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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,

Set inside a standalone 19th-century industrial complex between East Williamsburg and Bushwick, the 3,200 square-foot, 500-capacity club is built around a meticulously crafted high-definition soundsystem that serves as Refuge's literal and figurative beating heart. The system was designed by Bernabeu, who's been building such soundsystems for more than 20 years, most notably at New York clubs including Nowadays and Analog BKNY and the legendary Stereo Montreal. Dimatteo, meanwhile, is a longtime New York promoter and event producer.

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

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.

Working and middle-class folks in this community are having a really hard time not only staying, but also finding places to live,

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.

At least two people remained hospitalized early Monday, hours after a carbon monoxide leak spewed fumes throughout a three-family Brooklyn home late Sunday, authorities say. According to investigators, a 17-year-old girl and a 25-year-old woman both felt woozy around 11 p.m. at the home, on West Sixth Street, between Avenue U and Avenue T in Gravesend. They told other family members, who called 911.

They come as a group every time. We don't know if they will attack us or bring a weapon, so I'm scared,

According to investigators, the robberies happened over several weeks in December and followed a similar pattern. In one of the earliest cases, police say a man walking out of an Apple store on Flatbush Avenue on Dec. 5 had an iPad taken directly from his hand. No injuries were reported. Later in the month, on Dec. 22, police say a woman walking along State Street in Downtown Brooklyn had a bag containing an iPad taken from her. No serious injuries were reported.

BROOKLYN, NY - A person was critically injured, and two firefighters were hurt after an apartment building fire in Brooklyn late Tuesday night, the FDNY said. The blaze broke out on the third floor of a building on Colonial Road around 10:30 p.m. in Bay Ridge. Around 80 firefighters and EMS personnel responded to the scene. Two firefighters and another person suffered minor injuries, the FDNY said.

Local studio Commoncraft has used a cantilevered volume to curve 545 Metropolitan over its neighbours, navigating the narrow Brooklyn site in order to provide more floor space. Located on Williamsburg's busy Metropolitan Avenue just across from the Lorimer L subway station, 545 Metropolitan is a six-storey mixed-use building that contains apartments, ground-level commercial space and terraces on its backside and roof. The building is wrapped in a black stucco finish, which contains a mica chip to give it a subtle glimmer, and features rows of slim rectangular windows on its front side, punctuated by a single "inverted arch" window.

The NYPD is searching for three people suspected of stealing multiple cars and ATMs across Brooklyn and Queens in nearly 20 incidents since October, according to authorities. Police said the trio has stolen at least 10 ATMs, four vehicles and $3,500 in cash since mid-October in neighborhoods including East New York, Cypress Hills, Williamsburg, Fresh Meadows, Flushing and Forest Hills.

NEW YORK (PIX11) - The NYPD is searching for multiple suspects believed to be linked to 17 incidents in a citywide burglary pattern that spanned from October through December. The suspects are accused of stealing 11 ATMs, four cars, and over $3,500 in cash across Brooklyn and Queens. Oct. 16: Vehicle was stolen in front of 69-11A 188th Street in Queens around 8:30 p.m. Oct. 16: An ATM was stolen from a commercial establishment at 1377 Sutter Avenue in Brooklyn around 11 p.m.

Gonzalez said one of the victims, a 23-year-old woman, needed to raise money for her ill father, and was referred to the mother and daughter by a friend in January 2024. She was forced to work from 11 a.m. to 1 a.m. six days a week and was required to split her prostitution profits 50/50 with her new bosses. The victim worked out of alleged massage parlors at 2281 McDonald Ave. and 1204 Coney Island Ave., officials said.

A subway conductor was beaten and robbed of her train keys while on the job in Brooklyn, cops announced on Monday. The victim, a 31-year-old woman, was leaning out of a train car on the southbound A and C trains platform at the Hoyt St.-Schermerhorn St. station in Downtown Brooklyn when the thief attacked around 2:47 p.m. Sunday, cops said. The crook punched the victim, took her train keys and then fled the station, said police.