Jun. 18, 2024 By Jada Camille
Four fencers from Manhattan Fencing Center are preparing for their Olympic debut.
En garde! Fencers from Manhattan Fencing Center headed to the 2024 Olympics
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Brooklyn Workforce Innovations raises over $200,000 at gala, celebrating 24 years of empowering low-income New Yorkers
Jun. 18, 2024 By Meaghan McGoldrick O'Neil
Brooklyn Workforce Innovations raised over $200,000 last week at a fundraising event to support the nonprofit’s mission of providing skills training and job placement for low-income New Yorkers facing employment barriers.
Family seeks justice for Brooklyn man killed by allegedly unlicensed moped rider
Jun. 18, 2024 By Adam Daly
The daughter of a Sunset Park man who was fatally struck by an allegedly unlicensed moped rider earlier this month maintains that the misdemeanor charges against the suspect are too lenient and called on the Brooklyn District Attorney’s Office to include manslaughter.
A collaboration of culture! Reimagined beauty and fashion center reopening in Park Slope
Jun. 18, 2024 By Jada Camille
Park Slope is about to get even more creative with the grand opening of the reimagined Brooklyn Beauty and Fashion Laboratory, a Japanese-American innovation hub, on June 21.
Pulpit to prison! ‘Bling Blishop’ Lamor Whitehead sentenced to nine years in prison for fraud, extortion and false statements
Jun. 17, 2024 By Jada Camille
Lamor Whitehead, the Canarsie bishop known for his love of bling and holy deceit, was sentenced to nine years in prison on Monday, June 17 for schemes of wire fraud, attempted wire fraud, attempted extortion and making false statements to federal law agents.
NYC heat wave: How to beat the heat in Brooklyn this week
Jun. 17, 2024 By Meaghan McGoldrick O'Neil New York City is gearing up for a significant heat wave this week, with temperatures set to peak at a sweltering highs Thursday and Friday. City officials have already activated emergency measures to ensure the safety and well-being of residents as the city braces for the “extreme heat…
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It’s a house party! Brooklyn gets down at BRIC’s first fundraising gala in five years
Jun. 17, 2024 By Meaghan McGoldrick O'Neil
Brooklyn got its party on last week as BRIC celebrated its first fundraising gala in five years at BRIC House in Fort Greene.
Historic Bed-Stuy brownstones’ fate debated at heated public hearing on Willoughby-Hart landmarking proposal
Jun. 14, 2024 By Anna Bradley-Smith More than 30 years after the city’s landmarking body first considered preserving a historic section of Willoughby Avenue and Hart Street in Bed-Stuy, residents — some whose brownstones have been in their family for five generations — were able to share at a public hearing why they are calling…
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Discover Brooklyn’s rich abolitionist history: New audio tour launches in time for Juneteenth Celebrations
Jun. 14, 2024 By Susan De Vries
In time for Juneteenth celebrations, the Landmarks Preservation Commission launched a new interactive audio tour exploring Brooklyn’s significant role in the abolitionist movement and the Underground Railroad.
Council Member Chi Ossé says New Yorkers ‘can’t afford’ broker fees at contentious FARE Act hearing
Jun. 14, 2024 By Ximena Del Cerro
Hundreds of New Yorkers descended upon City Hall on Wednesday in to voice their opinions on Brooklyn Council Member Chi Ossé’s bill to shift the onus of costly broker fees off of tenants and on to landlords.