A fire forced the temporary closure of a popular Brooklyn neighborhood bar earlier this month, and officials say it's still unclear when it will reopen. Flames erupted at Dynaco along Bedford Avenue near Lexington Avenue and Quincy Street during the early morning of Jan. 10, FDNY officials said. The fire was confined to an upper level and did not spread to the main bar area, though smoke and water from firefighting efforts impacted the entire building.
BROOKLYN, NY - A man walking along a Brooklyn street was slashed in the face by a stranger, who remains at-large, police said. The random attack early Sunday left the 52-year-old man with several cuts to his face, for which he went to Wyckoff Heights Medical Center, authorities said. The as-yet-unidentified slasher remained on the loose Wednesday morning as NYPD officials sought the public's help to identify him through a surveillance photo.
It's possible to live your entire life in Brooklyn and never own a car. Of course, public transportation routes and stops are not perfect. There are places in the borough that are not served well at all, but for most people in what is called "brownstone Brooklyn," everyday life doesn't include car ownership. If it isn't prudent or possible to walk or bike, then we hop on a bus or the subway,
A 35-year-old straphanger fell onto the tracks after being pushed by a stranger in a Brooklyn subway station, and police are asking for the public's help in identifying the shover. The victim was standing on the southbound R train platform at the 36th St. subway station in Sunset Park when a man he didn't know pushed him, causing him to tumble onto the tracks just before 5 a.m. on Sunday, cops said.
The Leif, a beloved Irish pub on Fifth Avenue known for its live music, confirmed its closure in a heartfelt message shared on social media by co-owner and longtime bartender Mike Gallagher. In the statement, he reflected on years of memories built inside the bar's walls and thanked the families, musicians, staff and customers who made the space more than just a business.
A deacon at a church in Brooklyn was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials last week. Sebastian Renoj Ordoñez, originally from Guatemala, was arrested Thursday as part of an immigration raid in Bensonhurst. Council Member Susan Zhuang said ICE has been in the neighborhood almost every day last week. "It's [heartbreaking] for me. Most of them, they're not criminals but ICE just detains people without checking their background," Zhuang said Friday
A Convair 440 spanned 81 feet and six inches with a wingspan of 105 feet, four inches. It held 52 passengers and only required a flight crew of two to three people. The 440 Metropolitan was powered by two 2,804.4-cubic-inch-displacement (45.956 liter), air-cooled, supercharged, Pratt & Whitney Double Wasp CB16 two-row, 18-cylinder radial engines with a compression ration of 6.75:1, a report on the aircraft from This Day in Aviation reads.
"For my entire life, my parents have controlled narratives in the press about our family. The performative social media posts, family events and inauthentic relationships have been a fixture of the life I was born into. "Recently, I have seen with my own eyes the lengths that they'll go through to place countless lies in the media, mostly at the expense of innocent people, to preserve their own facade. But I believe the truth always come out."
Under the proposal, non-connections would be unable to message children, view their profiles or tag them in content, and location settings would be turned off by default. Children younger than 13 would need parental approval for new connections. The legislation would also disable certain artificial intelligence chatbot features for minors, require parental approval for financial transactions tied to a child's account and allow parents of children under 13 to view their child's list of approved friends.
On a winter Friday night in Coney Island, just steps from the boardwalk and far from Brooklyn's better-known queer enclaves, a crowd gathers around a screen. There are sequins and jeans, families and first-timers, teenagers sitting beside retirees. When "Rupaul's Drag Race" begins, cheers erupt, not just for the queens on screen, but for the sense of togetherness in the room.
In her decision, Brooklyn Supreme Court Justice Inga M. O'Neale said that a "rational basis" for installing the lane and that its opponents failed to provide factual evidence to back up their arguments against it. The Department of Transportation installed the parking-protected bike lane and removed a vehicle traffic lane on a 1.3-mile stretch of Court Street, from Schermerhorn Street to Hamilton Avenue, last fall.
You might already be aware of what Monitor Point could entail, but we'll give you a refresher just in case: developers plan to construct two new massive residential towers on the Bushwick Inlet, leasing the land from the MTA. Some local residents fear that more high-rise housing will drive up rents and damage the inlet's ecosystem. The project's supporters say that the housing, some of it permanently affordable, is needed to keep up with the high demand
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of China (Taiwan) GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Caribbean Life - The State Department is slapping sweeping immigrant or permanent visa processing suspensions on dozens of countries around the world, including the entire group of Eastern Caribbean nations, an announcement stated on Wednesday. The suspensions come on top of similarly punishing suspensions imposed on Dominican and Antiguan citizens by the Trump administration last month, covering ordinary B1/B2 tourist visas and other types of visas.
