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Brighton Beach medical clinic staff busted over alleged $700k healthcare scam

Mar. 24, 2023 By Adam Daly

A doctor and officer manager at a Brighton Beach medical clinic have been charged for allegedly defrauding healthcare administrators out more than $700,000 over a four year period, Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez announced Friday.

Smorgasburg returns to Brooklyn with even more delicious vendors

Mar. 24, 2023 By Isabel Song Beer

Brooklyn’s beloved weekly outdoor food market, Smorgasburg, is making its seasonal return to celebrate spring with a grand total of 80 vendors participating in the food market — marking the first “full season” of the delicious food hub since the beginning of the pandemic.

NYC DOT unveils new BQE North and South corridor designs

Mar. 23, 2023 By Isabel Song Beer

The New York City Department of Transportation has revealed new design plans for communities both north and south of the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway.

Seven months after Bushwick fire, tenants tally to oust ‘negligent’ landlord, get back home

Mar. 23, 2023 By Anna Bradley-Smith

On August 12, 2022, Mercedes Toribio woke up early to feed her elderly mother and was hit by the smell of smoke in her Bushwick apartment. She immediately got her mother out of bed and onto the street and called 911. She then frantically alerted her neighbors to get them out of the building, she said.

Ramadan begins on Atlantic Avenue with first-ever lights display

Mar. 23, 2023 By Jada Camille

Local elected officials and business leaders gathered on Atlantic Avenue on Wednesday to celebrate the illumination of the thoroughfare’s first-ever Ramadan holiday lights display.