Mar. 11, 2025 By Dean Moses Police have identified the beaten 3-year-old boy left to die at a Flatbush hospital on Sunday as detectives continue a desperate search for the tot’s mother, whom they believe dropped him off. Cops said Kyng Davis was unconscious when an unidentified woman dropped him off at SUNY Downstate…
Mar. 11, 2025 By Adam Daly A family-run moving company in Park Slope is celebrating 95 years in business, marking nearly a century of helping New Yorkers relocate with care and efficiency. U.Santini Moving and Storage was founded in 1930 by Italian immigrant Peter Menchini. With his wife, Inez, he initially operated a small…
Mar. 10, 2025 By Meaghan McGoldrick O'Neil The sound of bagpipes will once again echo through Park Slope on Sunday, March 16, as the Brooklyn St. Patrick’s Parade marks its milestone 50th anniversary — a celebration of Irish pride, Gaelic history, and the timeless spirit of the famous Irish blessing: “May the road rise…
Mar. 7, 2025 By Lauren Rapp Mike Neamonitis, the longtime owner of Mike’s Donut Shop at 6822 Fifth Ave. in Bay Ridge, has died, the family announced Friday in an Instagram post. His passing marks the end of an era for the beloved community business. “A true inspiration to our family, Mike always put…
Mar. 7, 2025 By Kirstyn Brendlen The Brooklyn Museum has delayed the impending layoffs of almost 50 employees as it works to secure additional funding from the New York City Council. A total of 47 union and non-union employees who had been slated to be laid off on March 9 will keep their jobs…
Mar. 7, 2025 By Lloyd Mitchell Brooklyn South detectives and officers from the 63rd Precinct are searching for a suspect in a shooting that left a man critically injured Thursday. Officers responded around 4:54 p.m. to a gas station at East 59th Street and Flatlands Avenue, where they found a 28-year-old man with a…
Mar. 6, 2025 By Kirstyn Brendlen Two new businesses, a high-end grocery store and a pottery studio, are set to open in Gowanus this summer. Gowanus Marketplace and Hey Clay will both debut on the ground floor of a new mixed-use development, 420 Carroll, developers announced Thursday. The businesses will join hundreds of residential…
Mar. 5, 2025 By Kirstyn Brendlen Violent crime was down across Brooklyn in February for the third consecutive month, according to the latest NYPD statistics. In the 28-day period from Feb. 3-March 3, major felonies — defined by the NYPD as murder, rape, robbery, felony assault, burglary, grand larceny, and grand larceny auto —…
Mar. 5, 2025 By Dean Moses A 4-year-old boy has died after being exposed to fentanyl at a Flatbush women’s shelter on Tuesday, police said. According to police sources, officers from the 63rd Precinct responded to a 911 call of a child having a medical emergency at the 4612 Glenwood Road shelter at about…
Mar. 5, 2025 By Lauren Rapp A local advocacy group has joined a larger immigrant rights organization to file suit against the Trump administration’s removal of Temporary Protected Status for Venezuelan nationals in the U.S. Make the Road New York, with hubs Bushwick and across the New York metro area, has called the status…