A BRITISHER’S VIEW: Message to Vladimir Putin: Nyet to a return of the Soviet...
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Shavana AbruzzoBrooklyn DailyDictators are usually short, nebbishy men with a tall Napoleonic complex and an aversion to grace, and height-challenged,...
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MEAN STREETS: Safe and signed: Fake 20-mile-per-hour speed limits for Fort...
Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Megan RieszBrooklyn DailyCall them the Department of Transformation. Activists with the road-safety group Right of Way...
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MARINE PARK: Chili factor: Aviator’s chili fest has ostrich on the menu
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Max JaegerBrooklyn DailySomething spicy is cooking at Floyd Bennett Field. Marine Park’s Aviator Sports and Events Center is stirring up a chili festival, where...
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NIGHTLIFE: Battle of the Takedown flyers
Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Matthew PerlmanBrooklyn DailyMatt Timms has hosted offbeat contests at bars around Brooklyn for more than a decade (see...
View ArticleBAY RIDGE NIGHTS: Bay Ridge goes on parade
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Will BreddermanBrooklyn DailyJust when you thought it was over — Bay Ridge Nights is bringing more Saint Patrick’s Day revelry your way. In the Ridge, Saint...
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NIGHTLIFE: Making a job out of the munchies
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Matthew PerlmanBrooklyn DailyWhat do mac and cheese, velvet Elvis paintings, and pots of chili have in common? They are all the building blocks of a career. The...
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Food incubators come to Industry City
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Max JaegerBrooklyn DailyThe low-cost space available in Sunset Park’s Industry City is prompting a boom in a new business model — the time-share kitchen. The...
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DITMAS PARK: Park and ride
Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Max JaegerBrooklyn DailyThat’s one way to catch a train. A Marine Park woman is accused of driving through a concrete...
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MIDWOOD: Hit-and-run in Midwood
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Max JaegerBrooklyn DailyAn 8-year-old Midwood boy is in stable condition after the driver of a minivan struck him on Avenue J near E. 29th Street and fled the...
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BRIGHTON BEACH: Town hall on Asser Levy Park
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.Brooklyn DailyBrighton Beach residents are encouraged to come out and sound off Monday about the future of Asser Levy park at a town hall meeting convened by...
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BAY RIDGE: Pint-sized perp robs Ridge bank
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Will BreddermanBrooklyn DailyHe must have been short on money. A five-foot-six man robbed a Bay Ridge bank at the corner of 71st Street and Third Avenue on March...
View ArticleLETTERS: Advocates: Jay Street would be safer with protected bike path
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.Brooklyn DailyTraffic-clogged Jay Street has the scariest bike lanes around, according to our readers, but road-safety activists say it would be less hair-raising...
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BOOKS: What to read this week
Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynDaily.com.Brooklyn DailyWORD’s pick: “Annihilation” by Jeff VanderMeer Jeff VanderMeer’s “Southern Reach” trilogy (parts two and three...
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SUNDAY READ: Pill-er of the community — Coney pharmacist and activist Frank...
Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Will BreddermanBrooklyn DailyThe corner pharmacy — that all-but forgotten place filled with mortars and pestles, pills,...
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BIG SCREECHER: Carmine forgot to mention Rosalie Bacarella!
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Carmine Santa MariaBrooklyn DailyI’m madder than a linguist whose cat has got his tongue over the fact that too many words are used too often and it is starting...
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DOWNTOWN: One-man show blends slapstick with social media
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Matthew PerlmanBrooklyn DailyThis is one live show where audience members won’t be asked to turn their cell phones off. A new one-man show at the New York City...
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WILLIAMSBURG: Mom and popping: Over-50s hip-hop group busts a move in...
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Max JaegerBrooklyn DailyForget the Jitterbug and the Charleston — these golden gals are popping and locking like pros. A hip-hop dance group composed entirely of...
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BRIGHTON BEACH: Occupy the toilet! Brighton Beach bathroom battle devolves...
Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Will BreddermanBrooklyn DailyCall it a tale of two toilets. The city now says it is willing to relocate the embattled...
View ArticleSHEEPSHEAD BAY: Pedestrian killed in Sheepshead Bay
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Max JaegerBrooklyn DailyAn 82-year-old woman is dead after a driver struck her in Sheepshead Bay, early in the morning of March 21. Police identified the victim...
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MARINE PARK: Free fire alarms for seniors
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Max JaegerBrooklyn DailySeniors in Southern Brooklyn have about two months left to take advantage of a city program that offers smoke alarms and special devices...
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