Dec. 19, 2023 By Jada Camille The Brooklyn Public Library hosted a digital resource fair at the newly-opened Sunset Park Library on Dec. 16, where the team spent the day showing off their digital and technical resources and teaching residents about the affordable connectivity program, a city-wide initiative that connects eligible households with discounted high-speed…
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Dec. 19, 2023 By Adam Daly
It’s a small borough after all…
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Dec. 18, 2023 By Kirstyn Brendlen
Popstar and “TIME” Person of the Year Taylor Swift has had a record-breaking year – and one local animal shelter is hoping to shine some of her spotlight on their adoptable cats.
Dec. 18, 2023 By Melissa Fishman
Fans of the Brooklyn-based crime drama series “Gravesend” have a reason to rejoice with the announcement of the show’s highly anticipated third season.
Dec. 18, 2023 By Adam Daly
The New York State Attorney General’s office will not pursue criminal charges against an NYPD officer who fatally shot a 19-year-old man after he opened fire on cops during a foot chase in Downtown Brooklyn last year.
Dec. 15, 2023 By Ximena Del Cerro
On Dec. 16, Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez and other community leaders will hold a pre-holiday gun buyback in Flatbush in an effort to make the holidays safer for residents and visitors.
Dec. 15, 2023 By Lloyd Mitchell & Kirstyn Brendlen
Seven people were injured in a devastating four-alarm blaze at a Greenpoint apartment building early on Friday morning.
Dec. 14, 2023 By Jada Camille
Members and volunteers of a southern Brooklyn nonprofit that serves the needs of children and adults with special needs celebrated a $226,000 donation from the City Council with area representative Justin Brannan on Dec. 12.
Dec. 14, 2023 By Kirstyn Brendlen & Gabriele Holtermann Brooklyn’s most unexpectedly busy holiday shopping destination is the MTA’s annual memorabilia and collectible pop-up shop at a train yard in Gravesend — and, due to popular demand, the agency added additional shopping appointments and walk-up availability for the last day of the sale on Dec. 15. For three days only through Dec. 15, the MTA is selling all manner of “perfectly imperfect” transit-related goodies at the pop-up. Old subway station signs, handholds from subway cars, maps, train parts, and even massive retired garbage cans and benches are all up for…
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