Build It Back by the numbers
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Max JaegerBrooklyn DailyDuring a city council hearing about the Build It Back program on March 31, city staffers answered for the federally funded, city-run...
View ArticleBAY RIDGE: Maniac punches, robs mail carrier for package
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Max JaegerBrooklyn Daily68th Precinct Bay Ridge—Dyker Heights Going postal A maniac punched and robbed a mail carrier when he wouldn’t hand over a package on 72nd...
View ArticleBAY RIDGE: Cops cuff two alleged muggers
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Will BreddermanBrooklyn Daily68th Precinct Bay Ridge—Dyker Heights Smoked ’em Cops picked up two men who they say held a woman up at gunpoint for a pack of...
View ArticleGREENPOINT: Gun-toting thugs hold up man for iPhone
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Danielle FurfaroBrooklyn Daily94th Precinct Greenpoint–Northside Gun happy A pair of robbers held a man up at gunpoint on Jackson Street on March 24, stealing his...
View ArticleMarch recap: Revisit the top Brooklyn stories from last month
Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Courier StaffBrooklyn DailyA slippery funzone in the People’s Playground’s future, Little Odessa’s “Nyet” to Russian...
View ArticleNOT FOR NUTHIN’: Saying goodbye to a friend and mentor
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Joanna DelBuonoBrooklyn DailyI was a first-time mom looking for part-time work in November of 1997 when I took a job as a typist at Courier Life, where I tapped...
View ArticleBROOKLYN HEIGHTS: Teens rough up another teen for cell and watch
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Matthew PerlmanBrooklyn Daily84th Precinct Brooklyn Heights–DUMBO–Boerum Hill–Downtown Teen violence Cops are looking for two 17-year-olds who they say beat up...
View ArticleLETTERS: Sound Off to the Editor
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.Brooklyn DailyTo the editor, Mute swans are still in danger of possibly being murdered, and I think it was in extremely poor taste to publish recipes for cooking and...
View ArticleA BRITISHER’S VIEW: Malevolent mullahs must be cracking up over WTC security...
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Shavana AbruzzoBrooklyn Daily“Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty,” said Wendell Phillips in 1852, his evocative words engraved in stone outside the...
View ArticleWILLIAMSBURG: Schemer cons victim into forking over money
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Danielle FurfaroBrooklyn Daily90th Precinct Southside–Williamsburg Con Ed con Someone claiming to be a Con Edison employee called a Clymer Street business owner...
View ArticleBROOKLYN HEIGHTS: Cops: Lady swipes guy’s music player after asking for money
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Matthew PerlmanBrooklyn Daily84th Precinct Brooklyn Heights–DUMBO–Boerum Hill–Downtown Good Samaritan pays Cops cuffed a 30-year-old woman after she tried to...
View ArticleIT’S ONLY MY OPINION: Stan tells you where the money’s at
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Stanley P. GershbeinBrooklyn DailySo where is all the money? We call this “America by the Dollars.” We learned last year that the United States is the world’s...
View ArticleBOROBEAT: Sharing is caring
Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Matthew PerlmanBrooklyn DailySupporters of a Brooklyn social-service organization showed even more heart than usual last...
View ArticleBarclays Center will host ACC men’s basketball tournament
Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Joseph StaszewskiBrooklyn DailyBarclays is bringing on the March maddness! The Barclays Center has entered a partnership...
View ArticleCARROLL GARDENS: Cops: Suspect stole $200 from woman
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Megan RieszBrooklyn Daily76th Precinct Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill–Red Hook Grab that dough Cops cuffed a man who they say stole hundreds of dollars from a woman...
View ArticleBENSONHURST: Strangers rob man’s home after night of partying
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Max JaegerBrooklyn Daily62nd Precinct Bensonhurst—Bath Beach Larceny chaser Two strangers robbed a man’s 83rd Street home when he invited them to his place after...
View ArticleATLANTIC YARDS: Green roof to help noise-proof Barclays Center
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Megan RieszBrooklyn DailyThe Barclays Center is going green. The Prospect Heights arena is set to get a massive vegetation roof that mega-developer Forest City...
View ArticleCANARSIE: Still rebuilding: Red Cross volunteers restore Sandy-swamped...
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Nichelle HenryBrooklyn DailyHunter College students and other local volunteers finished out Red Cross Month with a rebuilding project in Canarsie on March 29. The...
View ArticleDOWNTOWN: Sew happy together: Brooklyn quilters stitch Downtown show together
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Megan RieszBrooklyn DailyThey are a tight-knit bunch. The intrepid Quilters’ Guild of Brooklyn is set to host its 21st annual patchwork show at a Marriott Hotel...
View ArticleSTANDING O: Sunset Park Landmarks Committee is an award winner
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Joanna DelBuonoBrooklyn DailySunset Park Cheers to the Sunset Park Landmarks Committee for receiving recognition for its great work to preserve the history of the...
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