MIDWOOD: Cops: MB Vineyards thieves wanted for two other heists
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Thomas TracyBrooklyn DailyThe gun-toting duo who held up two employees inside a kosher liquor store on Nostrand Avenue — the same spot where a Jamaican-born...
View ArticleDITMAS PARK: Library officials: ‘Tumble’ will stand the test of time
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Eli RosenbergBrooklyn DailyThe “Tumble” mural on the Brooklyn Public Library’s Cortelyou Road branch won’t be tumbling off the building’s facade anytime soon,...
View ArticleBAY RIDGE: DA: Ridge hate crime suspect faces 15 years
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Thomas TracyBrooklyn DailyAn unhinged man who shouted racial obscenities as he stabbed a black male with a fork inside a Bay Ridge diner will be facing 15 years...
View ArticleGREENWOOD HEIGHTS: Green-Wood Cemetery vandalized!
Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Thomas TracyBrooklyn DailyVandals tore through Green-Wood Cemetery with a twisted vengeance on Monday night, causing more...
View ArticleCONEY ISLAND: Blunder wheel! City shouldn’t put observation ride in Staten...
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Will BreddermanBrooklyn DailyA massive observation wheel slated for Staten Island should be built in Coney Island, claim People’s Playground boosters who say the...
View ArticleBENSONHURST: Saints alive! Statue has a heartbeat, residents say
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Will BreddermanBrooklyn DailyThe statue of Saint Anthony of Padua standing in front of a 62nd Street home in Bensonhurst is so lifelike, it actually has a pulse,...
View ArticleDITMAS PARK: Tot Lot where ‘sheriff’ was fired is being overrun by drug...
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Eli RosenbergBrooklyn DailyA Cortelyou Road tot lot where an octogenarian gatekeeper was fired for following city rules too strictly has become a nighttime...
View ArticleBIG SCREECHER: Carmine falls prey to interweb fallacies
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Carmine Santa MariaBrooklyn DailyI’m madder than a senior citizen who accidentally updated from trusty old Windows 95 to one of those fancy new computers that...
View ArticlePOLITICS: Vito Lopez groped and tried to kiss workers, Albany ethics panel says
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Danielle FurfaroBrooklyn DailyInfluential Assemblyman and Brooklyn Democratic party boss Vito Lopez broke state harassment rules by groping, attempting to kiss,...
View ArticleBENSONHURST: Cops: Thug whips man with bike chain
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Will BreddermanBrooklyn Daily62nd Precinct Bensonhurst—Bath Beach Chained down A thug beat a Bensonhurst man with a bike chain and stole his backpack on Benson...
View ArticleSHEEPSHEAD BAY: Burned! Gun-toting thug robs tanning salon, police say
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Colin MixsonBrooklyn Daily61st Precinct Sheepshead Bay—Homecrest— Manhattan Beach—Gravesend Still open A gun-wielding thug robbed an Avenue U tanning salon on...
View ArticleCONEY ISLAND: The Clones are going to the playoffs!
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Will BreddermanBrooklyn DailyLowell Spinners 5Cyclones 3 Sept. 5 at MCU Park The Cyclones dropped their final game of the regular season to the Lowell Spinners...
View ArticleCONEY ISLAND: Playoff hopes in jeopardy after loss to hated Staten Island...
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Will BreddermanBrooklyn DailyStaten Island Yankees 1Brooklyn Cyclones 0 Sept. 2 at MCU Park A solo homer let the loathed Staten Island Yankees squeak past...
View ArticleGAVEL TO GAVEL: DA: Convicted bank robber sentenced to 26 years in prison
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Thomas Tracy Brooklyn DailyA man accused of robbing the same Sovereign Bank twice in two weeks was sentenced to 26 years in prison, prosecutors say. Edward Pride,...
View ArticleSTANDING O: Welcome to the men in blue
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Joanna DelBuonoBrooklyn DailyBay Ridge Standing O is giving a big bad “Bienvenue” to the city’s new boys in blue as fresh-faced grads from the latest police...
View ArticleSTANDING O: Meet Brooklyn’s web crawler!
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Joanna DelBuonoBrooklyn DailyPark Slope Spider-sense is tingling Hip, hip hooray for Catherine Walker, the soon-to-be senior at St. Savior High School, who just...
View ArticleSTANDING O: Standing O is back and cheering Brooklyn on!
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Joanna DelBuonoBrooklyn DailyBrownsville Happy birthday wishes to Sarah Simpkins on celebrating her 90th birthday. Her children, grandchildren, and doctor, who...
View ArticleBROOKLYN HEIGHTS: Interview with a carnivore: Checkin’ in with Brooklyn...
Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Ben MuessigBrooklyn DailySteven Rinella is one of those guys who really cares about his food, but he’s no loca-vore and he’s...
View ArticleCONEY ISLAND: Post-season surprise! Superb pitching gives Clones shutout...
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Will BreddermanBrooklyn Daily Cyclones 4Hudson Valley Renegades 0 Sept. 7 at MCU Park A phenomenal nine-inning performance by NY-Penn League pitching leader...
View ArticleA BRITISHER’S VIEW: The aftermath of the terror attacks — 11 years later
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Shavana AbruzzoBrooklyn DailyIt was our worst day, but it elicited our best response. Eleven years ago next Tuesday, terrorist hijackers steered a pair of jets...
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