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Bushwick daycare teacher charged for allegedly sexually abusing young students

By Kirstyn Brendlen

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Fire displaces several people at East New York home cited for illegal conversion

By Kirstyn Brendlen & Lloyd Mitchell

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Brooklyn Diocese to pursue global settlement of child sexual abuse cases, though victims’ lawyers hesitant

By Isabella Gallo

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rider enters modern fare gates being tested by MTA

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Fare evasion: MTA boss insists subway riders aren’t agency’s ‘guinea pigs’ in modern fare gate pilot

The FDNY celebrated the latest class of firefighters.

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FDNY welcomes latest class of new firefighters at Brooklyn graduation ceremony

Mayor Mamdani and former prosecutor named as his pick to head the Department of Investigation

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MAMDANI’S FIRST 100 DAYS: Mayor taps former prosecutor who took down R. Kelly to lead Department of Investigation

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Terra is a modern European eatery in Brooklyn.

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Terra brings polished, modern European dining to Brooklyn

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Kaya Bliss marks one year in Bay Ridge with three-day celebration

By Meaghan McGoldrick O'Neil

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Mamdani says his admin is ‘digging into’ restoring weekend G train service to Forest Hills

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Wyckoff Heights Medical Center institutes program to prevent overdose deaths with help from DOHMH

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Ashes to ashes, corpse to compost: Green-Wood Cemetery to offer ‘human composting’ starting in 2027

By Kirstyn Brendlen

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Assembly Member Colton urges traffic study on Bath Avenue after 11-year-old killed

By Olivia Seaman

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Brooklyn Bar Association reopens doors after 5 months with first-ever breakfast event

Mayor Zohran Mamdani testifies at the 2026 Joint Legislative Budget Hearing in Albany on Wednesday, February 11,

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MAMDANI’S FIRST 100 DAYS: Mayor tells Albany budget gap shrunk by $5 billion, pushes wealth tax to further close it

Catholic schools closing in Brooklyn and Queens

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Catholic schools closing: Diocese of Brooklyn shuttering seven struggling academies this June

lunar new year

Parades, poems, lion dances and more: How to celebrate the Lunar New Year in Brooklyn

By Gabriele Holtermann

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New York Family

Where to Play Pickleball in NYC: Indoor, Outdoor & Free Courts

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These Brooklyn florists are rethinking Valentine’s Day with seasonal blooms

By Julie Zenderoudi

Brooklyn suspect wanted for slashing man on subway

AMNY

Robber in red: Cops seek bundled-up bandit who slashed man in Brooklyn subway for his wallet

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Activists stand in front of the Rainbow Flag after re-installing it at the Stonewall National Monument on Feb. 12.

Defying Trump, activists re-install Rainbow Flag at Stonewall National Monument

U.S. Representative Yvette D. Clarke.

Clarke, Lawler lead bipartisan push to exempt health care from $100K H-1B fee

A new TJ Maxx store is opening at Herald Square, at 34th street looking at Broadway street (left) and Avenue of the Americas (right), with many pedestrians walking (and some standing), as well as traffic on Broadway (including taxi cabs.)

New York Family

TJ Maxx Is Opening a Massive New Store in Herald Square

Digging site for Gateway Tunnel

Gateway Tunnel: Appeals court declines to overrule order that Trump regime must release more than $200M in funding