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PARK SLOPE: Girl Scouts troop fights to save Pacific branch library
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Natalie MusumeciBrooklyn DailyA passionate troop of Girl Scouts has taken matters into their own adorably tiny hands. Civic-minded youngsters from Troop 2657 have...
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MARINE PARK: City agency wants bocce boondoggle
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Colin MixsonBrooklyn DailyUsually the thing that stalls park improvements is lack of funding, but for the Marine Park bocce courts, the hang up appears to be...
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GOP hizzoner hopefuls hitch wagons to anti-foodcart movement
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Will BreddermanBrooklyn DailyThe Republican contenders for mayor say they are fed up with food carts — a declaration that drew applause from Bay Ridge business...
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BROOKLYN HEIGHTS: Report: Heights playground to be named for Beastie Boy
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Jaime LutzBrooklyn DailyFight for your right to party — at a park named after a Beastie Boy. Palmetto Playground, at the intersection of Willow Place and State...
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WILLIAMSBURG: Movie madness: Filmakers raise $18K to get flick in can....
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Danielle FurfaroBrooklyn DailyTwo young female filmmakers who became infatuated with an overweight, often shirtless Williamsburg eccentric while filming a movie...
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DYKER HEIGHTS: Blacktop jungle — educators say reckless drivers endanger...
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Will BreddermanBrooklyn DailyThis is one educational fast track you don’t want your kids to be on! Officials at schools near 65th Street in Dyker Heights say...
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Saving Sunny’s days
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Natalie MusumeciBrooklyn DailyIt’s last call to help a Brooklyn bar get back on its feet. The iconic Sunny’s Bar hopes to reopen its doors to Red Hook patrons...
View ArticleA BRITISHER’S VIEW: Muslims ho hum after Boston
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Shavana AbruzzoBrooklyn DailyMuslim Americans need a public relations pilgrimage to repair their community’s eroding reputation and make good on their pledge of...
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SHEEPSHEAD BAY: High-speed chase in Sheepshead Bay
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Colin MixsonBrooklyn DailySomeone’s been watching a few too many reality-TV cop shows. An unlicensed, teen-aged driver took the NYPD Highway Patrol on a high...
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FLATLANDS: Blaze in Flatlands
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Colin MixsonBrooklyn DailyA blaze engulfed a two-story Flatlands home on Avenue L May 1. It took 60 of New York’s Bravest an hour to put out the flames, but not...
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BOOKS: The return of the fanboy: Free Comic Book Day hopes to regain lapsed...
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Chuck O’DonnellBrooklyn DailyIn case you haven’t picked up a comic book in ten or twenty years — local shops are giving them out for free. South Slope shop...
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PARK SLOPE: And I am telling you: Park Slope production of ‘Dreamgirls’ is...
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Will BreddermanBrooklyn DailyA girl’s got to dream. Clinton Hill native Aisha Curtiss is living out her fantasy by starring in the smashing, soulful musical hit...
View ArticleFEATURES: Month in Review: Brooklyn bloomed news in April
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Shavana AbruzzoBrooklyn DailyApril kicked off America’s favorite pastime — and the borough’s home team scored a homerun without setting foot on the field. One of...
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CONEY ISLAND: Keep the Mermaid Parade afloat — and get one-of-a-kind rewards!
Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Will BreddermanBrooklyn DailyFriends are throwing a lifeline to this floundering mermaid. Sideshows by the Seashore founder...
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Bike tour to close roadways Sunday
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Jaime LutzBrooklyn DailyIf you’ve ever said to yourself you could move faster on the Gowanus Expressway if you were riding a bike, here’s your chance to prove it....
View ArticleBIG SCREECHER: Carmine’s had it with fishing!
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Carmine Santa MariaBrooklyn DailyI’m madder than an Interweb troll trolling this column and demanding a nickel to cross this bridge only to learn that nobody...
View ArticleLETTERS: Board of Ed vs. the Lord of Ed
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.Brooklyn DailyTo the editor, I agree totally— 100 percent — with Dennis Olsen’s comments about Ed “The Famous School Teacher” Greenspan (“Department of Ed.,” Sound...
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BAY RIDGE: Left hook! Green Party candidate challenges Democrat Gentile
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Will BreddermanBrooklyn DailyPatrick Dwyer has spent his life battling for environmental causes — as an electrical engineering technician at Brookhaven National...
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WILLIAMSBURG: Jesus was way cool
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Danielle FurfaroBrooklyn DailyHipster Jesus isn’t just another internet meme. Well, it is, but now it’s also an advertising campaign by the Roman Catholic Diocese...
View ArticleIT’S ONLY MY OPINION: Stan has some talking points for a faithful readers
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Stanley P. GershbeinBrooklyn DailyThe following is for Canarsie Carol who commented that she uses my columns containing various topics to stimulate conversation...
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