Nov. 20, 2023 By Adam Daly
Firefighters quickly doused an all-hands fire that broke out on the first floor of a residential building in East Flatbush Sunday morning.
Fire breaks out in East Flatbush apartment building with record of code violations
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Running for a cause: Brooklynites tackle New York City Marathon for ‘something bigger than themselves’
Nov. 20, 2023 By Melissa Fishman
For one group of 26 runners, this year’s TCS New York City Marathon was much more than a day of grueling running. Instead it was the measure of true grit, determination, and proving that they can do the impossible.
City issues vacate order for Bushwick church turned thrift store due to crumbling roof
Nov. 20, 2023 By Anna Bradley-Smith
The city has placed a full vacate order on the large 1890s Romanesque Revival church on the corner of Bushwick Avenue and Cornelia Street in Bushwick due to its crumbling roof and other conditions, shutting down a thrift store that had been operating inside and throwing the building’s future into question.
Hit-and-run driver kills 72-year-old woman in Fort Hamilton
Nov. 17, 2023 By Adam Daly
A 72-year-old woman was fatally struck by a hit-and-run driver while crossing the street in Fort Hamilton on Thursday evening, police said.
District Attorney drops gun possession charges against Vernikov, says firearm was ‘inoperable’
Nov. 17, 2023 By Isabel Song Beer
The Brooklyn District Attorney has dropped criminal gun charges against southern Brooklyn Council Member Inna Vernikov after finding a key component of the gun she carried at a pro-Palestinian rally held at Brooklyn College was missing — rendering the weapon inoperable.
Three-alarm fire ravages Bushwick factory, injures one firefighter
Nov. 17, 2023 By Isabel Song Beer
A fire ravaged a small Bushwick factory and left one firefighter injured on Thursday afternoon.
Oil slicks and ‘black mayonnaise’: 45 years after historic oil spill, Newtown Creek is still recovering
Nov. 17, 2023 By Isabel Song Beer Newtown Creek is known among local residents and environmentalists as being one of the most polluted ecological sites in the continental U.S. The creek, runs for roughly 3.5 miles between Greenpoint and Long Island City, Queens, is one of the heaviest-used commercial bodies of water in the country. Industrial refineries line the bank of the creek and are responsible for managing recycled waste, sewage and — in the case of the 110 acre National Grid facility — volatile liquefied natural gas. It seems that since the dawn of industrialization in the region, the…
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As war wears on, team of Maimonides doctors travel to Ukraine to teach emergency medicine
Nov. 16, 2023 By Jada Camille
Nearly two years into the war between Russia and Ukraine with no end in sight, a group of internationally-trained doctors from Maimonides Medical Center headed to Ukraine on Nov. 4 to spend a week training local doctors and medical students in emergency care.
‘Opposites Abstract: A Mo Willems Exhibit’ headed to Brooklyn Children’s Museum
Nov. 16, 2023 By Kirstyn Brendlen
Sharp or soft? Bright or dark? Colorful, or black and white?
A decade in the making, expanded Sunset Park Library opens below new units of truly-affordable housing
Nov. 16, 2023 By Adam Daly
After a decade of planning and waiting, bookworms and locals gathered on Wednesday to cut the ribbon on the new Sunset Park Library and dozens of new affordable apartments on the floors above it.