Jan. 30, 2025 By Lloyd Mitchell The memory of 15-year-old Heath Campbell was honored Wednesday, a day after he was fatally shot in a double shooting at 80 E. 93rd St. in East Flatbush. Campbell was struck by gunfire in the building’s lobby late Tuesday night. As detectives continued to search for the suspect,…
Dec. 27, 2024 By Ethan Stark-Miller Community advocates gathered at Brooklyn’s Coney Island Stillwell Avenue subway station on Thursday afternoon to mourn a woman who was burned to death in the station on Sunday morning. The prayer vigil, hosted by activist Rev. Kevin McCall, was held to commemorate the yet-to-be-identified woman who died after being set…
Oct. 7, 2024 By Gabriele Holtermann On the eve of the first anniversary of the Hamas terror attack in Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, Jewish Brooklynites gathered at Holocaust Memorial Park in Sheepshead Bay for a “Run for Their Lives” walk and a vigil in remembrance of the victims of the attack and a…
Sep. 4, 2024 By Kirstyn Brendlen Next week marks 23 years since the 9/11 attacks devastated New York City. As the solemn anniversary approaches, Brooklynites are preparing to remember the day and honor its victims. Events across the borough will pay tribute to all those who died in the attacks and the first responders…
Mar. 22, 2024 By Adam Daly
New Yorkers have come together to raise thousands of dollars to cover the funeral costs of the 19-year-old woman stabbed to death outside a Park Slope bodega on Sunday.
Sep. 12, 2023 By Adam Daly & Jada Camille
Twenty-two years on from the devastating terrorist attack on the World Trade Center, Brooklynites came together to mark the solemn anniversary and to honor the lives of those lost on the day and afterwards.
Aug. 11, 2023 By Adam Daly
Sunset Park residents are banding together to cover the burial costs of a recently deceased homeless neighbor who had been living in the area for several years.
Feb. 21, 2023 By Caroline Ourso & Kirstyn Brendlen
City officials and Bay Ridge locals gathered to mourn the loss of a 44-year-old single father in last week’s U-Haul attack on Monday evening.