Mar. 14, 2023 By Jada Camille
The owners behind a popular Coney Island wing shop are set to open a second location in Bay Ridge on March 18.
Family-run wing shop in Coney Island expands to Bay Ridge
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Separate shootings within 60-minute span leave two injured in East New York
Mar. 14, 2023 By Kirstyn Brendlen
Two people are in the hospital after being shot in separate incidents in East New York on Tuesday morning.
Man cuffed for killing off-duty cop during botched robbery, faces life sentence
Mar. 14, 2023 By Adam Daly
An East Harlem man accused of fatally shooting an off-duty NYPD officer during a botched Brooklyn robbery is facing life in prison if convicted, Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez announced Tuesday.
Legal Aid calls for passage of Good Cause as Crown Heights man faces eviction from home of 15 years
Mar. 14, 2023 By Adam Daly
A Crown Heights man facing eviction from his home of 15 years has no legal protection as a tenant in an unregulated building, and his lawyers with the Legal Aid Society said his was the latest example of the need for Good Cause legislation to bolster renter protections.
‘We don’t take volunteers, we offer paid jobs’: Park Slope’s Fifth Ave BID fundraises for Open Streets
Mar. 13, 2023 By Ximena Del Cerro
Park Slope can already see the light at the end of this winter, and plans for the fourth season of Open Streets at the neighborhood’s stretch of Fifth Avenue are in motion.
PLG cafe celebrates third anniversary with Afro-Latino fiesta
Mar. 13, 2023 By Jada Camille
Ciao Bella, a Prospect Lefferts Garden hidden gem, celebrated their third anniversary with a late night fiesta in their Italian cafe on March 11.
Grand re-re-re-opening: One year after Red Hook Tavern fire, eatery finally settles in
Mar. 13, 2023 By Kirstyn Brendlen
In the wee hours of March 12, 2022, an electrical fire broke out in the basement of the Red Hook Tavern — a cozy restaurant and bar on Van Brunt Street. Smoke rose up through the restaurant on the ground floor and into the apartments above, where a tenant called 911.
‘Long overdue’: Brooklyn woman with uterine cancer receives first such award from 9/11 victim fund
Mar. 13, 2023 By Adam Daly
A Brooklyn woman suffering from uterine cancer has received a first-of-its-kind award from the 9/11 victim compensation fund — coming after years of advocacy that finally led to the disease being added to the list of recognized Sept. 11-related illnesses.
Op-ed: Stop the unfair campaign against yeshivos
Mar. 13, 2023 By Avi Greenstein Each of the hundreds of people who pass through the offices of the Boro Park Jewish Community Council, which I’m privileged to head, has a story. Many of them are struggling with affording the necessities of life seeking help with things like rent or mortgage payments, food and medical…
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‘All about inclusion and diversity’: BRIC TV launches new season spotlighting borough artists
Mar. 13, 2023 By Jada Camille
The search for the borough’s most unique artists is on, as BRIC TV is launching a new season of Brooklyn Made — a series highlighting the most creative would-be-Picassos in Kings County.