Oct. 24, 2023 By Kirstyn Brendlen & Lloyd Mitchell
A dozen people were injured, two seriously, in a raging fire in East New York on Monday night.
East New York apartment fire injures 12, with 2 in serious condition: FDNY
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Hybrid Vintage blends contemporary fashions and secondhand treasures in East Williamsburg
Oct. 24, 2023 By Mandie-Beth Chau
After nearly a decade in real estate, Tanya Rabeya decided in 2021 that she was ready for a big change — one that would cater to her natural entrepreneurial skills and her love for fashions both old and new. Last spring, she opened her new store, Hybrid Vintage, in East Williamsburg.
Marine Park remembers fallen firefighter Steven Pollard with street co-naming
Oct. 23, 2023 Lloyd Mitchell & Adam Daly
Friends and family of fallen firefighter Steven Pollard gathered Sunday in Marine Park to commemorate the life of one of New York’s bravest with the unveiling of a new street sign bearing his name.
Double Domino towers rising on Williamsburg waterfront will mix condos, rentals
Oct. 23, 2023 By Cate Corcoran Close to topping out, the twin skyscrapers rising on Site D of Two Trees’ Domino redevelopment on the Williamsburg waterfront will be condos and rentals, including affordable housing. A sign recently went up on one of the towers proclaiming “condos” and “rentals.” To date, the mega-project has comprised only…
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Fire breaks out in Sunset Park storage facility where ‘hundreds’ of e-bikes and batteries were kept: FDNY
Oct. 23, 2023 By Kirstyn Brendlen & Lloyd Mitchell
One firefighter was injured after lithium-ion e-bike batteries sparked a three-alarm fire at a Sunset Park storage facility on Sunday.
Bed-Stuy man charged with murder for killing of activist Ryan Carson: DA
Oct. 20, 2023 By Adam Daly
An 18-year-old man was indicted Friday in the “brutal murder” of social justice advocate Ryan Carson in Bedford-Stuyvesant earlier this month.
Brooklyn councilmember backs calls for DA to drop assault charges against Bensonhurst father
Oct. 20, 2023 By Adam Daly
Council Member Justin Brannan has backed community calls on the Brooklyn District Attorney’s Office to drop the assault charges against a Bensonhurst father who was arrested for allegedly protecting his 13-year-old son from an adult attacker last month.
City backtracks on key commitments for new 15-story, 1,040-bed Boerum Hill jail, locals say
Oct. 19, 2023 By Anna Bradley-Smith City agencies behind the design of the new 15-story, 1,040-bed Brooklyn Borough Jail in Boerum Hill have reneged on commitments made to the community during the land use review process, compromising the jail’s ability to integrate safely into the neighborhood, locals said at a community board meeting Wednesday night….
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Clinton Hill restauranteurs united by breast cancer journeys raise money and awareness
Oct. 19, 2023 By Augostina Mallous
In the sterile halls of the Perlmutter Cancer Center, one woman’s heart raced as she faced an all-too-familiar dread.
Green-Wood Cemetery extends an invitation to dance among the graves in ‘Nightfall: Danse Macabre’
Oct. 19, 2023 By Ximena Del Cerro
“The undeniable truth is, we are all going to die. So why not embrace the inevitable and go dancing to our graves?” reads the invitation to “Nightfall: Danse Macabre,” Green-Wood Cemetery’s crowning event of the fall.