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This week, a look back at four of our featured listings from six months ago focuses on homes in Sunset Park, Bed Stuy, and Park Slope.How did they fare?With a flexible floor plan, this efficient apartment in an early Finnish co-op in Sunset Park has the compelling details of its era plus a recently updated kitchen with retro flair.

This week, a look back at four of our featured listings from six months ago focuses on homes in Sunset Park, Prospect Lefferts Garden and Park Slope.How did they fare?While not huge, this Sunset Park co-op with an efficient layout is well proportioned and boasts an entry foyer for a bit of extra space.

1. Bobbi's Brooklyn is the first brick-and-mortar restaurant to bring Chicago-style tamales to Brooklyn.
2. Bobbi's Brooklyn's tamales are made using a traditional recipe that has been passed down for generations, and are served in a variety of flavors.

Para Sonia Cortes, la batalla por Sunset Park comenzo con una sopa.Hace dos anos, luego de que la pandemia acabara con su empleo de costurera, Cortes comenzo a vender pozole, un caldo mexicano, en el parque, una zona verde de mas de 100.000 metros cuadrados en el suroeste de Brooklyn.En un buen domingo, Cortes podia ganar hasta 600 o 700 dolares, lo que le permitio pagar su renta, conto.

A decade ago, Hell's Kitchen was the foremost destination for Thai food in the city, with such prominent players as Larb Ubol and Pam Real Thai Food in the neighborhood.At the time I walked the length of 9th Avenue from 53rd Street down to 36th Street, and counted 38 Thai restaurants on the avenue and side streets, sometimes ganged up in threes and fours on a single block, with multiple branches of some like Wondee Siam.

Abdul Elenani, founder of Ayat in Bay Ridge, is at the forefront of ushering in a new legacy for halal food in New York City.Even with more than five openings under his belt - the Palestinian Ayat in Bay Ridge in 2020; Al Badawi in Brooklyn Heights in fall 2021, Ayat in Sunset Park, Fatta Mano, also in Bay Ridge, in 2022, followed by a Staten Island location of Ayat in 2023 - he's just getting started, with four more restaurants in the works.

Though great Mexican food has been available in the Jersey City Heights for at least 15 years I never paid much attention, partly because of the relative isolation of the neighborhood - getting there can involve the subway, a PATH ride, and a bus trip - and also because we have so many great Mexican restaurants in places like Corona, East Harlem, and Sunset Park.

Tony, Emmy and Golden Globe Award winning actor and 1974 Highland Park High School graduate Gary Sinise will help his hometown mark one year since a gunman killed seven people and wounded dozens of others last Fourth of July.Sinise and his Lt. Dan Band will play a concert as Highland Park completes a day of remembering and gathering as a community a year after the shooting, at 5 p.m. July 4 at Wolters Field.

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Memorial Day Weekend kicks off on Friday, and Brooklyn is jam-packed with some great parades, festivals and barbecues to mark the occasion.FRIDAY, MAY 26
Prospect Park Nature Exploration
The Prospect Park Alliance will offer nature and educational opportunities for the whole family starting on May 26.

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The U-Haul truck driver who rammed into 12 people, killing one, in Brooklyn earlier this year was indicted on murder charges on Monday.Weng Sor, 62, was arraigned before Brooklyn Supreme Court Justice Danny Chun on a 25-count indictment for the mayhem on Feb. 13, when he began mowing down civilians in Sunset Park, before sending police on a wild chase that ended after a half hour near the Brooklyn Battery Tunnel.

By Ben Brachfeld & Lloyd Mitchell Posted on May 7, 2023 Three people are dead and one is injured after a fiery car crash in Bay Ridge on the morning of May 7, 2023.Sign up for our amNY Sports email newsletter to get insights and game coverage for your favorite teams Three people are dead and one is in the hospital after their car struck a tree and caught fire near the Belt Parkway in Bay Ridge.

NYU Langone Hospital-Brooklyn, in Sunset Park, was the only hospital in Brooklyn to receive an "A" grade in the respected Leapfrog Group's 2023 survey of hospital safety and quality.And just one hospital in the borough received a "B" - New York-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital in Park Slope.

