Most of us can agree that while we love dogs, our neighborhood lacks the necessary resources to ensure they peacefully coexist with humans. North Brooklyn Dogs launched a census to identify areas of concern and help advocate for safer, cleaner dog parks. In honor of her new book, we shared an excerpt from Hilary Fitzgerald Campbell's The Joy of Snacking (if you've ever experienced choice paralysis at one of our many great bakeries, it should resonate with you).
Leshea Harris, 30, was arraigned in Queens Criminal Court on Oct. 8 on a complaint charging her with four counts of endangering the welfare of a child after she allegedly left her four children, including a 4-year-old boy, at the Beach 25th Street apartment of Amariah George, 30, with her four children, while the two mothers went to East New York to rob a woman on New Lots Avenue, according to the criminal complaint.
City Council Member Lincoln Restler introduced new legislation on Thursday to reinstate year-round open dining alongside streets and ease the permit process for restaurants that wish to participate. The bill includes additional requirements for snow removal and new measures to address sanitation issues. Restler's year-round dining bill would include expanding outdoor dining footprints for smaller restaurants, designing safer streets, and allowing more businesses, such as grocery stores, to participate.
A youth development specialist at a Brooklyn juvenile detention center will spend a year and a day behind bars for smuggling in contraband including a crushed-up prescription painkiller that caused one of the young detainees to suffer a non-fatal overdose, according to the feds. Da'Vante Bolton, 32, of Queens, was sentenced Wednesday in Brooklyn Federal Court, after pleading guilty last year to taking bribes to smuggle pot, pills and scalpels into the Crossroads Juvenile Center in Brownsville,
The Adams administration's North Star has always been public safety. New Yorkers want to be able to send their kids to school, go to work, shop in their local store, go out for dinner, and come home safely to their family and their community. They want to feel safe AND they want to be safe, and this administration has delivered that for them.
The 12-year-old Brooklyn girl killed in a Brooklyn subway surfing incident had posted terrifying daredevil TikTok videos - including one where she lay on train tracks - in the weeks leading up to her tragic death, The Post has learned. The videos were revealed as young Zemfira Mukhtarov's mother said her pre-teen daughter was obsessed with pulling off the social media stunts despite her parents' pleading, and had snuck out in the middle of the night Saturday before she was killed.
Central Library Director Christine Schonart knows "traditionally, people view the library as a quiet space" but explains that, "over the years it's evolved." The library's branches host musical acts and programs year round. The children's program "Stomp, Clap and Sing" is one of the biggest draws. Schonart says, "you'll see 50-60 toddlers rush in." The sing-along shows "help kids learn movement, learn to follow directions and to just have fun with someone singing," according to Schonart.
The top contract last week went to a Brooklyn Heights townhouse at 42 Monroe Place asking almost $8.9 million. The 26.5-foot-wide home spans over 6,400 square feet and is laid out as a two-family with duplex residences on the first two and top two floors. Built in 1913, the home has been in the same family for 45 years. The bottom two floors hold a 3,600-square-foot four-bedroom home with a living room, gallery and formal dining room.
Clinton Hill Neo-Grec With Mantels, Medallions, Pass-Through This 1870s Clinton Hill brownstone hasn't changed hands in decades and it is filled with lovingly cared-for period details like marble mantels, wood floors, pocket doors, and a pass-through. The less than 19-foot-wide dwelling at 309 Vanderbilt Avenue is set up as a single-family and boasts a bit of surprise space with a setback third floor hidden behind the cornice.
"Thanks to this renovation, John Paul Jones Park has gotten a full facelift, with brand new benches, fully redone paths and plaza paving, and even a new entrance," said Rodriguez-Rosa. " These improvements make 'Cannonball Park,' as it's known in the neighborhood, an even more inviting space for classic events like the Kings County Memorial Day Parade." "Best of all," she added, the agency was able to complete the project "far ahead of schedule."
First and foremost, we must reform the property tax system to make sure senior homeowners are not displaced by their own government. Similarly we must ensure programs like [ Senior Citizen Homeowners' Exemption ] and [ Senior Citizen Rent Increase Exemption ] are fully funded, and expanded to protect more seniors. Next, we must continue to be in the business of constructing and staffing housing that is affordable to seniors, and housing with support services, so seniors can transition to a home that affords them the highest amount of dignity and autonomy.
A 32-year-old woman was stabbed multiple times in Brooklyn on Wednesday morning following a dispute with her boyfriend's ex-partner, police sources said. Officers from the 66th Precinct responded just after 10 a.m. on Oct. 1 to 9th Avenue and 47th Street in Borough Park, where they found the woman in her car with multiple stab wounds to her torso and left arm. Paramedics took the victim to Maimonides Medical Center in serious but stable condition.
"We wanted to showcase our love, passion and deep appreciation for hospitality in its truest form," Burgos and Norton said in a statement. "The restaurant is a representation of our progression through this industry as women who embraced opportunities and experiences along the way. In its simplest form, it's a love letter to our community, hospitality and each other."
In his first role as youth services librarian, he started the Growing Dollars and Sense Teen Virtual Investment Club, which connected young people with financial professionals to prepare for their financial futures. Later, Maxwell served as the manager of the New Lots Library branch - during which time the library was awarded the Revson Award for outstanding community service - and most recently worked as BPL's Senior Director of Neighborhood Services.
How much history can you cover in five miles? Quite a bit, according to locals Anthony Vidal Torres and Brian Boisvert, the hosts of a Halloween-themed queer history running tour coming to Brooklyn next month. "Queer Ghosts of Brooklyn: A Halloween Fun Run," will serve as a sort of crash course through an oft-overlooked but critically important part of the borough's past.
