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‘By and for the people’: Brooklyn launches city’s first community-led solar project in Sunset Park

Posted on July 21, 2025

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Pulling for votes? Mayor Adams does pull-ups off a Brooklyn street light in social media challenge

Posted on July 20, 2025

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Heap’s Ice Cream in Brooklyn makes magic with neighborhood collabs

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‘It’s not a realistic thing’: Lengthy Red Hook Pool closure leaves residents frustrated

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Brooklyn yo-yo champion spins his way to national title after 13-year journey

NY: Saturday Night Fever Bench Plaque

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A bench for ‘Brooklyn dreamers’: Bay Ridge artist marks iconic ‘Saturday Night Fever’ spot

Detectives investigate shot fired at DeKalb Avenue and Bedford Avenue.

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Police investigating shots that rang out in Brooklyn

Posted on July 17, 2025

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Appeals court halts removal of Bedford Avenue bike lane

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Inside Foolproof: Brooklyn’s bold new 500-bottle whiskey bar

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Irate Brooklyn straphanger beat senior with his own cane over train delay: cops

Posted on July 16, 2025

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‘Brazen’ Brooklyn smoke shop killer sentenced for shooting mother-of-four and her dog

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Locals split over proposed mixed-use development, Monitor Point, near Bushwick Inlet Park

Brooklyn Org Volunteer Day 2025

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Brooklyn Org launches microgrants to boost small nonprofits

The Latin Food Fest is returning this fall, this time at Industry City in Brooklyn.

Latin Food Fest returns to NYC, bringing Latin flavors and beats to Industry City

Posted on July 15, 2025

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Nathan’s Famous invites NYC to ‘Follow the Frank Line’ straight to Coney Island

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Brooklyn pols demand halt to immigrant detainee transfers to troubled MDC

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After months of backlash, city to close concrete recycling facility in Columbia Waterfront District

Councilmember Mercedes Narcisse among members of the clergy as Brooklyn Canarsie Lions hosted a successful Brotherhood Service, distributed Thanksgiving gifts in November 2024.

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Haitian officials debunk viral video of alleged ICE confrontation

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Prospect Park’s LeFrak Center at Lakeside gets a refresh with new operators, upgraded amenities

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Brownsville to get new arts center, 283 affordable apartments under city plan

Police at scene of shooting in Brooklyn

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Man fighting for his life, second injured in Brooklyn double shooting

Posted on July 14, 2025

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Faith, family and four tons: Lifters carry on Williamsburg’s Giglio tradition at Mount Carmel Feast

Police car and officer setting up crime scene on street where woman was shot

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Senior woman shot on Brooklyn street corner amid barrage of bullets: cops

Posted on July 13, 2025

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Brooklyn beatdown: Suspect sought for violently attacking man after car crash

Posted on July 12, 2025

A view of Third Avenue under the Gowanus Expressway in Sunset Park, Brooklyn where two pedestrians were killed in a hit-and-run.

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Staten Island man booked in deadly Brooklyn hit-and-run that killed two pedestrians

Posted on July 12, 2025

NY: A Night at Niblo’s Garden – Green-Wood Cemetery

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Green-Wood Cemetery honors William Niblo with sold-out Victorian spectacle

NY: MicroGrid Networks Williamsburg

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Brooklyn’s power play: Williamsburg battery energy storage hub supercharges local grid

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Brooklyn-based artists shine in The Shed’s free summer exhibition, ‘Open Call: Portals’

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Lucchese crime family captain sentenced to 21 months in prison for long-running illegal gambling biz

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Brooklyn home prices rise to new record, inventory holds steady

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June saw significant decline in major felonies and shootings in Brooklyn

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Judge moves to allow removal of Bedford Avenue bike lane, despite warnings from DOT

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Subway station in Brooklyn’s Bay Ridge is now fully accessible for the first time

Posted on July 8, 2025

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Brooklyn filmmaker unpacks psychology and suspense in Queer thrillers

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Cops make three gun arrests in three different boroughs in 24 hours, body cam footage shows

Posted on July 8, 2025

A homeless man was charged Monday evening in the attempted kidnapping of a six-year-old boy in Coney Island.

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Man charged in Coney Island attempted kidnapping of 6-year-old boy

Posted on July 8, 2025

A view of Stillwell and Surf avenues in Brooklyn’s Coney Island. Police are investigating an alleged attempted abduction of a 6-year-old boy at the intersection on July 6

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Man accused of trying to snatch 6-year-old from Brooklyn street: NYPD

Posted on July 7, 2025

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‘Bar Network’: Where to watch New York Liberty on the road

This man is wanted for pleasuring himself in front of a teen on a Brooklyn bus.

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Brooklyn bus rider pleasures himself in front of teen: cops

Posted on July 7, 2025

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Brooklyn murder: Man shot dead near closed school, police search for killer

Posted on July 5, 2025

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Top dog: Joey Chestnut returns, wins 17th title at Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest

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Young Brooklyn gang members indicted for terrorizing neighborhood: ‘Their actions endangered entire communities’

Posted on July 4, 2025

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Fourth of July: NYPD Chief of Department John Chell talks ‘all-hands-on-deck’ approach to Macy’s Fireworks Extravaganza security

Posted on July 3, 2025

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Brooklyn’s Ballots: Breaking down the primary election vote

Detectives investigate a shooting that left a man fatally wounded at 627 Rockaway Parkway

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Man fatally shot in chest outside Brooklyn home, police say

Posted on July 3, 2025

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‘There is help’: Samantha Goldsmith Fund brings hope to Brooklyn families on Random Acts of Kindness Day

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Barclays Center debuts public art honoring 2024 Liberty champions

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Brooklyn pols take bold stance against Trump, pass landmark immigration protections

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People standing in a circle and taking an oath of office to join PSA 8 Tenant Council

New members of PSA 8 tenant council sworn in at Edenwald Houses

A picture of Ridgewood Runners, a local running club, during one of their group runs in Ridgewood.

New York Road Runners names two Queens runners as finalists for Miles of Impact Award

NY: Sunset Park Solar

‘By and for the people’: Brooklyn launches city’s first community-led solar project in Sunset Park

Congressmember Mike Lawler of New York speaks in Washington on July 17 during a press conference to support the LGBTQ hotline.

‘Unfathomable’: Trump administration ends LGBTQ youth suicide hotline