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Housing

Affordable housing lotto opens at luxury Gowanus building, with rents starting at $907

By Anna Bradley-Smith

Baby Showers

News

BP Reynoso awards first round of Community Baby Shower Fund grants

By Olivia Seaman

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Sports

Unrivaled brings 3×3 stars to Barclays Center for historic demifinals

By Emily Wilson

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What happens when a blizzard hits? Brooklynites build a snow sculpture garden

By Kalia Richardson

NY: Prospect Farm

City Council approves Parks acquisition of Prospect Farm amid bridge concerns

By Gabriele Holtermann

The federal courthouse in Downtown Brooklyn.

AMNY

Murder-for-hire plot at center of Brooklyn terrorism trial over alleged scheme to kill Trump

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News

Working Families Party endorses Reynoso for congress, breaking with Mamdani

By Kirstyn Brendlen

AMNY

Privacy advocates urge Mamdani to use his mayoral powers and scale back the NYPD’s surveillance programs

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News

2026 Spark Prize spotlight: Asiyah Women’s Center supports survivors of intimate partner violence

By Gabriele Holtermann

Feltman's play

One-man play ‘Feltman: World’s First Hot Dog’ brings Coney Island history to the stage

By Olivia Seaman

Jackie Wilson, Brooklyn Sports & Entertainment’s SVP of Social Impact (middle right) presents the Jason Collins award to the Ali Forney Center, led by president and executive director Alex Roque (middle left) during halftime of the Nets-Mavericks Pride Night game on Feb. 24.

Gay City News

Marking Pride Night, Nets showcase ballroom dancers and honor Ali Forney Center

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Historic Williamsburg brewery likely to be demolished for apartments

By Anna Bradley-Smith

ICE agents conducting raid in Brooklyn and confronting residents

AMNY

ICE raid in Brooklyn: New Yorkers pepper-sprayed, cuffed after trying to prevent man’s detention

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AMNY

Flower Daddy opens in Williamsburg with mission to help immigrant and LGBTQ+ community

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News

Snowy scenes: The storm that stopped Brooklyn, in pictures

By Meaghan McGoldrick O'Neil

NY: Blizzard 2026

News

With free food and shoveling, community support fills the gaps during Brooklyn’s blizzard

By Kirstyn Brendlen

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AMNY

Mayor Mamdani declines to back criminal probe into Washington Square Park snowball fight, urges respect for officers

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Culture of Bathe-ing brings Nordic wellness and performance art to Brooklyn’s Domino Park

By Emma Delahanty

Neil Diamond

Arts & Entertainment

Not so ‘Sweet Caroline’: Neil Diamond hoax falsely claims $5M for Brooklyn homeless shelters

By Claude Solnik

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AMNY

Close call for Brooklyn cops as gun falls out of suspect’s pocket during arrest attempt, bodycam footage shows

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