FLATLANDS: E. 51st Street man convicted of killing building handyman
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Katia SavchukBrooklyn DailyA 62-year-old Flatlands man accused of knifing his building superintendent to death is facing life in prison now that he’s been...
View ArticleBabs plays Brooklyn in first-ever show in home borough
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Danielle FurfaroBrooklyn DailyBrooklyn’s native son opened the Barclays Center — and the borough’s favorite daughter made it feel like home. Barbra Streisand made...
View ArticleHIGH SCHOOL SPORTS: St. Edmund Prep coach: We’ll win soccer championship
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Mike McAvoyBrooklyn DailyThe St. Edmund Prep Eagles 3–1 win over the team it lost to in last year’s soccer finals has coach Dan Mangano thinking big: in fact,...
View ArticleBIG SCREECHER: Carmine wants stuff for free, just like those fellas at Occupy...
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Carmine Santa MariaBrooklyn DailyI madder than a bunch of Occupy Wall Street riffraff when they’re told they can’t bring air mattresses and coffee makers to their...
View ArticleLETTERS: How about a Dept. of Peace?
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.Brooklyn DailyTo the editor, I am heartsick over the men and women we’ve lost in a war that we cannot win. Our service members are returning with mental issues and...
View ArticleBENSONHURST: Cops: Crooks attack woman on Bay 28th Street
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Will BreddermanBrooklyn Daily62nd Precinct Bensonhurst—Bath Beach Wrestling team Two brutes knocked a woman to the ground on Bay 28th Street and tried to rob her...
View Article24/7: Party like it’s Gowanus 1973: Theater-goers are invited to a murder...
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Hannah Palmer EganBrooklyn DailyA macabre mafia rules the roost in a new play where a throng of ghoulish, risen-from-the-dead raver-girls lead the audience from...
View ArticleFORT GREENE: Twitters in the Arab Spring
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Eli RosenbergBrooklyn DailyFrom Occupy Wall Street to the protests in Egypt, social unrest and social media have become inseparable. Drawing from artists here in...
View ArticleIT’S ONLY MY OPINION: Stan finds wisdom buried in his pockets
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Stanley P. GershbeinBrooklyn DailyHere are more snippets from the backs of business cards and scraps of paper piling up on my desk. At this moment, 60 percent of...
View ArticleBAY RIDGE: Feds: Gun-running cops getting two years
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Will BreddermanBrooklyn DailyThree Bay Ridge cops who sidelined as gun runners will be spending the next two years in a prison cell, federal prosecutors announced...
View ArticleBERGEN BEACH: National Grid: Paerdegat Basin is cancer free
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Colin MixsonBrooklyn DailyEnvironmentalists are questioning the clean bill of health National Grid is giving Paerdegat Basin, claiming that the company being...
View ArticleBOROBEAT: Tasters choice in Sheepshead Bay
Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Colin MixsonBrooklyn DailyNeighborhood foodies assembled at the Baron DeKalb Knights of Columbus to test the tastes of 20...
View ArticleMARINE PARK: Cops: Shoplifter bites security guard
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Colin MixsonBrooklyn Daily63rd Precinct Marine Park—Mill Basin—Flatlands—Bergen Beach Pants thief A 21-year-old woman was arrested for shoplifting from a store in...
View ArticleHIGH SCHOOL SPORTS: Xavier Knight’s lance Falcons, 17–14
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Daniel MartinBrooklyn DailyJimmy Wolfer’s 24-yard field goal in overtime handed the Bishop Ford Falcons its second straight loss this season against Manhattan’s...
View ArticleHIGH SCHOOL SPORTS: Bishop Ford’s Chazz Williams not short on talent
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Joseph StaszewskiBrooklyn DailyChaz Williams has heard the skeptics who say he is too small to be a big-time college basketball player, but he continues to prove...
View ArticleHIGH SCHOOL SPORTS: Madison Knights suffer homecoming loss
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Mike McAvoyBrooklyn DailyMcKee-Staten Island Tech Seagulls’ running back Andrew Blandino proved himself a home-wrecker on Saturday night, crushing the Madison...
View ArticlePARK SLOPE: Sang the raven: Edgar Allen Poe-inspired night of songs
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Danielle FurfaroBrooklyn DailyMembers of the Bushwick Book Club don’t just sip wine and discuss the literature, they sing about it. Edgar Allen Poe is the guest...
View ArticleBrooklyn takes strides against violence
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Colin MixsonBrooklyn DailyBrooklyn’s taking strides to prevent domestic violence. Four score Brooklynites tied up their laces and took to the oval in Marine Park...
View ArticleCOURTS: Time out! Election screw-ups can’t save this candidate
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Colin MixsonBrooklyn DailySometimes, there’s no time for justice. Bloopers by the Board of Elections prevented nearly half of the 45th District’s independents...
View ArticleCity snuffs Midwood’s make-out lane
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Eli RosenbergBrooklyn DailyMidwood’s makeout lane is finally free from the ravages of sex-crazed teens — thanks to a complete city makeover spurred by a series of...
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