IT’S ONLY MY OPINION: Stan talks Oprah, and the Trackchair
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Stanley P. GershbeinBrooklyn DailyStupidity or racism? Even if you were there, you couldn’t know the motive of the salesperson that gave Oprah a hard time over a...
View ArticleMARINE PARK: Candidate gets unusual mailing — cockroaches
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Colin MixsonBrooklyn DailyWhat began as a tit-for-tat over ducking debates ended with a disturbing revelation about a special delivery — of cockroaches. In a war...
View ArticleCRIME: Suspect arrested for beating man on Mermaid Avenue
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Jaime LutzBrooklyn Daily60th Precinct Coney Island—Brighton Beach—Seagate Fight near Boardwalk A 20-year-old was cuffed for punching another person repeatedly,...
View ArticleCRIME: Cops: Teen stabs man restaurant owner in the back
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Colin MixsonBrooklyn Daily61st Precinct Sheepshead Bay—Homecrest— Manhattan Beach—Gravesend Back stabber An 18-year-old man was arrested for stabbing a restaurant...
View ArticleHIGH SCHOOL SPORTS: Thirteen is Lincoln’s lucky number
Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Joseph StaszewskiBrooklyn DailyTo most, the number 13 means bad luck. But for the football program at Abraham Lincoln High...
View ArticleHIGH SCHOOL SPORTS: Poly Prep eyes big season on gridiron
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Joseph StaszewskiBrooklyn DailyPoly Prep two-way lineman Jay Hayes is a pretty upbeat kid already, but his smile gets a bit wider when the Notre Dame-bound senior...
View ArticleFLATBUSH: Cops: Suspect snatches woman’s cellphone
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Natalie MusumeciBrooklyn Daily70th Precinct Flatbush—Midwood Violent mugger Police arrested an 18-year-old who they say mugged a woman on Ocean Avenue on Aug. 27....
View ArticleCANARSIE: NYPD: Suspect raids man’s house for gadgets, jewelry
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Colin MixsonBrooklyn Daily69th Precinct Canarsie Looted A 23-year-old man was arrested for pilfering a man’s E. 84th Street apartment on July 31 — taking an iPad,...
View ArticleHIGH SCHOOL SPORTS: Berkeley Carroll ace Miller picks Harvard
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Joseph StaszewskiBrooklyn DailyIan Miller has made a career of proving doubters wrong. The Berkeley Carroll rising senior ace had do it one more time to earn a...
View ArticleBENSONHURST: Police: Suspect beats victim with mop handle
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Jaime LutzBrooklyn Daily62nd Precinct Bensonhurst—Bath Beach Fighting dirty Cops arrested a 31-year-old man who they say struck someone with a wooden mop handle...
View ArticleBAY RIDGE: The old country
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Sol ParklBrooklyn DailyIt’s not personal, it’s strictly business. In one scene of a new novel by former Brooklyn resident Frank J. Pennisi, a group of Sicilians...
View ArticleBack-room rhythms
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Meredith DelisoBrooklyn DailyThe Slavic Soul Party must go on. Rain or shine, snow or sleet, a brass band has kept their Tuesday night of Balkan, jazz, and funk...
View ArticleBetween the lines
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Sol ParkBrooklyn DailyDon’t just listen to the music, read along, too. A new album from musician and one-time Brooklyn resident Richard Buckner is a literary...
View ArticleFLATBUSH: Flatbush inferno
Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Colin MixsonBrooklyn DailyFirefighters raced to quench an all-hands fire at a Nostrand Avenue apartment building in Flatbush...
View ArticlePOLITICS: Year of the bear! Russians to conquer council in 2013
Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Will BreddermanBrooklyn DailyBrooklyn will give the city its first Russian-American councilman this year, thanks to an...
View ArticleMARINE PARK: Police: Suspect shot man in head
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Colin MixsonBrooklyn Daily63rd Precinct Marine Park—Mill Basin—Flatlands—Bergen Beach Head shot Police arrested a man who they say shot another man in the head on...
View ArticleHIGH SCHOOL SPORTS: Proud Fort Hamilton aims for redemption
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Joseph StaszewskiBrooklyn DailyYou can sense the frustration about last season when you mention it to Fort Hamilton quarterback Adrian Maldonado. The senior lost...
View ArticleJOE KNOWS: Father-son combo can lead Bishop Ford to big season
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Joseph StaszewskiBrooklyn DailyBishop Ford football coach Jim Esposito told James that their relationship would be different on the field even before his son put...
View ArticleSTANDING O: Standing O tosses cheers to a pair of stellar lifeguards
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Joanna DelBuonoBrooklyn DailyBrighton Beach Swimming angels Grab the floaties and cheer on lifeguards Brianna Minogue and Inez Zuska, both of whom rescued Dimitry...
View ArticleSTANDING O: Bishop Kearney students are in a class of their own
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Joanna DelBuonoBrooklyn DailyBensonhurst Kudos for scholars Three cheers and a hip, hip, hooray to Mandy Chin, Christina Franz, Margaret Iuni, and Christina...
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