Apr. 24, 2023 By Jada Camille
The NYPD is looking for the man involved in an apparent Dyker Heights robbery, where a perp hijacked a car and fired off a gun on Sunday night.
Shots fired: NYPD investigating apparent Dyker Heights carjacking
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Elderly man fends off gun-wielding carjackers during violent attack
Apr. 24, 2023 By Aidan Graham
Police are looking for the three would-be carjackers who attempted to hijack a 65-year-old’s vehicle at gunpoint in Crown Heights earlier this month.
Birria in Brooklyn: Bushwick’s Nenes Taqueria expands
Apr. 23, 2023 By Anna Bradley-Smith
Over the past two years, Bushwick local Andrés Tonatiuh Galindo Maria has started building something of a small-business empire in Brooklyn. The foundation? Birria tacos. The special ingredient? “That’s easy, it’s love,” Galindo Maria laughs.
Local UPS Teamsters, workers hold rally demanding stronger union contract
Apr. 21, 2023 By Isabel Song Beer
United Parcel Service Teamsters, Teamster Local 804 President Vincent Perrone, UPS workers and local leaders rallied Friday outside of the Brooklyn Foster Avenue UPS center for stronger union contracts.
‘Shameful’: Sunset Park’s Plaza Tonatiuh to continue without vendors after cops target weekly market
Apr. 21, 2023 By Adam Daly
Organizers of Plaza Tonatiuh in Sunset Park say they will continue to gather in the nabe’s namesake park without vendors after police and parks department workers, who say they are trying to crack down on illegal vending, threatened to arrest sellers on multiple consecutive weekends.
Alligator rescued from Prospect Park Lake dies in ‘tragic case of animal abuse’
Apr. 21, 2023 By Kirstyn Brendlen
Godzilla, the alligator who as rescued from the Prospect Park Lake on a frigid day in February, has died after nearly two months of “extensive” medical care at the Bronx Zoo.
BRIC celebrates Brooklyn community journalists and local stories at 10th annual B Free Awards
Apr. 20, 2023 By Kirstyn Brendlen For 35 years, BRIC has run Brooklyn’s pioneer public TV and radio program, training storytellers how to use filming and editing equipment to create their own Brooklyn-centric TV shows and podcasts to send across the airwaves. On April 22, the organization will celebrate the program’s anniversary and some of…
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Cops arrest gunman for shooting at MTA employees after being caught fare evading
Apr. 20, 2023 By Aidan Graham
Cops arrested a 49-year-old man for opening fire on several MTA employees after being kicked off a bus in Starrett City earlier this week.
Four men violently beat, stab teenager in Sunset Park
Apr. 20, 2023 By Aidan Graham
Cops are searching for the four men who violently attacked a teenager in Sunset Park last week.
Gunman shoots up Canarsie deli, assaults employee
Apr. 20, 2023 By Aidan Graham
Police are searching for the man who allegedly shot up a Canarsie deli and assaulted an employee on April 15.