KENSINGTON: Santa Claus has joined the circus!
Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Eli RosenbergBrooklyn DailyBy Eli Rosenberg A Kensington elementary school has found the one way to get kids to pay...
View ArticleART: A trip down memory lane
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Will BreddermanBrooklyn DailyTime flies when you’re on the subway. Photographer Fiona Gardner and writer Amy Zimmer tracked down transit-themed beauty pageant...
View ArticleBAY RIDGE: A Swedish celebration — with a little bit of Italy mixed in
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Will BreddermanBrooklyn DailyWhat do Italians and Scandinavians have in common — besides Bay Ridge? The answer is Saint Lucy — or Santa Lucia, as she’s known in...
View ArticleCONEY ISLAND: Marty: Brooklyn will have an amphitheater
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Will Bredderman Brooklyn DailyBorough President Markowitz says he’s dead set on delivering a $64 million music venue to Coney Island before his gig as Brooklyn’s...
View ArticleCONEY ISLAND: Cha Cha: I’ll be back — again
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Will BreddermanBrooklyn DailyThe owner of Boardwalk staple Cha Cha’s says the storied, Sandy-sunk honky-tonk will be back — but exactly when is anybody’s guess....
View ArticleCONEY ISLAND: Concrete Boardwalk set in stone
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Will BreddermanBrooklyn DailyThe Parks Department can rip up cherished Boardwalk planks and replace them with slabs of plastic lumber and concrete without an...
View ArticleMILL BASIN: Fired up environmentalists fight plan to torch Sandy-toppled trees
Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Will BreddermanBrooklyn DailyInflamed public advocacy groups are fighting a city plan to burn Sandy-toppled trees at Floyd...
View ArticleBAY RIDGE: Cops: Thief swipes woman’s purse
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Will BreddermanBrooklyn Daily68th Precinct Bay Ridge—Dyker Heights Time to heel A sneaky thief swiped a woman’s purse while she was trying to get her heel out of...
View ArticleBOROBEAT: Gravesend lights up for Christmas!
Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Will BreddermanBrooklyn DailyForget silver bells — it’s all about Golden lights! State Sen. Marty Golden (R–Bay Ridge)...
View ArticleNOT FOR NUTHIN’: It might be the end of days, but Joanna still has to shop.
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Joanna DelBuonoBrooklyn DailyWriting this week’s column was a challenge. Here it is Dec. 20 just one day before the Mayan end of the world dead-line of Dec. 21...
View ArticleHIGH SCHOOL SPORTS: Thompson shines as Blackbirds soar over Manhattan College
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Joseph StaszewskiBrooklyn DailySenior guard Brandon Thompson’s sharpshooting more than made up for the absence of Long Island University Blackbirds star Julian...
View ArticleCONEY ISLAND: Salt and Sea gets holiday reprieve
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Will BreddermanBrooklyn DailyAn eviction-bound Coney Island charity received a Yuletide reprieve from its landlord, who postponed the bounce until after the New...
View ArticleMILL BASIN: Cops: Help us find cabbie car-jacker
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Thomas TracyBrooklyn DailyCops are looking for a livery car-jacker who hit an unsuspecting cabbie on E. 52nd Street in Mill Basin last week. The victim told...
View ArticleMILL BASIN: Cops: Elderly woman run down on Avenue M
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Colin MixsonBrooklyn DailyAn elderly woman was killed crossing Avenue M in Mill Basin on Sunday after a wayward motorist mowed her down, cops said. Nicoletta...
View ArticleBAY RIDGE: Remember Amnesia?
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Will BreddermanBrooklyn DailyAmnesia’s forgotten its name! The owners of the contentious club that was blasted by residents for its pounding music, rowdy...
View ArticleCONEY ISLAND: Cops: Crowbar-wielding suspect attacks man
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Colin MixsonBrooklyn Daily60th Precinct Coney Island—Brighton Beach—Seagate Crowbar crook A 50-year-old man was arrested beating another man with a crowbar and...
View ArticleBERGEN BEACH: Millennium Development gives Charlie Brown tree a facelift
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Colin MixsonBrooklyn DailyCall it the little tree that could. Hurricane Sandy toppled most of the trees outside the John Malone Community Center, so the pickings...
View ArticleSTANDING O: Kings Pharmacy owner Ron DelGaudio wins prestigious award.
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Joanna DelBuonoBrooklyn DailyPark Slope How sweet an award is! Five packets go to owner Ron Del Gaudio, pharmacist-supreme, for winning the Health Mart® Diabetes...
View ArticleSTANDING O: Sailing son goes on epic trek around the world
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Joanna DelBuonoBrooklyn DailySheepshead Bay Raise the mast — Business owner Peter Doody, the sailing son of the Doody Home Center clan, is on an epic adventure:...
View ArticleSTANDING O: Standing O is at it again!
Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Joanna DelBuonoBrooklyn DailyDowntown Huzzah, huzza! Rocco “Roy” Vanasco is officially the longest-serving member of...
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