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‘A space for kids’: Brooklyn Children’s Museum to celebrate Caribbean culture with family festival

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Rescued Kemp’s ridley sea turtle Elton makes splashy return to ocean off Coney Island

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New York Liberty to host second annual Brooklyn Dribble and Fan Fest

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Brooklyn man sentenced for brutal 2020 break-in and stabbing: DA

The NYPD’s new quality of life teams along the Coney Island boardwalk.

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Mayor Adams and NYPD expand quality of life teams across Brooklyn after successful pilot

Posted on August 4, 2025

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Cat lovers crowd the stands for Cyclones’ first ‘Purrrrfect Game’

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Brooklyn Mirage parent company, Avant Gardner, files for bankruptcy

blood on sidewalk after east flatbush shooting

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Bloody scene: Triple shooting in Brooklyn injures three people

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Festivals, Parades, and Fairs Across NYC: August 2025

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BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! shifts lineup to reflect borough’s changing communities

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Man fatally shot, another wounded at Brooklyn late-night party

Posted on August 3, 2025

police officers stand on sidewalk in front off yellow police tape at Brooklyn store where man was stabbed dead

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Murders in Brooklyn: Bodega worker stabbed dead in store, man shot in separate incidents

Posted on August 2, 2025

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Cats rescued from shuttered Brooklyn nursery school as activists clash with NYCHA officials

Governor Kathy Hochul announced the project design kickoff for the Interborough Express in Brooklyn on Friday.

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Interborough Express: Gov. Hochul kicks off project design for long-awaited Brooklyn-Queens IBX

Posted on August 1, 2025

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Brooklyn man indicted for loan fraud and election scheme: DA

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Four Sparrow Marsh restoration bolsters Jamaica Bay environment

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Beyond amenities: Brodsky’s Brooklyn Museum collaboration offers an artful take on apartment living

The Dirty Pepper cocktail, a green drink, at Meili Willamsburg.

Meili Williamsburg: Where truffle dreams, street heat, and skyline sips collide

Posted on July 31, 2025

NY: Tree Damage Marine Park

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‘It’s gonna take a death’: Brooklyn residents fear neglected trees could lead to disaster

a fire artist at Cherry Hellodies (left) and the poster for this year's Cherry Hellodies (right)

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Sideshow meets rock and burlesque for Cherry Hellodies 666 at Coney Island

Posted on July 30, 2025

Finding Room to Grow: NYC Apartment Buildings Designed with Families in Mind

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Finding Room to Grow: NYC Apartment Buildings Designed with Families in Mind

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Brooklyn Paper

Third tower breaks ground in Coney Island’s affordable housing boom

Police officers investigate scene of shooting with cone and yellow tape

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Brooklyn shooting leaves man wounded, suspect in custody

Posted on July 28, 2025

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Teen found wounded in mysterious Brooklyn shooting: cops

Posted on July 27, 2025

An officer in the Quality of Life division patrols Coney Island.

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Teenage Brooklyn brawlers busted for attacking cops near the Coney Island boardwalk

Posted on July 27, 2025

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Brooklyn shooting: Two young men seriously wounded in early-morning gunfire, perp on the run

Posted on July 26, 2025

A Con edison worker in a manhole during power outage

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Power outages: Con Edison hustles to reconnect Staten Island and Brooklyn residents left in the dark after storms

Posted on July 26, 2025

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Brooklyn Marine Terminal vote stalled for fifth time amid growing community pushback

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Brooklyn Cyclones to host ‘Purrrfect game’ where fans can bring their cats to Maimonides Park

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‘Never forgotten’: Investigators renew push to solve 1973 disappearance of Brooklyn teens

child holding sign at street safety rally

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After fatal hit-and-run, local pols and street safety advocates slam delay of Third Avenue safety plan

suspects in new lots avenue mta assault

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Police arrest second woman suspected of assaulting MTA worker in East New York

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Greenpoint Film Festival returns with its ‘most daring lineup yet’ on Aug. 6

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Alleged Brooklyn arsonist accused of torching NYPD vehicles arrested on state charges after release from federal custody

Posted on July 22, 2025

Alleged Brooklyn arson suspect

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Arsonist who torched 11 NYPD vehicles in Brooklyn faces federal charges

Posted on July 21, 2025

A view of Breukelen Playground near the intersection of Stanley and Louisiana avenues in East New York, where a man was found fatally stabbed early Sunday morning

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Man found with multiple stab wounds near Brooklyn park dies of injuries: NYPD

Posted on July 21, 2025

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

Man in white shirt doing pull-ups off of a Brooklyn street signal

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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

man with trophy is crowned winner of the 3A division of the Us National Yoyo Championships

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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

man in tanktop sought for beating Brooklyn straphanger with cane

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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

rendering of monitor point development near bushwick inlet park

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

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Permits filed for 9-story mixed-use building with 80 residences in Melrose

New York State District Attorney Letitia James held a press conference on Thursday Aug. 7, detailing the first criminal case under recently passed legislation that criminalizes deed theft.

AG James files landmark criminal charges after elderly Queens woman’s home stolen in deed theft scheme

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Cops searching for men suspected in necklace-snatching spree in Brooklyn and the Bronx

Jacob Zieben-Hood was found dead in his apartment at 250 West 138th Street.

Man arrested after husband’s gruesome stabbing death in Manhattan