Feb. 5, 2025 By Adam Daly A Homecrest man was sentenced Tuesday to three to six years in prison for causing a Memorial Day 2022 collision that killed a 65-year-old pedestrian in Gravesend. Isidro Rodriguez, 38, pleaded guilty to second-degree manslaughter in November and received his sentence on Feb. 4 from Brooklyn Supreme Court…
Feb. 5, 2025 By Kirstyn Brendlen Violent crime dropped significantly across Brooklyn during the first month of the new year, according to the latest NYPD statistics. In the 28-day period from Jan. 4 to Feb. 2, the combined rate of major felonies — murder, rape, robbery, felony assault, burglary, grand larceny, and grand larceny…
Feb. 4, 2025 By Lloyd Mitchell A 17-year-old boy was shot near a Brownsville high school on Tuesday morning. Law enforcement sources said the gunfire erupted near the Brooklyn Collegiate Preparatory High School, located at 2021 Bergen St., at around 10:30 a.m. on Feb. 4. Officers from the 73rd Precinct, responding to a call about the…
Feb. 4, 2025 By Kirstyn Brendlen Industry City welcomed the Year of the Snake on Friday with a colorful Lunar New Year celebration. Dozens of Brooklynites rang in the new year alongside a troupe of lion dancers and musicians who roamed through the campus. Lion dances, often performed on Lunar New Year, are thought…
Feb. 4, 2025 By Adam Daly A Williamsburg contractor was arraigned Monday on grand larceny charges for allegedly stealing $318,000 from a Park Slope couple and spending the money on lavish purchases. Hayk Safaryan, 43, is accused of accepting payment for a major home renovation project on the couple’s brownstone and performing no work,…
Feb. 4, 2025 By Lauren Rapp They were just rolling through! The 22nd annual Idiotarod took off on Saturday, Feb. 1, with decked-out shopping carts and costumed teams shambling through the streets of Williamsburg. The race — which isn’t really a race — drew slightly buzzed participants to the starting line at Cooper Park,…
Feb. 3, 2025 By Lauren Rapp “Trace/s,” the Brooklyn Public Library’s newest exhibit, was unveiled last week in Downtown Brooklyn, connecting the legacy of slavery in the borough with its living descendants. “Slavery didn’t just happen in Brooklyn; it changed Brooklyn,” states one of the plaques on the exhibit walls. “Enslaved people in Brooklyn…
Feb. 3, 2025 By Lauren Rapp & Meaghan McGoldrick O'Neil This February, Brooklyn is celebrating Black History Month with a dynamic lineup of events that highlight the borough’s deep-rooted connections to Black culture, history and achievements. From the soulful sounds of live performances at local theaters to thought-provoking discussions on the borough’s role in…
Feb. 3, 2025 By Meaghan McGoldrick O'Neil The streets of Brooklyn came alive over the weekend, ushering in the Year of the Snake. Lunar New Year celebrations kicked off on Feb. 1 with the Brooklyn Lunar New Year Celebration & Prosperity Street Festival in Sunset Park. Organized by the Better Brooklyn Association, the annual…
Jan. 31, 2025 By Adam Daly Jonathan Campos, a 34-year-old Coney Island high school graduate, was identified as one of the 67 victims killed in the devastating midair collision between an American Airlines plane and a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport on Wednesday night. The crash occurred shortly…