BAY RIDGE: Paved paradise! Sinkhole street to get new surface
Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Will BreddermanBrooklyn DailyThe city ran roughshod over 92nd Street for nearly a year, but now it’s finally trying to...
View ArticleThe rookie: Kidd hopes to turn Nets into consistent winners
Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Joseph StaszewskiBrooklyn DailyJason Kidd believes he is ready to be a head coach in the National Basketball Association and...
View ArticleBIG SCREECHER: Carmine gets the respect he commands
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Carmine Santa MariaBrooklyn DailyI’m madder than Paul Revere with laryngitis over the fact that not enough people are heeding the words of this column and...
View ArticleCourier Life ’ Women of Distinction’ are toast of the town at El Caribe...
Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Shavana AbruzzoBrooklyn DailyWe’re proud to say that Brooklyn women are a cut above the rest. More than two dozen of the...
View ArticleLETTERS: “Sound Off to the Editor”— where readers take to the soapbox
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.Brooklyn DailyTo the editor, Thanks so much for the story so beautifully done on the late Aaron Banks (“Martial artist Aaron Banks dies at 85,” June 7). Grand Master...
View ArticleHIGH SCHOOL SPORTS: Diamondbacks draft former Xaverian catcher Soto
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Joseph StaszewskiBrooklyn DailyElvin Soto never doubted he would be drafted to play professional baseball. It was just a matter of time. The moment didn’t come...
View ArticleIT’S ONLY MY OPINION: Stan tackles the great bottled-water debate
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Stanley P. GershbeinBrooklyn DailyIn the recent Barbra Streisand flick “Guilt Trip,” there’s a scene where Barbra, playing Joyce Brewster, refills her empty water...
View ArticlePARK SLOPE: From Boston, with laughs, with love
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Jaime LutzBrooklyn DailyIt sounds like a joke: What’s the difference between comedians in New York and Boston? A bus ride. “I still end up going up to Boston once...
View ArticleSEA GATE: Seagate seawall could open private beaches
Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Will BreddermanBrooklyn DailySeagate may have to let visitors in if it wants to keep floodwaters out. The Mayor’s Resiliency...
View ArticleCRIME: Cops: Man throws temper tantrum at car service
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Scott HansenBrooklyn Daily60th Precinct Coney Island—Brighton Beach—Seagate Temper tantrum Police took a man into custody who they say engaged in disorderly...
View ArticleCRIME: Cops: Teens beat man on Avenue U
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Colin MixsonBrooklyn Daily61st Precinct Sheepshead Bay—Homecrest— Manhattan Beach—Gravesend Sucker punch Two 18-year-old men were arrested for allegedly beating...
View ArticleHIGH SCHOOL SPORTS: The Courier’s Top 10 Brooklyn high school teams of 2013
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Joseph StaszewskiBrooklyn DailyThe Brooklyn high school sports season produced numerous champions and historic runs. There were great players, great games and...
View ArticleBAY RIDGE: T-shirt-clad punk robs man of jewelry
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Will BreddermanBrooklyn Daily68th Precinct Bay Ridge—Dyker Heights Shirt off his back A fashion reject wearing his T-shirt over his face jumped a man for his...
View ArticleHIGH SCHOOL SPORTS: Nazareth hoops duo picks Manhattan College
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Joseph StaszewskiBrooklyn DailySamson Usilo’s college choice was made a lot easier by Nazareth teammate Samson Akilo. Manhattan College was already on the top of...
View ArticleJOE KNOWS: Loughlin’s Williams proves he’s elite with Rutgers commit
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Joseph StaszewskiBrooklyn DailyMike Williams will get his chance to prove all the doubters wrong and show that he’s fit for a Division-I team in a major...
View ArticleA BRITISHER’S VIEW: Squealing Edward Snowden is headed to the curbed world —...
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Shavana AbruzzoBrooklyn DailySelf-declared deep throat Edward Snowden should only feel as obliged to cheep about oppression in his future curbed world, as he did...
View ArticleLETTERS: ‘Sound off to the Editor’— a lively sounding board for the topics of...
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.Brooklyn DailyTo the editor, Disgraced ex-Gov. Eliot Spitzer announced that he wants to be the next city comptroller. I believe he should not have resigned, but...
View ArticleIT’S ONLY MY OPINION: Stan gets all Larry King on you
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Stanley P. GershbeinBrooklyn DailyTo the readers who enjoy the many thoughts that are scribbled on those tiny scraps of paper I find when I empty the pockets of...
View ArticleSTANDING O: Standing O welcomes new head at BCF
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Joanna DelBuonoBrooklyn DailyDUMBO We say, ‘Hello, Cecilia’ Last week Standing O said goodbye to Marilyn Gelber, this week Standing O welcomes Cecilia Clarke....
View ArticleFLATBUSH: Cops: Woman attacks two people on Flatbush Ave.
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Melissa GoldinBrooklyn Daily70th Precinct Flatbush—Midwood Mirror, mirror Police arrested a 27-year-old woman was arrested for assaulting two individuals on...
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