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On Hoyt Street between State Street and Atlantic Avenue, The Hort gave away free plants in an Open Streets event sponsored by the Atlantic Avenue BID. Photo: Mary Frost, Brooklyn Eagle Brooklynites enjoyed the great outdoors on Earth Day weekend with car-free streets, open gardens and celebrations popping up like spring flowers. On Hoyt Street…

Police say they fatally shot a man in the early hours of Saturday after he refused to drop a knife he’d pulled on someone in Corona, Queens. The man was in a dispute with a woman at around 4 a.m. Saturday near the corner of 103rd Street and Roosevelt Avenue, NYPD Chief of Department Jeffrey…

On a recent evening at the Wythe Hotel in Williamsburg, a group of 40 supporters were given a front-row seat to a program on oysters that included a feast courtesy of the Billion Oyster Project (BOP). Guests enjoying a cocktail while awaiting their first oyster course. Brooklyn Eagle photo by Wayne Daren Schneiderman The BOP…

A course of oysters. Photo: Billion Oyster Project The BOP is a New York City-based nonprofit organization created in 2014 with the goal of restoring oyster reefs to New York Harbor in collaboration with New York City communities. They are hoping to restore one billion oysters by 2035. Because oysters are filter feeders, they serve…

CHICAGO — Eight people were shot including a young girl who was killed in what Chicago police believe was gang-related violence on the city’s South Side on Saturday night. The 7-year-old girl was shot in the head and died, while a 1-year-old boy and a 7-year-old boy were each shot multiple times and listed in…

New York City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams advised her fellow councilmembers this week to ignore a new protocol from Mayor Eric Adams that encourages elected officials to fill out a detailed form in order to meet with leaders of his administration. Although she said the mayor’s team had not officially informed the Council about any…

Because of its proximity to documented tainted properties, the state Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) placed the site of the newly opened shelter on a list of 300 properties the agency intended to test to see if underground contaminants had found their way there. The concern is that the vapors from below-ground chemicals can percolate…

Later that day, on Nov. 30, 2021, the 15-year-old pulled a handgun from his backpack and began shooting at the school. Ethan, now 17, is serving a life sentence for murder and other crimes. Before sentencing, family members of the students killed in the shooting asked a judge to sentence the parents to 10 years,…

Curious about which way the global economy’s headed? Take a look at copper prices. Demand for the metal is soaring, and copper futures are now at the highest levels in almost two years. Also in this episode: $10 billion. That’s how much Blackstone’s paying to acquire luxury apartment owner AIR Communities. Plus, the impact of…

Since the last time New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy was on WNYC’s air, his household suffered a rough setback. So did New Jersey’s political elite. First Lady Tammy Murphy dropped her bid to become New Jersey’s next U.S. senator. Days later, a judge said Democrats can’t use the “county line” ballot system the state’s powerful…