Mar. 20, 2023 By Aidan Graham & Lloyd Mitchell
Two people are dead, and five others are injured after a diver blew through a red light and crashed his car in Bensonhurst on Monday afternoon.
Two dead, multiple others injured in Bensonhurst car crash
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Bay Ridge Arts and Cultural Alliance celebrate 11th annual Art Walk
Mar. 20, 2023 By Jada Camille
Bay Ridge residents celebrated the 11th annual Art Walk on Saturday, where art lovers rejoiced at the work from local would-be Picassos.
Family of former firefighter takes FDNY to court for recognition, 80 years after grandfather’s death
Mar. 20, 2023 By Kirstyn Brendlen
Nearly 80 years after his death, the family of a former FDNY captain is fighting to have his name added to the memorial for firefighters who have died in the line of duty in the department’s Brooklyn headquarters.
City reaches $75k settlement with BLM protester rammed by NYPD cruiser in Park Slope
Mar. 17, 2023 By Ximena Del Cerro
The city will pay $75,000 to settle a lawsuit brought by a protester who was struck by an NYPD cruiser in Park Slope during the 2020 wave of Black Lives Matter demonstrations.
Public transportation advocates urge Gov to fund more frequent service
Mar. 17, 2023 By Jada Camille
Advocates gathered in Bedford-Stuyvesant on March 17 to urge Governor Kathy Hochul to increase funding for public transportation in the Big Apple in the ongoing state budget negotiations.
Nonprofit to give away free trees to Brooklynites
Mar. 17, 2023 By Ximena Del Cerro
A local nonprofit is helping to green-up Brooklyn by distributing hundreds of trees throughout the borough.
Barclays Center to hosts job fair for New Yorkers coming out of criminal justice system
Mar. 17, 2023 By Ximena Del Cerro
Barclays Center will be hosting a job fair put on by the Reform Alliance, a non-profit organization dedicated to probation, parole, and sentencing reform nationwide, on Mar. 20.
State agency says National Grid’s proposed gas vaporizers ‘not needed,’ final DEC decision looms
Mar. 16, 2023 By Kirstyn Brendlen
The state’s Public Service Commission has denied National Grid’s petition to build two new liquified natural gas vaporizers in Greenpoint, ruling that the fossil fuel project is unnecessary.
Brooklyn Community Foundation’s Spark Prize gives $100K to five Brooklyn nonprofits
Mar. 16, 2023 By Aidan Graham
The Brooklyn Community Foundation announced the winners of their annual Spark Prize, and has donated $100,000 each to five Brooklyn-based nonprofits to aid in their extraordinary work advancing important causes affecting millions of borough residents.
DA moves to vacate wrongful murder conviction after true killer confessed guilt
Mar. 16, 2023 By Jada Camille
Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez will move to vacate the conviction of a man who pleaded guilty to a 1990 murder he did not commit after the true killer confessed, he announced on Thursday.