Feb. 15, 2024 By Isabel Song Beer
The Kings Bay Library beat 15 other local libraries to take home the top prize in the Brooklyn Public Library’s robotics championship on Feb. 3.
Kings Bay Library wins Brooklyn Robotics League championship
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Former Brooklyn council candidate cuffed in connection with Capitol insurrection
Feb. 15, 2024 By Kirstyn Brendlen
A former Brooklyn City Council candidate was arrested on Wednesday morning for allegedly participating in the insurrection at the U.S. Capital on Jan. 6, 2021.
12 people injured in Brownsville NYCHA building blaze: FDNY
Feb. 14, 2024 By Adam Daly
Twelve people were injured in a fire at a Brownsville public housing development on Wednesday morning.
Gun-toting duo sought for alleged robbery of Crown Heights store
Feb. 14, 2024 By Jada Camille
Authorities are on the lookout for the two men they say robbed a Crown Heights store at gunpoint on Feb. 11.
Brooklyn Nets celebrate Lunar New Year at Tuesday night game against Celtics
Feb. 14, 2024 By Ximena Del Cerro The Brooklyn Nets dressed in distinguishable bright red and gold on Tuesday before facing the Boston Celtics, to celebrate the start of Lunar New Year. The match — and the Nets’ home base, Barclays Center — was wrapped in homages to Chinese culture with traditional and modern performances,…
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Downtown Brooklyn’s Edison Building to be considered for landmark status
Feb. 14, 2024 By Anna Bradley-Smith
The Landmarks Preservation Commission on Tuesday voted to add the Brooklyn Edison Building at 345 Adams St. to its calendar for possible designation as an individual landmark, triggering a public hearing on the proposal.
Coney Islanders hold anti-casino panel, say gaming facility could harm the nabe
Feb. 14, 2024 By Jada Camille
Coney Islanders Against a Casino, a group of residents who are doing all they can to oppose the proposed gaming center coming to the area, held an anti-casino panel and forum on Feb. 12.
MTA completes first Brooklyn subway station renovation of the year at Fort Hamilton Parkway
Feb. 14, 2024 By Adam Daly
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority has wrapped up renovations of the Fort Hamilton Parkway subway station in Windsor Terrace, the first Brooklyn station revamped this year under the program aimed at improving customer experience.
‘No more’: Pols push for state budget funding to address subway bottleneck in Crown Heights
Feb. 14, 2024 By Adam Daly
Commuter advocates and New York state pols are demanding capital funding in this year’s state budget for the MTA to fix a subway bottleneck issue known as the Crown Heights Cluster.
Brooklyn brr-eaks the ice: Winter storm unleashes borough’s biggest snowfall in 2 years
Feb. 13, 2024 By Robert Pozarycki & Brooklyn Paper
Brooklyn was covered in a blanket of white snow Tuesday, thanks to a winter storm that’s expected to deliver the five boroughs’ biggest snowfall in two years.