The funding will help sustain the Crown Heights institution's popular festivals, which draw families from across Brooklyn and the greater New York City area for hands-on celebrations of global traditions. Each year, the museum hosts festivals honoring and cultural from the borough's many communities, including Kwanzaa, Eid al-Fitr, Holi, Lunar New Year, Dia de los Muertos, Tu BiShvat and Indigenous Peoples' Day.
BROOKLYN, NY - Dozens of homes in Southern Brooklyn are without power after overhead wires caught fire, Con Edison officials said. According to officials, overhead power wires caught fire on East 48th Street between Church Avenue and Linden Boulevard in East Flatbush just before 3 a.m. Wednesday. No one was injured in the fire, authorities said. On Wednesday morning, Con Edison officials reported that nearly 80 homes remain without power. Crews have been dispatched to the area and are working to restore service as quickly as possible.
Authorities are investigating the brutal stabbing death of an 85-year-old Brooklyn woman after the woman's daughter found her body and called police, officials say. Police responding to a 911 call at a Throop Avenue home in Bedford-Stuyvesant Wednesday night found Julia Boomer with stab wounds throughout her body. She was taken to a hospital in critical condition and later died.
Most New Yorkers know that Park Slope, Brooklyn, is a popular spot for families with great museums, libraries, and parks, but not as many know about its next-door neighbor, Windsor Terrace. This smaller, quieter enclave is one of the most beautiful places in Brooklyn, although I am admittedly partial, having grown up and raised my kids there. It's perfect for families, with peaceful parks, playgrounds, cozy cafés, scenic walks, and plenty of hidden gems.
Police said three teen boys surrounded the young victim inside the station mezzanine and attempted to pull off his hooded sweatshirt. As the victim resisted, the group took turns punching him, with one suspect even stabbing him in the leg. Officers from the 75th Precinct and Transit District 33 rushed to the scene but arrived after the trio fled the location in an unknown direction. EMS rushed the bloodied victim to Brookdale Hospital Medical Center in stable condition.
According to police, a 17-year-old boy was waiting for the train at the Livonia Avenue subway station around 5 p.m. when he was approached by three teen boys who forcibly tried to take the victim's sweatshirt. As the boys surrounded the victim inside the station mezzanine, he fought off an attempted theft, but the group took turns punching him, and one suspect stabbed him in the leg, NYPD officials said.
A passenger in a livery vehicle died in an apparent suicide when he jumped out of an open window during a ride on the Belt Parkway in Brooklyn, cops and sources said. Rami Elsuwi, 43, was in the backseat of a Hyundai Santa Fe heading east on the parkway when he rolled down his window and shockingly climbed out of it near the 92nd Street Pedestrian Bridge around 9 p.m., the NYPD said Sunday.
Two men were shot in a deli in Flatbush, Brooklyn Friday afternoon. It happened at around 3 p.m. inside Alex Deli & Grocery, which is located at Flatbush and Newkirk avenues. One man, 24, was shot in the face. The other, 26, was struck in the back. Both were rushed to the hospital, and are expected to survive. So far there's no word on what led up to the shooting.
Perched a knee-buckling 1,000 feet above the street with four bedrooms and five bathrooms, the over 5,100-square-foot penthouse is the only full-floor residence in the building. Still, "The residence blends architectural grandeur with intimate warmth," press materials explain. Tall windows framing New York City landmarks, such as the One World Trade Center, speak to this-allowing natural light to softly highlight interiors by Gachot Studios.
Our safety-net hospitals are leading the way in settling fair union contracts that protect New York City patients and nurses. If the poorest hospitals in our city can do the right thing, so can rich hospitals like Montefiore, Mount Sinai, and NewYork-Presbyterian,
A scholar, mentor and administrator, Dr. Farkouh devoted her life to public education in New York City. She served for a decade as principal of Fort Hamilton High School in Bay Ridge and previously held leadership roles at Curtis High School in Staten Island and Prospect Heights High School in Brooklyn. She began her career as a mathematics teacher, a subject she championed throughout her professional life, firmly believing that every student could succeed with the right support.
