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DUMBO: Bookish attractions
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Colin MixsonBrooklyn DailyWhat does $5 get you in a DUMBO cathouse — a poem job. A coterie of sultry poets are inviting lonely hearts with a sense of irony to...
View ArticleFEATURES: Who was the best leader of the Big Apple?
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.Brooklyn Daily Let us know who was the best and who are the rest: Fiorello La Guardia 1934 – 1945 The irascible “Little Flower” was a progressive New Dealer and...
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Ed Koch dies at 88
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Will BreddermanBrooklyn DailyHe may have been born in the Bronx, but for residents of this borough, he was a Brooklyn boy at heart. Brooklyn leaders saluted...
View ArticleBIG SCREECHER: Carmine never goes out of style
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Carmine Santa MariaBrooklyn DailyAngrier, I am, than a man who spent his life’s savings on a new business (a ballroom dance studio) at the worst possible time —...
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Koch in black and white
Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynDaily.com.Brooklyn DailyEd Koch, who led New York City back from oblivion during his three terms as mayor from 1978 until 1989, has died...
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SHEEPSHEAD BAY: Sandy blows away critics
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Colin MixsonBrooklyn DailyAn illegally operating Emmons Avenue market is enjoying the community’s support for the first time in years, and its all thanks to one...
View ArticlePARK SLOPE: City: Slope salon ran gambling ring
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Jaime LutzBrooklyn DailyOne Park Slope salon has had a brush with the law. Sena African Hair Braiding, located on Pacific Street near Flatbush Avenue, has gotten...
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Pulitzer-winning poet Tracy K. Smith talks about literary life in Brooklyn
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Kenneth RosenBrooklyn DailyThis Brooklyn literary star doesn’t have name recognition of Paul Auster, the book sales of Jonathan Safran Foer, or notoriety of Amy...
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SHEEPSHEAD BAY: Curbside medical check saves man’s life
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Colin MixsonBrooklyn DailyA Sheepshead Bay man volunteering with a local flu-shot drive saved his own life when he opted for a spur-of-the-moment blood-pressure...
View ArticleIT’S ONLY MY OPINION: Stan unloads on gun haters
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Stanley P. GershbeinBrooklyn DailyThere are those in the United States that want to see all guns banned. Not just the big ones that hold large clips of...
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CONEY ISLAND: Wild ride — new documentary takes viewers through tangled Coney...
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Will BreddermanBrooklyn DailyFive years ago, documentary filmmaker Amy Nicholson turned her lens on an old-school Coney Island carny and his crazy revolving...
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BROOKLYN HEIGHTS: Turning the page on the Brooklyn Heights library
Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Danielle FurfaroBrooklyn DailyThe Brooklyn Public Library wants to cut off its nose to save its face. The library plans to...
View ArticleCRIME: Cops: Diner refuses to pay tip, attacks waiter
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Colin MixsonBrooklyn Daily60th Precinct Coney Island—Brighton Beach—Seagate This customer was wrong A 27-year-old man was arrested for allegedly refusing to pay...
View ArticleCRIME: Police: Burglars entering through fire-escape windows
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Colin MixsonBrooklyn Daily61st Precinct Sheepshead Bay—Homecrest— Manhattan Beach—Gravesend Cops: lock your windows Police are asking high-rise renters to lock...
View ArticleBAY RIDGE: Crook swipes thousands in jewelry from home
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Will BreddermanBrooklyn Daily68th Precinct Bay Ridge—Dyker Heights Gold mine A lowlife swiped thousands in jewelry and electronics from a 13th Avenue apartment on...
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FLATBUSH: Cops: Intruder steals man’s gift card
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Colin MixsonBrooklyn Daily70th Precinct Flatbush—Midwood Barefoot bandit A 19-year-old man was arrested for stealing a $50 Amazon.com gift card from a man’s Royce...
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CANARSIE: Knife-wielding thug theatens Canarsie man
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Colin MixsonBrooklyn Daily69th Precinct Canarsie Knife guy A 33-year-old man was arrested for allegedly threatening another man at knife-point on E. 80th Street...
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GERRITSEN BEACH: Nothing’s better than something!
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Colin MixsonBrooklyn DailySometimes nothing is better than something. Entrepreneurs looking to build a four-story self-storage facility on a long-vacant Knapp...
View ArticleBENSONHURST: Gunmen pull men from car and drive off
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Will BreddermanBrooklyn Daily62nd Precinct Bensonhurst—Bath Beach Red light district Three armed thugs robbed two men of their vehicle and valuables at a traffic...
View ArticleNOT FOR NUTHIN’: Joanna rates the Super Bowl commercials
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Joanna DelBuonoBrooklyn DailyTalk about your firsts. Sheesh. This year’s Super Bowl XLVII (that’s 47 to us Roman-numeral challenged ones) in New Orleans pitted,...
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