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Sahadi's, Brooklyn's iconic Middle Eastern grocer, has stepped into the world of wine and liquor with a new spirit store in Sunset Park.Sahadi Spirits in Sunset Park, right beside Sahadi's second location in Industry City, is packed with lesser-known Middle Eastern and European wines, specialty liquors, and locally-made spirits.

En el primer trimestre de este año, el Departamento de Protección al Consumidor y al Trabajador (DCWP por sus siglas en inglés) de la ciudad emitió 414 multas a vendedores ambulantes en la ciudad.Desde el 1 de abril el Departamento de Sanidad (DSNY por sus siglas en inglés) empezó a hacerse cargo de estas funciones.

The Brooklyn Public Library is facing over $10 million in budget cuts following Mayor Eric Adam's call for citywide spending reductions for the next four fiscal years, and says those cuts could have devastating impacts on the services it provides.In September 2022, Adams proposed a citywide Program to Eliminate the Gap which required all city agencies to reduce their spending in Fiscal Year 23 by 3%, and by 4.75% for FY 2024 through 2026.

The Nets have 10 games to hold on to an automatic bid to an Eastern Conference playoff series.Perhaps none more important than Thursday night's matchup with the Cleveland Cavaliers at Downtown's Barclays Center.After suffering its fourth consecutive loss and third in a row on this thus-far fruitless homestand here vs. Cleveland Tuesday night, Brooklyn (39-33) finds itself in a virtual tie with Miami (40-34) for the sixth spot in the postseason race.

The Nets are no longer looking at how they can jump up in the Eastern Conference standings.Instead, Brooklyn is feeling the heat of dropping down into the play-in tournament.The Miami Heat, that is.Losers of three in a row and about to open a two-game set with Cleveland here at Downtown's Barclays Center Tuesday night, the Nets (39-32) are only one game ahead of seventh-place Miami with 11 regular-season games remaining.

As Nets star Kyrie Irving rejoined the team on Sunday night, fans voiced mixed views of his eight-game suspension over his recent controversial social media posts."He made a big mistake," said Obi Dimoriaku, 22. "I feel he just didn't do enough [research] on the documentary and he didn't know what he was posting."

Brooklyn youth are getting their own version of March Madness through a partnership between the city's Department of Education and the borough's home basketball teams, the Brooklyn Nets and New York Liberty.The partnership announced on March 22 will offer free basketball clinics taught by youth coaches from the Nets and Liberty to all Brooklyn elementary and middle schoolers during their gym periods.

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A 50-year-old woman is dead after being struck by the driver of an SUV in Flatbush, Brooklyn on Saturday.Police say Midwood resident Aracely Courtenay was crossing East 21st Street, near the intersection with Ditmas Avenue, just before 7 p.m. on Feb. 18 when stepped into a "depression" in the roadway, causing her to fall to the pavement.

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Two teenagers were shot in broad daylight just steps from a high school in Sunset Park on Tuesday afternoon.Police received a 911 call just before 2:30 p.m. alerting them to the shooting at a convenience store on the corner of Fourth Avenue and 36th Street, which is directly across from P.S. 371.

The city's newest, faster ferry route From Bay Ridge to Wall Street debuted on Wednesday morning with much fanfare and special passengers including Mayor Eric Adams and Council Member Justin Brannan.Part of the city's "Ferry Forward" initiative, the pilot program gives riders a quicker morning commute by making fewer stops on the the way to Wall Street and Pier 11.

Did you wake up this morning with a jolt, realizing that you were responsible for making Galentine's Day plans with the girls, or worse, a romantic Valentine's Day date with your partner?Fear not!There's plenty to do in Brooklyn tonight and tomorrow, and only some of it requires a reservation - or funds!

Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso and Councilmember Alexa Avilés teamed up last week to celebrate a holiday "near and dear" to local Latino communities: Three Kings Day.On Jan. 11, the pair partnered with the National Supermarket Association - a trade alliance representing independent supermarket owners in New York and beyond - to deliver toys to 400 first-, second- and third-graders at P.S. 1 in Sunset Park.

