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The renovated playground now offers new play equipment suitable for children of all ages and abilities, including a toddler playhouse, two swing sets, and painted games.

Bay Ridge

Bay Ridge’s Vinland Playground reopens after $3.4 million makeover

By Adam Daly

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Sports

Home-court advantage: Brooklyn Chamber to celebrate Liberty’s win and local business leaders at Winter Gala

By Jonathan Mak

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AMNY

Midtown assassin: NYPD retraces steps of gunman who executed healthcare CEO Brian Thompson, recover backpack in Central Park

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City’s first community-led solar power initiative coming to Brooklyn Army Terminal

By Adam Daly

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QNS

Several lucky New Yorkers win big in Powerball and Take 5 drawings this week

Yolanda Campbell cries out for her son a day after he was killed in a police involved shooting at Utica Avenue and Park Place in Crown Heights, Brooklyn on December 5.

AMNY

Mother of man shot in Brooklyn police chase, advocates call for release of body cam footage after fatal incident

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News

Op-ed | Why our community should be excited about the Capital One-Discover merger

By J.P. Taylor

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Affordable housing lottery opens for East New York’s Empire State Dairy redevelopment

By Anna Bradley-Smith

Prime Minister of The Bahamas, Phillip Davis.

Caribbean Life

Bahamas, TCI, Grenada say no to Trump deportee plans

Mayor Eric Adams announces City of Yes passage

AMNY

City of Yes zoning plan to boost housing growth narrowly passes City Council

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AMNY

Cold cash: Sanitation Department now recruiting for emergency snow shovelers in NYC

Girls for Gender Equity new report revealed potential need for dress code reform.

AMNY

Girls for Gender Equity looks to change NYC public schools dress code and help end student discrimination

Police in Brooklyn are investigating a police-involved shooting on Thursday afternoon that left one man dead and another victim wounded.

AMNY

Brooklyn police-involved shooting leaves murder suspect dead, child unharmed amid hail of bullets

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Bronx man gets 20 years for fatal Gowanus bouncer stabbing: DA

By Adam Daly

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AMNY

MTA details congestion pricing discount program for low-income drivers

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Prospect Heights

Lenape culture to takes center stage at inaugural Prospect Park Eenda-Lunaapeewahkiing fair

By Susan De Vries

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New American eatery with Eastern European flair, Breva, set to open on Brighton Beach boardwalk

By Kirstyn Brendlen

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AMNY

MIDTOWN SHOOTING: Face revealed of assassin who shot UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson dead at hotel

Mayor Adams backs low income tax break

AMNY

‘Axe the tax’: Adams-backed state proposal could free over 400,000 low-income New Yorkers from paying city income taxes

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Maimonides and local churches unite in annual Celebration of Light

By Meaghan McGoldrick O'Neil

More from Around New York

The Trans Flag stands tall outside of the US Supreme Court on Dec. 4.

US v. Skrmetti: Reading the silence and curiosity in the room at the Supreme Court

Jennifer Hudson is pictured with an excited fan after singing in the audience at her inaugural concert at Brooklyn's Kings Theatre on Flatbush to promote her very first Christmas album, “The Give of Love,” during an intimate live experience on Nov.24, 2024.

Jennifer Hudson shines at Christmas concert to share Christmas album ‘Gift of Love,’ at Kings Theatre, Brooklyn

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New York Family

40 Free Holiday Events in NYC & Long Island

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Slow start dooms Red Bulls in MLS Cup Final, fall to LA Galaxy 2-1