Apr. 24, 2023 By Aidan Graham
A massive fire devastated the Brooklyn Heights apartment building made famous from ‘The Patty Duke Show’ on Sunday night.
Fire ravages ‘The Patty Duke Show’ home in Brooklyn Heights, injures 3 firefighters
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After another pedestrian death on Atlantic Avenue, local leaders demand change
Apr. 24, 2023 By Kirstyn Brendlen
After a 31-year-old woman was killed by a speeding driver on Atlantic Avenue, local leaders say the city must take immediate action to protect Brooklynites on the crash-prone thoroughfare.
Plaque honoring fallen firefighter Timmy Klein unveiled at Canarsie firehouse
Apr. 24, 2023 By Adam Daly
New York’s Bravest gathered in Canarsie on Monday to commemorate fallen firefighter Timothy ‘Timmy’ Klein, who tragically died in the line of duty last year.
E-biker dies after crashing in Midwood
Apr. 24, 2023 By Aidan Graham
A man is dead after crashing his e-bike in Midwood on April 16.
Shots fired: NYPD investigating apparent Dyker Heights carjacking
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.
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.