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Oct
30
Halloween Spirit In Brooklyn: Fear And Sadness Won’t Stop Safe Celebrations

Halloween Spirit In Brooklyn: Fear And Sadness Won’t Stop Safe Celebrations

Halloween house in Prospect Park South. Liena Zagare/BklynerHalloween is spookier than ever this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
4 min read
Oct
29
Brooklyn Landlords Hit With Class Actions for Tricky Rent Math After Taking Tax Breaks

Brooklyn Landlords Hit With Class Actions for Tricky Rent Math After Taking Tax Breaks

By Rachel Holliday Smith. This article was originally published [https://www.thecity.nyc/housing/2020/10/29/21540279/brooklyn-landlords-hit-with-class-action-for-tricky-tax-break-rent-math] by
5 min read
Oct
29
Green-Wood Cemetery’s Dia de los Muertos Ofrenda Offers Beauty and Hope for Troubled Times

Green-Wood Cemetery’s Dia de los Muertos Ofrenda Offers Beauty and Hope for Troubled Times

The Dia de los Muertos Ofrenda in Green-Wood’s historic chapel. Cheyenne Ligon/BklynerBrooklyn’s Green-Wood Cemetery is celebrating the
3 min read
Oct
23
Boat For The Vote Event Brings Awareness To Early Voting With Drag, Singing, And French Horns

Boat For The Vote Event Brings Awareness To Early Voting With Drag, Singing, And French Horns

GOWANUS — The Fourth Street Basin of Brooklyn’s Gowanus Canal will look a bit different tonight. An extravaganza is being
2 min read
Oct
23
Brooklyn Hospital Center Plans A Modern Campus In The Heart of Downtown Brooklyn

Brooklyn Hospital Center Plans A Modern Campus In The Heart of Downtown Brooklyn

Conceptual renderings of the new Brooklyn Hospital Center by Fort Greene Park. Street level. By Robert A.M. Stern ArchitectsThe
8 min read
Oct
23
NYCHA’S Lead Paint Crisis Explodes as Known Number of Apartments Where Kids Risk Exposure Triples

NYCHA’S Lead Paint Crisis Explodes as Known Number of Apartments Where Kids Risk Exposure Triples

Mayor Bill de Blasio holds a media availability at City Hall on Wednesday, October 14, 2020 Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography
5 min read
Oct
22
Seven People Shot, Two Dead In Two Shooting Incidents Last Night

Seven People Shot, Two Dead In Two Shooting Incidents Last Night

The shooting incident on Hawthorne Street. (Photo via Loudlabs NYC)BROOKLYN – Seven people were shot, and two have died in
2 min read
Oct
21
Queens Man Shot & Killed In Boerum Hill

Queens Man Shot & Killed In Boerum Hill

Photo by David von Diemar [https://unsplash.com/@davidvondiemar?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText]
1 min read
Oct
20
Brooklyn’s Unemployment At 14.1% As Residents Drop Out Of Labor Force

Brooklyn’s Unemployment At 14.1% As Residents Drop Out Of Labor Force

New York State Department of Labor released September employment data today showing that unemployment in Brooklyn fell to 14.1%
2 min read
Oct
20
Grandma Knocked Onto Train Tracks After Dispute Turned Physical

Grandma Knocked Onto Train Tracks After Dispute Turned Physical

Photo via NYPD.CLINTON HILL – A man and his grandparents were assaulted, and grandma was knocked on to the train
2 min read