Apr. 20, 2023 By Aidan Graham
Police are searching for the man who allegedly shot up a Canarsie deli and assaulted an employee on April 15.
Gunman shoots up Canarsie deli, assaults employee
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‘Bridging the Divide’ art installation debuts at five Brooklyn public housing complexes
Apr. 20, 2023 By Joanna Insco
“Bridging the Divide,” a public art exhibition made up of 50 installations totaling nearly two miles in length and located in public housing communities all around New York City, is finally finished after ten months of work.
Brooklyn Friends School to offer new ‘Justice and Transformational Change’ development programs for educators
Apr. 19, 2023 By Isabel Song Beer
The Brooklyn Friends School (BFS) is opening its doors this summer to educators across New York City to help them better serve their students.
Police searching for 29-year-old connected to child’s rape
Apr. 19, 2023 By Aidan Graham
Police are looking for the 29-year-old connected to the rape of a child in 2020.
Brooklyn woman gets more than two decades in prison for feeding sedative-laced cheesecake to her Forest Hills look-alike: DA
Apr. 19, 2023 By Bill Parry A Russian émigré from Brooklyn was sentenced Wednesday to 21 years in prison for the attempted murder of her Forest Hills beautician look-alike with a sedative-laced cheesecake in 2016, according to the Queens District Attorney’s Office. Viktoria Nasyrova, 47, of Voorhies Avenue in Sheepshead Bay, was convicted in Queens…
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Bronx man who raped woman on Brooklyn A train jailed for 25 years: DA
Apr. 19, 2023 By Adam Daly
A Bronx man was sentenced Tuesday to 25 years in prison with 20 years post-release supervision for repeatedly sexually assaulting a woman onboard a northbound A train traveling through Brooklyn in 2021, according to Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez.
Affordable senior apartments, including assisted living, available in Bed-Stuy lottery
Apr. 19, 2023 By Anna Bradley-Smith
A lottery for 99 truly-affordable studio and one-bedroom apartments in an under-construction development in Bed-Stuy’s Sumner Houses is open for seniors.
After ‘unconscionable’ possible hate crime attack on bodega owner, Southern Brooklynites demand accountability
Apr. 18, 2023 By Jada Camille
Brooklyn community organizations, local politicians, and supporters called out the men involved in an alleged hate crime against a Coney Island bodega owner on April 17, demanding that the perps are found and held accountable for the attack.
4/20, Legalized: With cannabis dispensaries finally coming to Brooklyn, what’s the difference between THC and CBD?
Apr. 18, 2023 By Isabel Song Beer
On April 3, following a long legislative journey, New York State approved licenses to open recreational cannabis dispensaries in Brooklyn – to the joy of weed smokers borough-wide.
GOP candidate Michael Ragusa drops out of City Council race after forged signature accusations
Apr. 18, 2023 By Jada Camille
Republican politician Michael Ragusa has dropped out of the race for City Council District 47 following allegations of forged signatures on his ballot petitions.