SHEEPSHEAD BAY: Cymbrowitz trounces Gallo at the polls
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Colin MixsonBrooklyn DailyAssemblyman Steven Cymbrowitz secured his sixth term in office on Tuesday, defeating GOP opponent Russell Gallo by more than 2,500...
View ArticleCONEY ISLAND: Cement Boardwalk couldn’t weather Sandy’s wrath, advocates say
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Will BreddermanBrooklyn DailyHurricane Sandy caused a lot of damage in Coney Island, but it also proved Boardwalk advocates’ claims that wood is good — especially...
View ArticleBAY RIDGE: Golden wins sixth term
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Will BreddermanBrooklyn DailyVoters gave State Sen. Marty Golden two more years in Albany on Tuesday with more than 57 percent of Southern Brooklyn voters pulling...
View ArticleCONEY ISLAND: Surf Avenue businesses: Sandy crippled us
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Will BreddermanBrooklyn DailySurf Avenue merchants say Hurricane Sandy flooded their stores and damaged supplies — and at least one Coney Island merchant is...
View ArticleSHEEPSHEAD BAY: Vandal hits car wash with swastika during Hurricane Sandy
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Colin MixsonBrooklyn DailySheepshead Bay’s Z Best Car Wash has more to clean than just cars. Workers say a vandal struck the Coney Island Avenue business between...
View ArticleBAY RIDGE: Grimm opponent ignoring Ridge, political watchdogs say
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Will BreddermanBrooklyn DailyDemocrats are raging over the virtual invisibility of congressional contender Mark Murphy as his race against Rep. Michael Grimm...
View ArticleMIDWOOD: Call him senator Felder
Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Thomas Tracy Brooklyn DailyFormer Councilman Simcha Felder grabbed hold of the new, so-named “super Jewish district” with...
View ArticleBAY RIDGE: Fontbonne storms on! Volleyballers lose homes to Sandy, vow to...
Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Joseph Staszewski and Will BreddermanBrooklyn DailyHurricane Sandy has left most of Fontbonne Hall’s varsity girls...
View ArticleSandy puts presidential election into a tailspin
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Will BreddermanBrooklyn DailyGov. Cuomo signed an executive order allowing New Yorkers to cast ballots for president anywhere they like, but residents in...
View ArticleCANARSIE: Ten injured as fire trucks collide
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Colin MixsonBrooklyn DailyTwo fire trucks collided at E. 103rd Street and Avenue J in Canarsie today, propelling both trucks through a man’s brick wall and...
View ArticleSHEEPSHEAD BAY: Sandy forces El Greco, Cherry Hill to toss out tons of food
Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Colin MixsonBrooklyn DailyEmmons Avenue’s businesses are frozen without refrigeration. The El Greco Diner, as well as the...
View ArticleGERRITSEN BEACH: Bloomberg to Gerritsen Beach: Get out now!
Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Colin MixsonBrooklyn DailyMayor Bloomberg is pleading with residents of hurricane-ravaged Gerritsen Beach to get out of...
View ArticleFill up now! Gas rationing to hit Brooklyn
Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Will BreddermanBrooklyn DailyYou better check your license plate before fill your car up tomorrow — because if you don’t...
View ArticleBUSHWICK: Chaotic performance artists to leave Brooklyn disoriented
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Hannah Palmer EganBrooklyn DailyChaos begets creativity — or is it the other way around? Masked, shouting, and scantily-dressed — and undressed — performers...
View ArticlePIGSKIN PROGNOSTICATOR: Ida’s on fire this week!
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.Brooklyn DailyElections come and go. Politicians rise and fall. Ida buys the news every day and sure, things change — they now quote people from a website called...
View ArticleBIG SCREECHER: Kids plus candy equals one happy Carmine
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Carmine Santa MariaBrooklyn DailyI’m madder than Tommy Lee Jones at the beginning of one of his disaster movies before he’s had enough time to solve every problem...
View ArticlePOLITICS: Brooklyn GOP grieves Romney’s loss
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Will BreddermanBrooklyn DailyBorough Republican and Conservative leaders were served a disappointing double-whammy on Election Day as they faced the prospect of...
View ArticlePOLITICS: O’ yeah! Barack enjoys big Brooklyn win
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Moses JeffersonBrooklyn DailyBrooklyn is still Barack-lyn. President Obama won his second term in the White House with 81 percent of the borough’s vote, once...
View ArticleLETTERS: Plea for Veteran’s Day — no more war!
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.Brooklyn DailyTo the editor, Peace! Please! Each time I see and hear war veterans speak of their experiences I get numb. Most of us could probably never imagine in...
View ArticleHIGH SCHOOL SPORTS: Engineering a payback! Tech beats Kennedy Knights 36–0
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Joe PantornoBrooklyn DailyBrooklyn Tech decimated the Kennedy Knights 36–0 at home on Saturday afternoon — engineering some payback against a team that beat them...
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