Feb. 14, 2024 By Adam Daly
Twelve people were injured in a fire at a Brownsville public housing development on Wednesday morning.
12 people injured in Brownsville NYCHA building blaze: FDNY
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Brooklyn Nets celebrate Lunar New Year at Tuesday night game against Celtics
Feb. 14, 2024 By Ximena Del Cerro The Brooklyn Nets dressed in distinguishable bright red and gold on Tuesday before facing the Boston Celtics, to celebrate the start of Lunar New Year. The match — and the Nets’ home base, Barclays Center — was wrapped in homages to Chinese culture with traditional and modern performances,…
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Downtown Brooklyn’s Edison Building to be considered for landmark status
Feb. 14, 2024 By Anna Bradley-Smith
The Landmarks Preservation Commission on Tuesday voted to add the Brooklyn Edison Building at 345 Adams St. to its calendar for possible designation as an individual landmark, triggering a public hearing on the proposal.
Coney Islanders hold anti-casino panel, say gaming facility could harm the nabe
Feb. 14, 2024 By Jada Camille
Coney Islanders Against a Casino, a group of residents who are doing all they can to oppose the proposed gaming center coming to the area, held an anti-casino panel and forum on Feb. 12.
MTA completes first Brooklyn subway station renovation of the year at Fort Hamilton Parkway
Feb. 14, 2024 By Adam Daly
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority has wrapped up renovations of the Fort Hamilton Parkway subway station in Windsor Terrace, the first Brooklyn station revamped this year under the program aimed at improving customer experience.
‘No more’: Pols push for state budget funding to address subway bottleneck in Crown Heights
Feb. 14, 2024 By Adam Daly
Commuter advocates and New York state pols are demanding capital funding in this year’s state budget for the MTA to fix a subway bottleneck issue known as the Crown Heights Cluster.
Brooklyn brr-eaks the ice: Winter storm unleashes borough’s biggest snowfall in 2 years
Feb. 13, 2024 By Robert Pozarycki & Brooklyn Paper
Brooklyn was covered in a blanket of white snow Tuesday, thanks to a winter storm that’s expected to deliver the five boroughs’ biggest snowfall in two years.
The good, the bad and the funny: Brooklynites share their dating stories ahead of Valentine’s Day
Feb. 13, 2024 By Jada Camille Valentine’s Day is right around the corner, and Brooklynites are getting in the mood by reminiscing on some of their best, worst and most memorable dating experiences, to say the least. Nearly three million people call Kings County home — and with that, comes a lot of good, bad and laugh-out-loud funny. (See also: cringe.) Here are some dating horror — and success — stories, to get you in the V-Day spirit. The good Not all dating stories end in tragedy. Brooklynite BelRaye Osborne told Brooklyn Paper that she ended up marrying her childhood…
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Media lab at Red Hook Recreation Center gets $100,000 upgrade
Feb. 13, 2024 By Kirstyn Brendlen
The Red Hook Recreation Center has received another major upgrade in the form of a newly-enhanced media lab, which the city’s Parks Department unveiled on Monday.
‘Adding fuel to the fires’: Famed Chicago comedy club The Second City to open in Brooklyn
Feb. 13, 2024 By Ximena Del Cerro
Stephen Colbert, Tina Fey, Steve Carell and Mike Myers are just a few of the names on the alumni list of comedy powerhouse The Second City. On its 65th anniversary on Feb. 12, the iconic Chicago performance club announced a “second-coming” in New York City with the opening of its newest location in Williamsburg.