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How Brooklyn’s West X East is redefining South Asian fashion

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Mar. 20, 2025 By Miriam Norwitz Brooklyn-based fashion brand West X East is stitching its way to success. Founded by Tania Kottoor, a first-generation Indian American, West X East is a “tech-forward fashion brand that elevates cultural fashion” by creating customizable South Asian-inspired outfits. As a child, Kottoor spent hours in the corner of…

Fire at Bay Ridge apartment building leaves two injured

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Mar. 19, 2025 By Kirstyn Brendlen & Lloyd Mitchell A fire in a large Bay Ridge apartment building left at least two people injured on Wednesday morning. The blaze broke out on the third floor of a seven-story building on 3rd Avenue near 99th Street around 11 a.m., per the FDNY. When firefighters arrived…

Musical composition honoring pandemic loss to be played every hour at Brooklyn Botanic Garden

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Mar. 19, 2025 By Lauren Rapp A heartfelt musical composition will be played every hour among the cherry trees at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden to mark the fifth anniversary of the COVID-19 pandemic. The piece — titled “loved.” — offers participants a moment to reflect and remember loved ones and community members lost during…

Bay Ridge Center marks one year in new home with anniversary party, St. Pat’s celebration

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Mar. 18, 2025 By Meaghan McGoldrick O'Neil The Bay Ridge Center marked the first anniversary of its new location last week, capping nearly a decade of planning to expand services for Brooklyn’s older adults. Founded in 1976, the organization has long served Brooklynites aged 60 and older. Its relocation from the basement of the…

‘Summer House’ star Carl Radke gears up to open Soft Bar & Cafe in Greenpoint

“Summer House” star Carl Radke is launching Soft Bar & Cafe, a Brooklyn-based social space where premium non-alcoholic drinks take center stage, welcoming everyone — no labels, no pressure.

Mar. 18, 2025 By Meaghan McGoldrick O'Neil For “Summer House” star Carl Radke, Soft Bar & Cafe is more than just a “sober bar” — it’s an invitation to come as you are. Radke, who helped friends and co-stars Kyle Cooke and Amanda Batula get their alcohol brand Loverboy off the ground in 2018,…

Dialing in: Brooklyn-based start-up Good Call uses tech to ensure legal support at arrest

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Mar. 18, 2025 By Adam Daly At just 16 years old, Jelani Anglin found himself thrust into the justice system over a minor infraction, unsure of his rights, and facing an institution that offered little support for young Black men like him. That experience never left him. Years later, it became the driving force…

Suspect charged in daylight attempted rape of jogger at Shirley Chisholm State Park: DA

File image: The alleged suspect reportedly followed the female jogger before attempting to rape her.

Mar. 17, 2025 By Adam Daly Authorities have arrested a 22-year-old East New York man in connection with the attempted rape of a 51-year-old woman at Shirley Chisholm State Park in Sept. 2023, the Brooklyn District Attorney’s Office announced Monday. Amadou Kane, 22, was arraigned Mar. 17 before Brooklyn Supreme Court Justice Michael Kitsis…