Feb. 28, 2025 By Adam Daly Police are investigating the theft of a paralyzed man’s luxury watch collection — worth nearly $17,000 — from his Clinton Hill apartment, a crime the victim only discovered weeks later due to his condition. The 38-year-old man told officers he last saw his prized watches — including Cartier,…
Feb. 27, 2025 Paul Frangipane & Adam Daly Bandai Namco, the Japanese entertainment giant behind Pac-Man and Gundam, opened its first U.S. store in Sunset Park last month. The new store in Industry City offers a wide selection of merchandise, including toys, collectibles, apparel and video games from the Japanese brand’s extensive portfolio of…
Feb. 27, 2025 By Regina Martinez At 6:40 p.m., 20 minutes before Xanadu Roller Arts reopens for its celestially-themed Space Bounce event, a line of anxious skaters in holographic outfits forms below the rink’s burgundy awning, stretching outside into the cold. “Ay, what’s the holdup? We already signed our waiver,” yells a patron. A…
Feb. 26, 2025 By Kirstyn Brendlen Towering basketball legend-turned-actor Shaquille O’Neal was back in Brooklyn this weekend, filming scenes for mob drama “Gravesend” at the local American Legion. O’Neal, known as one of the best basketball players of all time, was first spotted on set last June, after the show’s writer, creator, and star,…
Feb. 26, 2025 By Adam Daly A 19-year-old man from Westchester County faces up to 25 years in prison for allegedly shoving a man onto the subway tracks at the Atlantic Avenue-Barclays Center station in December, Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez announced Tuesday. Andrew Pashinin, of Harrison, New York, was arraigned Feb. 25 before…
Feb. 25, 2025 By Kirstyn Brendlen Police pulled a body from the East River in Dumbo on Tuesday. A passerby saw a man’s body in the water near the Dumbo ferry terminal on Old Fulton Street around 6:45 a.m. on Feb. 25 and called 911, according to authorities. The NYPD’s Harbor Unit responded to…
Feb. 25, 2025 By Lauren Rapp The 121-year-old Carroll Gardens institution Ferdinando’s Focacceria abruptly closed last weekend, bringing an end to the oldest Sicilian restaurant in New York City and one of the oldest Italian restaurants in the state. The eatery announced on Instagram on Sunday that the family had made the decision to “permanently…
Feb. 25, 2025 By Regina Martinez Council Member Chi Ossé channels Carrie Bradshaw of “Sex and The City” in a recent Instagram video, lounging on his couch and thinking aloud. “Back at my place in Brooklyn, it was Valentine’s Day, and my new boyfriend was late,” he says. “Did he not care? Or was…
Feb. 24, 2025 By Kirstyn Brendlen Patsy Grimaldi, founder of the beloved Brooklyn pizzerias Grimaldi’s and Juliana’s, died this month at the age of 93, after decades at the forefront of New York City’s pizza scene. Though Grimaldi rose to fame in Brooklyn, he was born in the Bronx and learned the picks of…
Feb. 24, 2025 By Kirstyn Brendlen About 1,000 union nurses at NYU Langone Hospital-Brooklyn are prepared to go on strike on March 1 unless a deal can be struck before their contract expires at midnight on Feb. 28. The Federation of Nurses/UFT, which represents the nurses, issued a ten-day strike notice last week in…