May. 22, 2024 By Jada Camille
Developers have released renderings of a newly-approved affordable housing development coming to Park Slope.
Developers release renderings of new affordable housing development coming to Park Slope
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Starry cinema: Your guide to free and low-cost outdoor movies in Brooklyn this summer
May. 22, 2024 By Kirstyn Brendlen
Memorial Day is nearly here, and come summertime, there’s nothing better than heading to the movie theater to take in all the new blockbusters or revisiting your favorite summertime flicks, whether that’s “Dirty Dancing” or “Jaws.”
Pro-Palestine organizers denounce police brutality, refute claims of outside agitators at Bay Ridge Nakba Day protest
May. 22, 2024 By Gabriele Holtermann
The organizers of a pro-Palestine protest held in Bay Ridge last weekend gathered on Ovington Avenue Tuesday to condemn what they called “excessive force” used by some NYPD officers at the event.
Williamsburg driver indicted on manslaughter charge for fatal crash that killed his passenger: DA
May. 22, 2024 By Adam Daly
A man was arraigned Tuesday at Brooklyn Supreme Court on manslaughter charges in connection with a deadly Williamsburg crash in which he allegedly struck an MTA bus and fled the scene after one of his passengers was ejected from the backseat.
NewYork Presbyterian announces mobile OBGYN services for underserved communities in Queens and Brooklyn
May. 22, 2024 By Athena Dawson NewYork-Presbyterian and March of Dimes have partnered to bring a mobile OBGYN office to the tri-state area. The Mom and Baby Mobile Health Center brings pregnancy, post-birth and women’s health care directly to mothers in need of care. The mobile bus serves unhoused and undocumented women and collaborates with…
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Brooklyn man who was cleared in the murder of 14-year-old girl, indicted for attempted murder of teen in Middle Village last July: DA
May. 21, 2024 By Bill Parry
A Brooklyn man who had a murder conviction vacated by the Queens District Attorney’s Office in November 2022 was indicted in connection to a fatal shooting in Middle Village.
‘Irresponsible’: Locals criticize Adams, DOT as McGuinness Boulevard redesign falters
May. 21, 2024 By Kirstyn Brendlen
As the Department of Transportation resumed work on its scaled-down redesign of McGuinness Boulevard last week, dozens of Greenpointers rallied on the side of the thoroughfare, calling the city out for abandoning the original road diet it finalized last spring.
New literacy curriculum faces backlash from Brooklyn parents, educators and students over lack of depth
May. 21, 2024 By Megan McGibney
When the doors opened for eight of Brooklyn’s school districts last September, parents and teachers walked into three new literacy curricula that the Department of Education unveiled in May 2023.
Landmarks approves sleek six-story apartment building on Park Slope’s Seventh Avenue
May. 21, 2024 By Anna Bradley-Smith
The city’s Landmarks Preservation Commission unanimously approved a sleek six-story apartment building, which nods to the neighboring historic architecture, for a long-vacant site on Park Slope’s Seventh Avenue at a meeting on Tuesday.
‘Bling Bishop’ jailed for violating bond while awaiting sentencing in fraud case
May. 21, 2024 By Ben Brachfeld & Brooklyn Paper staff
Convicted fraudster Lamor Whitehead, better known as the “Bling Bishop” of Brooklyn, was ordered to jail on Monday for violating the terms of his pre-sentencing bond.