BOROBEAT: Super bowl!
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Eli RosenbergBrooklyn DailyA group of do-gooding bowlers said farewell to Borough Park’s closing Maple Lanes alley by bowling to raise money to combat cancer....
View ArticleA BRITISHER’S VIEW: The Pope’s exit not divine
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Shavana AbruzzoBrooklyn DailyThe tough get going when the going gets tough — and the weak just scram. Pope Benedict XVI retired this week after just eight years...
View ArticleBENSONHURST: Unarmed tricks and robs man
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Will BreddermanBrooklyn Daily62nd Precinct Bensonhurst—Bath Beach Held up without a gun Two goons mugged a man on 79th Street on Feb. 22 without pulling a gun,...
View ArticleSTANDING O: Standing O is at it again!
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Joanna DelBuonoBrooklyn DailyConey Island Thanks to those generous chaps at National Grid, Gargiulo’s can finish renovating with a little less debt. The iconic...
View ArticleCONEY ISLAND: Dolphin dies at Coney
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Colin MixsonBrooklyn DailyBrooklyn — where dolphins go to die. A baby dolphin was found washed up on the beach off the Coney Island Boardwalk on Saturday, and...
View ArticleGreat one! Hockey legend visits Coney Island
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Will BreddermanBrooklyn DailyWarm hearts are helping Sandy-impacted youth hockey players get back out on the ice. TD Bank invited legendary center and one-time...
View ArticleRED HOOK: Red Hookers share their Sandy stories in oral history project
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Natalie MusumeciBrooklyn DailyResidents and merchants of Hurricane Sandy-slammed Red Hook can share their stories about the storm — and help their neighborhood...
View ArticleFLATBUSH: Original gentrifiers: Eat and drink like our Dutch forefathers at...
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Eli RosenbergBrooklyn DailyTurns out hipsters are not the first Brooklyn foodies. The borough’s obsession with all things food and drink-related began hundreds of...
View ArticleMARINE PARK: Police: Gun-toting rider robs cab driver
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Colin MixsonBrooklyn Daily63rd Precinct Marine Park—Mill Basin—Flatlands—Bergen Beach Cash cab A 20-year-old man was arrested for robbing a cab driver at gunpoint...
View ArticleGOWANUS: Brooklyn Buddha
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Jaime LutzBrooklyn DailyEddie Pepitone has struggled to find happiness his entire life. Luckily for comedy fans, he has struggled to superb, screaming effect — in...
View ArticleGREENWOOD HEIGHTS: Same clean results, now organic: Soap-maker helps you...
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Natalie MusumeciBrooklyn DailyMake your own soap from scratch like the early pioneers did — plain, unadulterated, and not loaded with phony fragrances. A soap...
View ArticleBAY RIDGE: The Bay Ridge 500 — Fourth Avenue a racetrack south of Gowanus...
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Will BreddermanBrooklyn DailyThe Gowanus Expressway underpass is a green light for motorists heading into Bay Ridge on Fourth Avenue to put their foot on the gas,...
View ArticleCARROLL GARDENS: Bankruptcy may do what Prohibition couldn’t: Stop the beer...
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Danielle FurfaroBrooklyn DailyBrooklyn’s oldest watering hole could go the way of the trolley car after it is sold at auction next month. P.J. Hanley’s owner...
View ArticleMILL BASIN: Drawbridge up for good
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Colin MixsonBrooklyn DailyThe Belt Parkway’s only drawbridge is being raised — permanently! As part of a sweeping reconstruction project along the Belt Parkway,...
View ArticleWEEKEND WATCH: Brooklyn rides free
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Eli RosenbergBrooklyn DailyIt’s the rarest of rare moments: Manhattan — not Brooklyn — is getting hell on rails this weekend. So stay off the trains if you decide...
View ArticleCONEY ISLAND: Lock and load — classic shooting game coming to Surf Avenue
Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Will BreddermanBrooklyn DailySandy destroyed one Coney Island classic, but another will take its place in June. A 1940s-era...
View ArticleBishop Ford advances to second straight final with suspended coach in mind
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Joseph StaszewskiBrooklyn DailyBishop Ford girls basketball coach Mike Toro wasn’t on the bench with his team, but he was with his players in their hearts. The...
View ArticleMARINE PARK: What a relief!
Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Colin MixsonBrooklyn DailyYou could always go to Marine Park, but now you can go in Marine Park! The city cut the ribbon...
View ArticleBIG SCREECHER: Carmine can’t take acronyms!
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Carmine Santa MariaBrooklyn DailyI’m madder than an AWOL GI caught in a SNAFU over the fact that too many people are using too many abbreviations and acronyms to...
View ArticleLETTERS: Met building in Brighton Beach a mold depot after Sandy
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.Brooklyn DailyTo the editor, I really appreciate your paper, and especially your columnist Shavana Abruzzo (A Britisher’s View). She tells it like it is. Her...
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