outside Borough Hall to #endfamilyseparation

DOWNTOWN – Around 6 pm yesterday, hundreds of residents were gathered outside the city hall to oppose President Trump’s recent
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