Sahadi Importing Company, with its bins of nuts, shelves full of spices and display cases stocked with sweets, has been a Brooklyn Heights staple since the 1940s - and it's now been added to the New York State Historic Business Preservation registry, solidifying its place in local lore."Thrilled to welcome Sahadi's, 'A Brooklyn Tradition' into the New York State Historic Business Preservation Registry ," said Assemblymember Jo Anne Simon on Twitter when she delivered the business's new certificate.

This fall, I visited Paris.On the recommendation of a friend of a friend, I dropped into Le Chardenoux, a whisper of a restaurant in the 11th Arrondissement.I bring it up because that tiny space was the ideal cozy restaurant: low light, just a handful of seats and that purr of soft, latent energy that you can find only in intimate places.

This week, a look back at four of our featured listings from six months ago focuses on homes in Sunset Park, Bed Stuy, Flatbush and Park Slope.How did they fare?In a Sunset Park co-op that was built as affordable housing by Finnish co-operators in the early 20th century, a modest one-bedroom walk-up has charming original details and remains one of the more affordable options for owning in Brooklyn.

Art pop-up: Learn more about the key artworks in the Virgil Abloh: Figures of Speech exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum.Each 15-minute tour is led by a seasoned Brooklym Museum guide, who will teach you all about the art and the artist!Free with museum admission.2-3 p.m. at the Brooklyn Museum, 200 Eastern Parkway between Washington and Flatbush avenues in Prospect Heights.

Equinor, the Norwegian company leading the construction of the wind farm hub off of Sunset Park, is calling on New Yorkers in the industry to apply for grants of up to $900,000.The $5 million program aims to help fund wind power-related businesses based the Big Apple.Officials hope the grants will incentivize the creation of jobs and strengthen education and training in the clean energy field - and they're open to just about any business or organization with initiatives to foster innovation that contributes to the growth of the offshore wind ecosystem.

Friday, Nov. 11
AzN PoP!: As part of the New York Comedy Festival, AzN PoP!, an Asian-American satirical pop group, will sing, dance, and rap about boys, friendship, and systematic oppression.$12-$15.10:45 p.m. at Littlefield, 635 Sackett St. between Third and Fourth  avenues in Gowanus.21+.Saturday, Nov. 12
'The Greatest American Art Form': Enjoy the closing reception of "The greatest American art form," a three-part exhibit is dedicated to skateboarding and its role in culture around the world.

Democrats in New York were clinging to their supermajorities in the State Legislature as of Wednesday morning, with a handful of competitive races still too close to call, stalling Republican hopes of curbing Albany's leftward tilt.Democrats retained control of the 63-seat State Senate, but it remained unclear if Republicans  who won seats on Long Island and flipped another in the Hudson Valley  had netted the two seats necessary to eliminate Democrats' veto-proof supermajority.

About 70 percent of New York City public middle schools that used selective measures to admit students before the pandemic will no longer consider them, school officials announced Wednesday.A majority of middle schools will continue to use a lottery system that began citywide last year, a sea change that could add more diversity to schools in a system marked by racial segregation.

SUNSET PARK, Brooklyn (PIX11) - Two girls were struck by a driver as they crossed a Brooklyn street on Monday afternoon, police said.The children, ages 6 and 8, were with their mom crossing midblock near 57th Street and Seventh Avenue around 2:15 p.m., officials said.The kids were hit by a Honda headed northbound on Seventh Avenue.

The New York City Marathon is a race for 50,000 people and a block party for at least that many spectators, who line most of the course and cheer on the runners.While many are out there to support friends and family, some professional runners also say the crowd support sets New York apart from other races.

The owner of seven McDonald's franchise locations in Brooklyn will pay $1 million in restitution to its employees and more than $92,000 in civil penalties in a settlement after the city's Department of Consumer and Worker Protections found he was violating labor laws, the DCWP announced on Monday.George Mitchell, who operates McDonald's restaurants from Sunset Park and Kensington to Bedford-Stuyvesant repeatedly violated the city's Fair Workweek Law, according to the department - even after being investigated and forced to pay up after breaking the fast-food specific regulations in 2019.