STANDING O: Standing O wishing another happy birthday!
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Joanna DelBuonoBrooklyn DailyMarine Park Let’s hear it for Fred Let’s hear it for Standing O pal Fred Gammino on his 103rd birthday — that’s right folks, 103...
View ArticleBENSONHURST: Arrest in Bensonhurst Park shooting
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Max JaegerBrooklyn DailyPolice arrested a man for shooting another guy in a Bensonhurst Park after an argument escalated on Aug. 16. The two got into it at 4:26...
View ArticleBUSHWICK: Un-Rapture-d! G’point musician trades dance-punk stardom for soul
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Robert HamBrooklyn DailyDance-punk’s not dead — it is just playing R&B in Bushwick. As the bass player for Brooklyn indie band the Rapture, Mattie Safer...
View ArticleAudit reveals tree-trimming program’s deep-rooted problems
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Max JaegerBrooklyn DailyThe Parks Department is mismanaging the war on trees in Brooklyn, a city audit found. The Department put the wrong trees on its pruning...
View ArticleFLATBUSH: Cops release video of gunpoint robbery in East Flatbush
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Vanessa OgleBrooklyn DailyPolice are looking for two men they say were caught on video robbing a senior citizen at gunpoint in East Flatbush on Aug. 2....
View ArticleSTANDING O: Standing O is at it again!
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Joanna DelBuonoBrooklyn DailyConey Island Birthday girl Louise Edelman celebrated the big 106 on Aug. 12 and Standing O was there again for the fourth year in a...
View ArticleSTANDING O: Another centenarian sensation!
Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Joanna DelBuonoBrooklyn DailySheepshead Bay Put those hands together for Mildred Grauer, who celebrated a milestone 100th...
View ArticleTix fix fiasco! Ticket-slam vics still in limbo, traffic court
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Vanessa OgleBrooklyn DailyIn traffic court, even the judges don’t have the right-of-way. Almost a month after the city promised to dismiss nearly all of the...
View ArticleGOWANUS: Chef survives Gowanus Canal ice bucket challenge
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Noah HurowitzBrooklyn DailyWhat a dump! A fearless Bedford-Stuyvesant chef took he the so-called “Ice-Bucket Challenge” fund-raiser for Lou Gehrig’s Disease a...
View ArticleTONIGHT: City to spray for skeeters
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Vanessa OgleBrooklyn DailyClose your windows and bring the kids indoors tonight — Southern Brooklyn is getting sprayed. The Department of Health and Mental...
View ArticleFEATURES: Get on the list! These businesses get our seal of approval
Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Matthew PerlmanBrooklyn DailyThe new “Brooklyn Made” certification is just getting off the ground, and it is up to...
View ArticleA BRITISHER’S VIEW: The Battle of Brooklyn played a pivotal role in the...
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Shavana AbruzzoBrooklyn DailyAmerica is the crossroads of the world — a distinction it owes in great part to Brooklyn. Two hundred and thirty-eight years ago on...
View ArticleCANARSIE: Canarsie reunion brings folks back to the old neighborhood
Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Vanessa OgleBrooklyn DailyThey’re so Brooklyn, they remember Canarsie before it was Canarsie. A group of about 40 Canarsie...
View ArticleDUMBO: Salman Rushdie to help launch debut novel from B’Heights author
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Noah HurowitzBrooklyn DailyShe is going live with a little help from her friend. Brooklyn Heights author Vanessa Manko will launch her new novel in Dumbo on Aug....
View ArticleFORT GREENE: BAM-boozled:Bad checks defraud Fort Greene institution
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Matthew PerlmanBrooklyn DailyIt was a bad week at the bank for this Fort Greene culture center. Someone stole $36,000 from the Brooklyn Academy of Music’s bank...
View ArticleBAY RIDGE NIGHTS: Surf’s up in Bay Ridge!
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Max JaegerBrooklyn DailySurf in to Bay Ridge for a weekend of totally tubular live music! Catch the weekend wave at Greenhouse Cafe (7717 Third Ave. between 77th...
View ArticleBrooklyn Made: The mark of greatness
Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Matthew PerlmanBrooklyn DailyJust how Brooklyn is your company? That was the question the Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce posed...
View ArticleCONEY ISLAND: Melee at MCU Park! Indie wrestling comes to Coney
Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Max JaegerBrooklyn DailyThere was a time when seeing two grown men fighting in Coney Island was undoubtedly a bad sign — now...
View ArticlePARK SLOPE: Raise a glass to the Battle of Brooklyn!
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Noah HurowitzBrooklyn DailyDrink to defeat! On Saturday Aug. 23, history buffs will have a chance to raise a glass to the heroic revolutionary soldiers who...
View ArticleBENSONHURST: Rabid kitten alert!
Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Max JaegerBrooklyn DailyIt’s not every day the city issues a rabid kitten alert. An alert went out this week warning that...
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