BROOKLYN HEIGHTS: Brooklyn’s boat bicentennial is here
Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Matthew PerlmanBrooklyn DailyA ferry informative exhibition is coming to the Brooklyn Historical Society this weekend. “Full...
View ArticleCARROLL GARDENS: ER patient flips out on security guard
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Megan RieszBrooklyn Daily76th Precinct Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill–Red Hook Medic! Cops cuffed a patient who they say punched a security worker at a Hicks Street...
View ArticleBENSONHURST: Brute bashes man with bottle in park
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Will BreddermanBrooklyn Daily62nd Precinct Bensonhurst—Bath Beach Low blow A brute bashed a man on the braincase with a bottle inside Seth Low Park on May 4,...
View ArticleFORT GREENE: Google Glass snatched in S. Portland burglary
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Matthew PerlmanBrooklyn Daily88th Precinct Fort Greene–Clinton Hill Glass-hole Someone broke into a man’s S. Portland Avenue apartment and stole his electronic...
View ArticleMUSIC: Pop goes the festival! Brooklynites to celebrate power pop
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Danielle FurfaroBrooklyn DailyThese musicians are on a mission to prove that pop can most definitely rock. On May 9 and 10, fans of bouncy guitars will gather at...
View ArticleNOT FOR NUTHIN’: Steve Wynn, George Clooney, and Joanna
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Joanna DelBuonoBrooklyn DailyI have enjoyed George Clooney since his early days on “ER” as the compassionate doctor that had a little problem with commitment, and...
View ArticleCONEY ISLAND: Sitt-ing vacant: Thor Equities properties dirty and derelict,...
Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Will BreddermanBrooklyn DailyDenizens of the People’s Playground complain that Thor Equities — the real estate giant owned...
View ArticleJOE KNOWS: Poly Prep-Berkeley Carroll rivalry adds another memorable chapter
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Joseph StaszewskiBrooklyn DailyMy tweet was all typed out and ready to be sent, but I should have known better. I was a finger tap away from posting that the Poly...
View ArticleWILL’S WATCH: Cymbrowitz pushing Thompson to keep Hynes diversion programs
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Will BreddermanBrooklyn DailyThings look good in Hynes-sight for Assemblyman Steve Cymbrowitz. Cymbrowitz (D–Sheepshead Bay), chairman of the Assembly’s committee...
View ArticleSTANDING O: Standing O is at it again!
Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Joanna DelBuonoBrooklyn DailyDowntown Borough President Adams welcomed staffers’ kids to Borough Hall for the 21st annual...
View ArticleSTANDING O: Distinguished, dedicated physician is a great prescription for...
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Joanna DelBuonoBrooklyn DailyFort Greene Dr. Great is in Bklyn Have no fear Dr. Judith Weinstock is here! Yeah! Standing O’s “best” doctor in the city — featured...
View ArticleSHEEPSHEAD BAY: Local kids try out for ‘Genius’ show
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Nichelle HenryBrooklyn DailyBeing on a reality show doesn’t usually seem like a genius move, but dozens of parents and kids turned out for an event at the Amity...
View ArticleSTANDING O: Billyburg fifth-grade scribe shows how kindness builds character
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Joanna DelBuonoBrooklyn DailyWilliamsburg He’s a winning scribe. Noah Fequiere, a student at Billyburg’s PS 196, aced first place in his category in the national...
View ArticleBENSONHURST: City to 86 potholes on 86th Street
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Will BreddermanBrooklyn DailyThe city will finally repave the pothole-plagued stretch of 86th Street between 14th and Stillwell avenues, officials announced on...
View ArticleBAY RIDGE: Memorial Day Parade fund-raiser rocks Salty Dog
Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Will BreddermanBrooklyn DailyBay Ridge rallied for the troops last Sunday. Nearly 400 people packed the Salty Dog on Third...
View ArticleFITNESS: Cyclists take to the BQE for borough-spanning ride
Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Megan RieszBrooklyn DailyThey were without a car in the world. Cyclists rode atop normally auto-only thoroughfares such the...
View ArticleBROOKLYN HEIGHTS: Jailhouse librarian pens book about dispensing prose in the...
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Danielle FurfaroBrooklyn DailyKids need books, not jail. That is the message author Marybeth Zeman is hoping to get across in her new nonfiction book “Tales of a...
View ArticleA BRITISHER’S VIEW: Public opinion should not damn free speech — even when it...
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Shavana AbruzzoBrooklyn DailyFree speech in America is not a special privilege, but a constitutional right, and the national vexation over a hoop-team owner’s...
View ArticleCLINTON HILL: Myrtle veggie patch on its way to becoming desert Village
Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Matthew PerlmanBrooklyn DailyA community space and garden in Clinton Hill is facing a springtime drought after the city shut...
View ArticleBERGEN BEACH: Bergen Beach woman invents convertible breast-feeding blanket...
Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Max JaegerBrooklyn DailyA Bergen Beach woman is nursing her small business into an empire. Her company, Me Beau Bébé, sells...
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