Oct. 22, 2024 By Lloyd Mitchell Firefighters battled a high-rise apartment fire late Monday night in Starrett City. Units from Battalion 58 arrived at 45 Twin Pines Drive just after 10:45 p.m. on Oct. 21 to find heavy flames coming from a 19th-floor apartment in the 20-story building. Engine Company 257 and Engine Company…
Oct. 22, 2024 By Meaghan McGoldrick O'Neil The Marine Park Community Association welcomed hundreds of local families to the 38th annual Fall Festival at the historic Hendrick I. Lott House on Saturday, Oct. 19. The autumnal event — a beloved neighborhood tradition — drew more than 1,200 participants from noon to 3 p.m. Children…
Oct. 22, 2024 By Meaghan McGoldrick O'Neil Earlier this month, the Brooklyn Bridge Park Conservancy hosted its 11th annual Brooklyn Black Tie Ball, drawing a crowd of notable figures to Pier 2 for an evening of celebration and fundraising. The event, co-hosted by television personality Seth Meyers, took place against the backdrop of the…
Oct. 22, 2024 By Lloyd Mitchell All you need is a dollar and a dream. Mayor Eric Adams and local elected officials toured the Shirley Chisholm Recreation Center in East Flatbush, a $141 million project that is halfway complete. New York City Department of Design and Construction Commissioner Tom Foley and Mayor Adams reviewed…
Oct. 22, 2024 By Kirstyn Brendlen An alleged hit-and-run driver was arrested Friday after fatally striking a pedestrian in Bushwick. Police said the victim, 59-year-old Bushwick resident Marco Tirado Gallardo, was crossing DeKalb Avenue at Wyckoff Street in the crosswalk just after 9:30 a.m. when Lennis Escalona Luna, driving an 18-foot-long delivery truck, ran…
Oct. 21, 2024 By Jada Camille New York Liberty secured their first WNBA Championship in the team’s 28-year history, and the city is in celebratory chaos. As the buzzer rang out at the 18,090-strong arena crowd, the Liberty, with a heart-stopping 67-62 victory, celebrated their first title and their first-ever finals win after six…
Oct. 21, 2024 By Adam Daly A Bushwick man will serve over three years in prison for slashing a stranger and assaulting a bystander who tried to intervene during a 2022 street attack in Greenpoint, the Brooklyn District Attorney’s office announced Friday. On Oct. 18, Brooklyn Supreme Court Justice Laura Johnson sentenced Michael Ruiz,…
Oct. 21, 2024 By Adam Daly Police are looking for a knife-wielding suspect who allegedly stabbed a man in the eye on a subway platform in Bay Ridge last week. The NYPD said the 30-year-old victim was waiting for an R train inside the Bay Ridge Avenue subway station shortly before 4:30 a.m. on…
Oct. 21, 2024 By Kirstyn Brendlen & Arthur de Gaeta The home economics club at Brooklyn Dreams Charter school in Kensington threw its first fundraiser over the weekend, combining the skills kids are already learning with some they hope to pick up this year with “Muffins & Mufflers.” Dozens of vintage car owners came…
Oct. 21, 2024 By Joe Pantorno As the clock hit zeroes in overtime, clinching the New York Liberty’s first-ever WNBA title, Breanna Stewart and Jonquel Jones immediately found each other and embraced — one of the final brushstrokes of a masterpiece once thought impossible to commission. “I’ve been manifesting this moment for a while.…