Feb. 7, 2024 By Kirstyn Brendlen
A Marine Park church was vandalized last month in what police have now deemed a hate crime.
Vandals damage stained glass window, crucifix at Marine Park church: NYPD
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Brooklyn man sentenced for involvement in fatal gang-related shooting
Feb. 7, 2024 By Jada Camille
A Brooklyn man was sentenced to 25 years to life in prison for killing a 21-year-old during a 2016 gang-related shooting in Flatlands, officials announced Tuesday.
50 Valentine’s Day Gifts — and 10 Therapist-Approved Strategies to Keep Love Alive
Feb. 6, 2024 By Stephanie Waddle
Valentine’s Day gifts serve three purposes: To spark a new relationship, to celebrate a lasting one — or to repair one that’s been damaged or neglected! Whatever stage you’re in, we’ve selected nearly 50 Valentine’s Day gift vendors and included recommendations that can help keep love afloat.
Workers at Nitehawk Cinema in Prospect Park move to unionize
Feb. 6, 2024 By Kirstyn Brendlen
Workers at Brooklyn’s beloved Nitehawk Cinema in Prospect Park marched into a managers’ meeting on Tuesday and announced their intention to unionize.
The Drunken Laboratory hosts ‘Love Lab’ to make sparks fly in Brooklyn
Feb. 6, 2024 By Emily Davenport
It’s time to leave the traditional dinner and a movie in the past.
Biden administration denies $800M infrastructure grants for BQE’s crumbling cantilever
Feb. 6, 2024 By Ben Brachfeld
The Biden administration has rejected the city’s applications for $800 million in infrastructure grants to redesign and reconstruct the crumbling triple cantilever section of the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, Brooklyn Paper’s sister publication amNewYork Metro first reported.
Branching out! Brooklyn Public Library challenges library-goers to ‘Browse the Branches’
Feb. 6, 2024 By Isabel Song Beer
Get ready to embark on a novel journey!
Proposed bill threatens survival of independent liquor stores in Brooklyn and beyond as supermarkets push to sell wine
Feb. 6, 2024 By Rachel Butler
The future of independently owned liquor stores in Brooklyn — and across the state — could be in jeopardy if a senate bill that would permit supermarkets to sell wine were to become law.
Cluck yeah! Raising Cane’s opens new location in Downtown Brooklyn
Feb. 6, 2024 By Melissa Fishman
Raising Cane’s, the beloved food chain with roots in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, has opened its fourth New York City location — and just second spot in Brooklyn — inside Fulton Mall.
Brooklyn tax preparer faces three years in prison over $1.1M false return scheme
Feb. 6, 2024 By Adam Daly
Federal prosecutors announced Monday that the former owner of an East Flatbush tax preparation business has pleaded guilty to stealing $1.1 million through a three-year long false return scheme.