We brief readers on news from the past month
Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Courier StaffBrooklyn DailyThe body of a missing fashion designer bobbed up in the waters off a Sunset Park pier. A Dumbo...
View ArticleHARBOR WATCH: Colors don’t run! Field of Flags returns to John Paul Jones Park
Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Will BreddermanBrooklyn DailyThe Star Spangled Banner yet waves — thanks to them. A Brooklyn-based charity for the families...
View ArticleWILLIAMSBURG: Un-brew-sual: Rare Beer Fest features strange suds
Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Danielle FurfaroBrooklyn DailyTalk about a strange brew! Beer lovers who like to guzzle something a little more “out there”...
View ArticleIT’S ONLY MY OPINION: Stan has some questions — and some good news!
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Stanley P. GershbeinBrooklyn DailyHere are a few more thoughts about this and that. With anger in the air, President Obama said, “Whether it’s allegations of VA...
View ArticleDINING: Coal on ice! City wants to raise price of coal-oven pizza
Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Matthew PerlmanBrooklyn DailyCoal pizza ovens, contrary to popular belief, are not bound by much red tape, but that could...
View ArticleBUSHWICK: Bushwick pet-poop painter dogged by rival
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Danielle FurfaroBrooklyn DailyImitation is the sincerest form of flatulence. An artist has been spraypainting dog droppings on Bushwick sidewalks gold for nearly...
View ArticleHIGH SCHOOL SPORTS: Young Madison’s season ended by Construction in softball...
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Joseph StaszewskiBrooklyn DailyThe youthful James Madison squad got a taste of what it is like to play against one of the elite teams in the Public School Athlete...
View ArticleHIGH SCHOOL SPORTS: Telecom blanked by Cardozo in quarterfinal loss
Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Joseph Staszewski and Patrick McCormackBrooklyn DailyTelecommuncation’s bats were silenced just when they were needed the...
View ArticleHIGH SCHOOL SPORTS: Flat Grand Street swept in baseball semifinals
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Joseph StaszewskiBrooklyn DailyGrand Street rode its 1–2 pitching combination of Alex Cuas and Emanuel Castellano to the semifinals, but couldn’t go any further....
View ArticleWILLIAMSBURG: Sketchy characters: W’burg animation fest features hand-drawn...
Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Max JaegerBrooklyn DailyThese aren’t your average awards show hosts. Two cartoon scuzzbags are hosting an animation festival...
View ArticleSHEEPSHEAD BAY: Saving the swans
Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Max JaegerBrooklyn DailySheepshead Bay’s swans may not be headed for the gas chamber anytime soon, after all. A bill that...
View ArticleMARINE PARK: Hatch-tagged: Newborn falcons banded atop bridge
Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Bill EgbertBrooklyn DailyThey’re hottest chicks on Flatbush Avenue, but to see them you have go all the way to the southern...
View ArticleMARINE PARK: Pups pack park for cancer benefit
Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Max JaegerBrooklyn DailyThese dogs had their day. The American Cancer Society held a “Doggie Flash Mob” in Marine Park on...
View ArticlePOLITICS: Former DA Hynes could face $1M larceny rap
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Will BreddermanBrooklyn DailyBrooklyn’s former top lawman could soon find himself behind bars. The city Department of Investigations dropped a report claiming...
View ArticleDEVELOPMENT: High tide for Brooklyn’s waterfront
Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Will BreddermanBrooklyn DailyBrooklyn’s waterfront is getting more fun by the day. Coney Island, Brooklyn’s legendary...
View ArticleBROOKLYN HEIGHTS: Whitman sampler: How to dress like Walt Whitman
Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Max JaegerBrooklyn DailyImitation is the sincerest form of flattery, so if you’re going to a marathon reading of Walt...
View ArticleBAY RIDGE: Thugs hold woman up at gunpoint
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Will BreddermanBrooklyn Daily68th Precinct Bay Ridge—Dyker Heights Under the gun Two goons held a woman up with a semi-automatic pistol on 62nd Street on May 28,...
View ArticleGREENPOINT: Two gunpoint hold ups
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Danielle FurfaroBrooklyn Daily94th Precinct Greenpoint–Northside Hold ups There were two instances of delivery guys held up at gunpoint in the precinct this week....
View ArticleBROOKLYN HEIGHTS: Burlgar removes air conditioner and enters through window
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Matthew PerlmanBrooklyn Daily84th Precinct Brooklyn Heights–DUMBO–Boerum Hill–Downtown Cool criminal A burglar broke in to a Hicks Street apartment on May 19 —...
View ArticleDYKER HEIGHTS: On a roll! Repaving on the way to 86th Street in Dyker
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Will BreddermanBrooklyn DailyThe city is finally going to 86 the potholes along 86th Street in Dyker Heights. The Department of Transportation announced on June 2...
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