Oct. 9, 2024 By Jada Camille Every October, supportive communities across the U.S. honor Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and Brooklyn residents are no different. Local leaders and city officials joined with the Bangladeshi American Community Development and Youth Services on Oct. 3 to tie pink ribbons—the official color of Breast Cancer Awareness Month —…
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Egg Cream of the crop! Brooklyn Seltzer Museum hosts borough’s first-ever National Egg Cream competition
Mar. 18, 2024 By Gabriele Holtermann
March 15 was National Egg Cream Day, and to mark the occasion, the Brooklyn Seltzer Museum in Cypress Hills hosted its first-ever National Egg Cream Invitational — a competition featuring the best in soda fountains from New York City to Philadelphia.
Robber stabs 24-year-old victim in both arms in Brooklyn: NYPD
Jan. 9, 2024 By Kirstyn Brendlen
The NYPD is searching for a violent thief who attacked a 24-year-old man in Cypress Hills last week.
Two rescued from New Year’s house fire in Cypress Hills
Jan. 2, 2024 By Lloyd Mitchell & Kirstyn Brendlen
Two people were rescued from a Cypress Hills house fire on Dec. 31.
Cypress Hills landlord who allegedly set fire to building charged with arson, attempted murder: DA
Dec. 22, 2023 By Isabel Song Beer
A Brooklyn landlord has been charged after he allegedly set fire to a Cypress Hill rental property he owned with a family of eight tenants inside the building, including six children, Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez announced on Thursday.
Firefighters battle Cypress Hills blaze: FDNY
Oct. 9, 2023 Lloyd Mitchell & Adam Daly
The FDNY is investigating the cause of an all-hands fire that broke out on the roof of a Cypress Hills home on Friday afternoon, authorities said.
Trio sought for spate of scooter thefts in Cypress Hills: NYPD
Jul. 31, 2023 By Adam Daly
Cops are looking for a trio who are said to be behind a series of scooter robberies that took place over the course of the last month in Cypress Hills.
Man shot in chest on Cypress Hills street: Cops
Jul. 19, 2023 By Adam Daly
A man was shot in the chest at a Cypress Hills intersection on Wednesday afternoon, police reported.
Progress slow in pilot program to make East New York basement apartments legal, safe
Jun. 2, 2023 By Kirstyn Brendlen
Three years into a pilot program launched in East New York to convert illegal basement apartments into safe and regulated dwellings, the scheme has shown minimal progress, according to a new report.
Late-night blaze tears through vacant Cypress Hills home
May. 10, 2023 By Kirstyn Brendlen
A late-night blaze tore through a decrepit Cypress Hills home on Wednesday, just blocks away from the scene of a deadly fire the day before.