CONEY ISLAND: Wave goodb-eye! Coney throws farewell party for Spook-A-Rama...
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Vanessa OgleBrooklyn DailyKeep an eye out for this party! The vintage Spook-A-Rama Cyclops statue from Deno’s Wonder Wheel Park is leaving on an extended...
View ArticleGREENWOOD HEIGHTS: Whip it good! Green-Wood exhibit features vintage Coney...
Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Matthew PerlmanBrooklyn DailyThe People’s Playground is coming to the people’s burying ground. An exhibition opening Sept. 7...
View ArticleBOROBEAT: The Eastern Parkway way: Plumage procession at West Indian Day Parade
Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Noah HurowitzBrooklyn DailyHundreds of thousands of revelers flocked to Crown Heights on Sept 1. to shake a tail-feather and...
View ArticleSTANDING O: Standing O says ‘Congratulations’ to the happy pair
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Joanna DelBuonoBrooklyn DailyPark Slope Wedding bells and cakes Standing O was there in 2011 when Madison Lee’s Cakes owner Madison Mangino first rolled out the...
View ArticleSTANDING O: Happy first anniversary to Barrister Mike Connors on the air
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Joanna DelBuonoBrooklyn DailyBay Ridge Can you believe it? Member of the bar and advocate-on-the-air Mike Connors has hit the one-year anniversary of his talk...
View ArticleCANARSIE: Sampson Agonistes
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Vanessa OgleBrooklyn DailyIt will take more than a couple of criminal charges to knock John Sampson out of his seat in Albany — it would take a primary loss next...
View ArticleBUSHWICK: Three-day-long performance combines Emily Dickinson with disco music
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Matthew PerlmanBrooklyn DailyCall it a space poetry jam. Starting on Sept. 4, the Bushwick Starr theater will host a performance that combines the poetry of Emily...
View ArticleCONEY ISLAND: Cop seek Coney robber
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Max JaegerBrooklyn DailyPolice are looking for the man they believe ripped the purse from an elderly woman’s shoulder on Bay 46th Street on Aug. 29. The...
View ArticleWe brief readers on news from the past month
Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Courier StaffBrooklyn DailyThe nation’s president awarded a medal to the Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn’s skyline...
View ArticleA BRITISHER’S VIEW: Heroic 9-11 Firefighter Joseph Patrick Henry — gone but...
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Shavana AbruzzoBrooklyn DailyA day after American special forces killed Osama bin Laden on May 2, 2011, New Yorkers flooded Ground Zero and cheered, as pipers...
View ArticleBAY RIDGE NIGHTS: Live happily ever after in Bay Ridge
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Max JaegerBrooklyn DailyBay Ridge is going green — ogre green! The Narrows Community Theater is staging its production of “Shrek the Musical” Friday and Saturday...
View ArticleBack to school!
Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Vanessa OgleBrooklyn DailyTime to hit the books! Brooklyn public schools are back in session, so kids across the borough...
View ArticleDOWNTOWN: Theft spree targeted women shoppers on Fulton Mall
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Matthew PerlmanBrooklyn DailyShoppers beware. Four store patrons reported having their wallets or bags stolen while browsing the aisles in stores along Downtown’s...
View ArticleBAY RIDGE: State: Don’t order the ‘Hammas’ plate
Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Max JaegerBrooklyn DailyThis plate was too much to stomach. The Department of Motor Vehicles yanked a Bay Ridge driver’s...
View ArticleLETTERS: ‘Sound off to the Editor’— a lively sounding board for the topics of...
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.Brooklyn DailyTo the editor, I was deeply touched by Joanna DelBuono’s farewell to Robin Williams (“Jo says goodbye to a friend she met on television,” Not for...
View ArticleBOOKS: What to read this week
Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynDaily.com.Brooklyn DailyWord’s pick: “Tigerman” by Nick Harkaway I could not possibly have been more excited for “Tigerman,” Nick...
View ArticleBIG SCREECHER: Carmine’s had it with all this interference!
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Carmine Santa MariaBrooklyn DailyI’m madder than a mad hatter who went crazy from working at the haberdashery all those years over the fact that I’m getting so...
View ArticleSHEEPSHEAD BAY: S’head Bay synagogue bounces back from Sandy
Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Vanessa OgleBrooklyn DailyMazel tov! The Young Israel of Kings Bay synagogue in Sheepshead Bay showcased their new community...
View ArticleBAY RIDGE: Ridgite to play 9-11 tribute with songs about the New York City
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Max JaegerBrooklyn DailyA Ridge crooner is marking the 13th anniversary of the 9-11 terror attacks with song. Martin McQuade will belt out three hours of tunes...
View ArticleIT’S ONLY MY OPINION: Stan has the numbers, you add it up
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Stanley P. GershbeinBrooklyn DailyAnd still more of America by the Numbers! According to the Public Religion Research Institute, 29 percent of Americans think the...
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