Category: Brooklyn

FILE – Writer Paul Auster poses at his home in the Brooklyn borough of New York, Jan. 19, 2006. Paul Auster, a prolific, prize-winning man of letters and filmmaker known for such inventive narratives and meta-narratives as “The New York Trilogy” and “4 3 2 1,” has died at age 77. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, File)…

The driver of a tractor-trailer tore down eight telephone poles and at least two transformers during a Monday morning crash, leaving the street littered with wires and debris — and hundreds of local residents without power. As of Tuesday morning, power had been restored, energy company reps said. Photo by Lloyd Mitchell Crews worked through…

Freshmen students from Parsons School of Design participated in Kings Plaza’s eco-friendly ‘Recycle the Runway’ fashion show on Saturday, April 27. From left: Ojaswini Gupta, Yiran Yin, Bridget Campbell, Mia Gould, Chloe Rowe and Kmara Royster with their designs. Photo courtesy of Dominick Totino Photography One person’s trash is another’s ensemble! Kings Plaza closed out…

A rendering of the South Brooklyn Marine Terminal. Construction is expected to be completed by the end of 2026. Rendering courtesy of Empire Wind Construction to transform the South Brooklyn Marine Terminal into an offshore wind energy port facility is set to be completed by the end of 2026, according to construction and development firm…

Hii NYC, located at 152 Bedford Ave., is owned by Brooklynite Peter Beznos, and opened on Friday — just in time for 4/20. Photo by Adam Daly Williamsburg’s first legal recreational weed dispensary opened its doors to customers on Friday, the eighth licensed store now open in Kings County — and just in time for…

Jordany Ventura (21) throws a pitch during the Brooklyn Cyclones home opener against the Asheville Tourists at Maimonides Park. Photo by Paul Frangipane The Brooklyn Cyclones, Coney Island’s minor league baseball team, delivered a 3-1 win to devout fans during the first home game of the season on April 9.  Chilly weather didn’t keep the…

A push to educate Orthodox Jewish women about their rights in marriage and divorce turned sour in Borough Park on March 29, when a group of women were attacked and their materials destroyed by a large group of men and boys. The organizers of the event — former city council candidate Amber Adler and local…

A man was fatally stabbed at Bay Ridge bar Catch 22 over the weekend. Photo by Paul DeLuca Locals say they are disappointed, but not totally surprised, that a Bay Ridge bar with a rowdy reputation was connected to a fatal stabbing over the weekend.  Following the deadly attack of 37-year-old Daryl Dawkins outside of…

Cops are on the hunt for a gunman who shot two people, one fatally, in Brooklyn on Monday in a hail of bullets, authorities said. Photo by Lloyd Mitchell Brooklyn detectives are on the hunt for the gunman behind a Monday night shooting that left one man dead and another seriously wounded. According to police…

Thousands of Brooklynites headed outside on Monday afternoon to take in the rare solar eclipse — the likes of which won’t be seen again in the U.S. until 2044. Though New York City wasn’t in the “path of totality,” about 90% of the sun was blotted out at the eclipse’s peak just before 3:30 p.m.…