Jul. 6, 2023 By Isabel Song Beer
Empire State Bank, one of New York’s vital financial institutions, has hired a new banking center manager for their Bay Ridge location.
Empire State Bank welcomes new banking manager in Bay Ridge location
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Boy pulled from Prospect Park Lake remains in coma 3 weeks after near-drowning
Jul. 5, 2023 By Adam Daly
A GoFundMe campaign has raised over $9,000 to help pay the medical bills of a 13-year-old boy who is “fighting for his life” after he was left comatose following a drowning incident in Prospect Park last month.
School’s out: City Parks Foundation offers free summer sports programs in parks across Brooklyn
Jul. 5, 2023 By Ximena Del Cerro
In the summer, parks come to life.
PHOTOS: Cast of ‘Gravesend’ celebrates premiere of local crime drama’s second season
Jul. 5, 2023 By Melissa Fishman & Arthur de Gaeta
A star is born — again!
Hazmat removes lithium-ion batteries from Starrett City apartment building after early-morning blaze: FDNY
Jul. 3, 2023 Adam Daly & Lloyd Mitchell
Firefighters subdued an early morning fire that appeared to have been caused by lithium-ion batteries at a Starrett City apartment complex early on Monday morning.
NYC Parks opens new mounted command facility in Queens after 20-plus years
Jul. 3, 2023 By John Schilling A brand new Parks Enforcement Patrol (PEP) Mounted Command Facility will open at Sunrise Stables in Gemini Fields, the New York City Department of Parks & Recreation announced on Friday. The new command facility, the first to open in the borough in over two decades, will be home to…
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Employees at popular Williamsburg’s Vital Climbing Gym move to unionize
Jun. 30, 2023 By Isabel Song Beer
Over 100 employees at Brooklyn’s popular Vital Climbing Gym have begun the process of unionization to work to ensure that employees’ needs are being met.
Bay Ridge allies protest pol’s anti-LGBTQ+ remarks amid series of anti-queer incidents in nabe
Jun. 29, 2023 By Jada Camille
A group of LGBTQ+ allies protested outside Assembly Member Alec Brook-Krasny’s Bay Ridge office on June 26, a few weeks after the politician made public remarks that left some members of the neighborhood feeling ostracized.
Ari Kagan comes out on top in District 47 Republican primary, will face Democrat Justin Brannan in general election
Jun. 28, 2023 By Jada Camille
Two incumbent city council members – Republican Ari Kagan and Democrat Justin Brannan– continued the race towards the District 47 city council seat during the June 27 primary election.
New York lawmaker proposes hiking fines for alternate side parking violations
Jun. 28, 2023 By Christian Murray A New York City lawmaker has introduced a bill that would hike the fines for motorists who constantly violate alternate side parking across the five boroughs. The bill, introduced June 22 by Brooklyn Council Member Lincoln Restler, would increase the fines for repeat offenders, from $65 for a…