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FLATBUSH: State Sen. John Sampson takes a spill during Family Day celebration
Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Colin MixsonBrooklyn DailyThis year’s annual Family Day at Paerdegat Park shouldn’t have been missed — especially if you’re...
View ArticleA BRITISHER’S VIEW: Shame on the International Olympic Committee
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Shavana AbruzzoBrooklyn DailyThe International Olympic Committee’s desperate attempt to assimilate the uncooperative — at the expense of its rank-and-file...
View ArticleGAVEL TO GAVEL: DA: Medicaid freeloader could get 15 years
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Thomas Tracy Brooklyn DailyA man who owns multiple properties in Canarsie and Flatbush allegedly lied about his income so he could receive Medicaid benefits for...
View ArticleCANARSIE: Cops: One dead, one in critical following Canarsie shooting
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Colin MixsonBrooklyn DailyCops are searching for the gun-toting suspects who killed one man and seriously wounded another during an apparently unprovoked shooting...
View ArticleIT’S ONLY MY OPINION: Stan runs into himself at the dentist office
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Stanley P. GershbeinBrooklyn DailyI’ve been asked why I find it necessary to use a middle initial to separate my given name from my family name since the day I...
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DITMAS PARK: Ditmas Park dominates ‘greenest’ block competition
Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Eli RosenbergBrooklyn DailyDitmas is earning the “park” in its name. The tree-filled neighborhood is now even greener — and...
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GREENWOOD HEIGHTS: Crypt sweepers! French folks come to Brooklyn to clean...
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Alfred NgBrooklyn DailyTalk about French cleaners! Five volunteers flew all the way from Paris to tidy up the Brooklyn grave of an obscure 19th century wine...
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MEAN STREETS: Thieves poach Brooklyn’s ghost bikes for parts
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Danielle FurfaroBrooklyn DailyLooters are stealing the parts from ghost bikes, desecrating the white-painted memorials to cyclists killed on the borough’s...
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MEAN STREETS: Brooklyn Bridge too narrow, pols say
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Eli RosenbergBrooklyn DailyBrooklyn’s most recognizable landmark should get a major makeover to appease the crowds of speeding cyclists and ambling tourists who...
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CONEY ISLAND: The bat of Nimmo! Top Mets prospect now in the swing of things
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Will BreddermanBrooklyn DailyBrandon Nimmo has been swinging for the fences — ever since he actually started swinging at pitches. The 19-year-old and first-round...
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KENSINGTON: Levi Aron: I smothered little Leiby with a towel
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Colin MixsonBrooklyn DailyAccused Brooklyn butcher Levi Aron confessed on Thursday to kidnapping, killing, and then dismembering 8-year-old Leiby Kletzky as he...
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SHEEPSHEAD BAY: Vandal targets Holocaust Memorial
Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Colin MixsonBrooklyn DailyCops are looking for a vandal who marred Sheepshead Bay’s Holocaust Memorial Park with...
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FLATBUSH: Residents: Cops won’t lock up Parkside Playground
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Eli RosenbergBrooklyn DailyPolice in Flatbush have promised to give the recently re-opened Parkside Playground its own police detail in the aftermath of a...
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CONEY ISLAND: A look back on Coney Island’s fiery history
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Will BreddermanBrooklyn DailySeveral attractions in the People’s Playground have burned to the ground over the last century. Coney Island History Project director...
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MILL BASIN: Critics: No pipeline until Floyd Bennett Field pumps are repaired
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Colin MixsonBrooklyn DailyDead fire hydrants at Floyd Bennett Field will make it impossible for the Fire Department to put out a conflagration caused by a...
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BAY RIDGE: How sweet it is! Leske’s reopens on Fifth Avenue
Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Will BreddermanBrooklyn DailyLeske’s is back and Bay Ridge couldn’t be happier. More than 1,000 pastry lovers flocked to...
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CONEY ISLAND: Update: Luna Park admits to taking water from johnny pump
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Will BreddermanBrooklyn DailyLuna Park acknowledged that it siphoned thousands of gallons of city water from a nearby fire hydrant without permission and has...
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BENSONHURST: Cops: Couple sought in 99-cent store killing
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Thomas TracyBrooklyn DailyA young couple with information about the murders of Bensonhurst 99-cent store owner Isaac Kadare and Bay Ridge clothing merchant...
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SHEEPSHEAD BAY: Brooklyn Daily gets action: ‘Disgusting’ recycling center closes
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Colin MixsonBrooklyn DailyThe owner of a controversial E. 15th Street recycling center that nearby residents and merchants said was attracting roaches and mice,...
View ArticleLETTERS: Hey, Stanley! I have an opinion too!
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.Brooklyn DailyTo the editor, I love Stanley Gershbein’s column (“It’s Only My Opinion”)! A while ago he wrote a column about his gripes — can I add a few? Not In My...
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