CONEY ISLAND: Coney celebrates its comeback from Sandy
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Will BreddermanBrooklyn DailyCity leaders and Coney Island stalwarts converged on Gargiulo’s Restaurant on Dec. 13 to drink — and eat — to a new, post-Sandy Coney...
View ArticleGOWANUS: Merchants want more police presence in Gowanus
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Natalie MusumeciBrooklyn DailyGowanus merchants fear for their lives after a gun-toting robber held up the owner of a Third Avenue pie shop in broad daylight —...
View ArticleBERGEN BEACH: A stuffed-animal menagerie grows in Bergen Beach
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Colin MixsonBrooklyn DailyBergen Beach senior Eugene Fellner is a big kid at heart. The retired city worker, 64, has become a local celebrity for decking the...
View ArticleDITMAS PARK: Cortelyou Road station rehab will kill our business, merchants say
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Eli RosenbergBrooklyn DailyCrumbling Q train stations at Beverley Road, Cortelyou Road, and Parkside Avenue are getting a $10 million makeover the Metropolitan...
View ArticleGAVEL TO GAVEL: DA gun buyback nets 134 firearms
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Thomas Tracy Brooklyn DailyA day after a deranged gunman killed 20 children and six adults in a Newtown, Conn., elementary school, Brooklyn District Attorney...
View ArticleBOROBEAT: Police and firefighters honored with annual Appreciation Lunch
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Will BreddermanBrooklyn DailyThe Russian-American Be Proud Foundation and the Brighton Beach Business Improvement District thanked and honored police and...
View ArticleA BRITISHER’S VIEW: Who’s Psy-ed are you on? Inflamatory K-Pop singer praised...
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Shavana AbruzzoBrooklyn DailyAmericans haven’t been this jittery about their free speech rights since Benjamin Franklin kevincraig.us/tempsec.htm">announced in...
View ArticleWEEKEND WATCH: This might be the best weekend on the rails in human history
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Eli RosenbergBrooklyn DailyTrue perfection does not exist in this world, and this weekend’s subway forecast proves it. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority...
View ArticleWhy watch ‘A Christmas Story’ on TV when you can watch it in a movie theater!
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Colin MixsonBrooklyn DailyThere’s nothing stopping you from watching “A Christmas Story” for 24 straight hours on your living-room TV — that is, if you’re trying...
View ArticleGOWANUS: Demon season
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Natalie MusumeciBrooklyn DailyThe nightmare before Christmas is here. Krampus, the mythological anti-Santa Claus and brutal punisher of naughty children found in...
View ArticleBAY RIDGE: 15 years later, ex-Ridge councilman running for mayor
Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Will BreddermanBrooklyn DailyA former Bay Ridge councilman known as a maverick long before that was considered politically...
View ArticleRadiolabs! Brooklynites take to their closets to get on the airwaves
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Eli RosenbergBrooklyn DailyThe hills are alive with the sound of podcasts. A podcasting class in Bushwick will teach Brooklynites the ins and outs of crafting an...
View ArticleDUMBO: ‘Hog’ wild: Filmmaker becomes tunnel-digger to create documentary
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Hannah Palmer EganBrooklyn DailyIf you can’t film them, join them. Filmmaker Eddie Rosenstein wanted to learn about the people doing the dangerous job of digging...
View ArticleIT’S ONLY MY OPINION: Stan has the Christmas’ numbers
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Stanley P. GershbeinBrooklyn DailyThis certainly has been a year of polls. Let me introduce you to one more and it has nothing to do with politics. The Nielsen...
View ArticleWILLIAMSBURG: Museum tells the story of a real-life Santa
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Will BreddermanBrooklyn DailyMany have borrowed Santa Claus’s beard — from a farcical Tim Allen to the timeless Edmund Gwen — but John Duvall Gluck actually...
View ArticleIda’s got the NFL picks for the upcoming weekend
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Eli RosenbergBrooklyn DailyIda, a soft sea breeze blowing her hair, was about to tuck into a plate of camarones al ajillo when she got the call. “Eee-da?” said...
View ArticleCONEY ISLAND: Sitt gets hip: Coney magnate courts trendy shops
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Will BreddermanBrooklyn DailyThe real estate magnate who plans to turn Coney Island into a glitzy waterfront enclave of hotels and condos says he wants to keep...
View ArticleClaus country runner! Cobble Hill ‘Santa’ jogs Brooklyn Bridge every Christmas
Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Natalie MusumeciBrooklyn DailySanta Claus is coming to town — and he’s running in, right over the Brooklyn Bridge. On...
View ArticleR riders rejoice: Sandy-slammed line runs to Manhattan again
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Colin MixsonBrooklyn DailyThe R train doesn’t have a reputation for being speedy, but ecstatic Brooklyn straphangers say Friday’s restoration of interborough...
View ArticleBIG SCREECHER: Dreams come true: Carmine visits Santa!
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Carmine Santa MariaBrooklyn DailyI’m madder than Gummy Joe when the plant considered cancelling the dental plan over that fact that as we get older, a lot of...
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