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Welcome to the workforce! Thief swipes intern’s bike on her first day on the job, boss says
Ditmas Park: A Ditmas Park gymnastics teacher is calling on community members to help her track down the crook who stole her intern’s bike on Monday. Comments (5)
Downtown: Cops on Tuesday cuffed a teen they suspect opened fire on Fulton Mall last week, shooting two pedestrians and his intended target amid a Friday the 13th fracas on the commercial strip in broad daylight. Comments (12)
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Biden time!: New book stars former Prez and veep as mystery-solving duo
Books: Obama is basically Batman. Comment
Event: These cyclists are taking the ride of a lifetime — to save others’ lives. Comment
Medina’s bat powers Cyclones
The Ride: The right fielder hit two home runs, leading the Clones to victory. Comment
A trip out west proves it is still wild
Fearless Parenting: This week, Stephanie and her son negotiate the rapids of life. Comment
Page 1: No. That’s not right. The Brooklyn Paper wouldn’t like to have just a word, because it would like to have many — as many words as it needs to tell a story. You see, the Paper simply misspoke. And it would be silly to think the Paper would ask for one word, when it clearly meant several, wouldn’t it? You wouldn’t think the Paper would botch such a simple statement. No, you would think it knew exactly what it was saying, and wouldn’t need to clarify. But here we are, folks. Should anyone else make such a gaffe, the Paper would understand why you wouldn’t believe their excuse. But it hopes you will accept this explanation. Keep hustlin’, Brooklyn! Comment
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On BPR: Meet our awesome interns!
Podcast: It takes a village to put out a newspaper every week (and a website every day, and a podcast periodically), and on the latest edition of Brooklyn Paper Radio, we give you an inside listen into the lives of some of the villagers. Comment
Red Hook: Thousands of sports fans with a need for speed descended on Red Hook last weekend for the two-day championship of electric-car race Formula E, which featured battery-powered speedsters zooming along a track in a competition as amazing as it was unlikely, according to a man with a front-row seat to the action. Comment
Brooklyn Heights: Music-lovers from across the borough and beyond boogied down in Brooklyn Bridge Park on Saturday as an all-star lineup of performers closed out this year’s Brooklyn Hip Hop Festival. Comment
Bleeding hearts: ‘Marie and Bruce’ is a breakup comedy with edge
The Butcher of Flatbush Ave. Extension: These characters cut deep. Comments (2)
Strong pitching stops Valley Cats
The Ride: Jaison Vilera threw seven innings of two-hit ball, striking out nine in the process and leading the Cyclones to victory. Comment
If it’s Wednesday, it’s crime news day on BrooklynPaper.com!
Crime: Find your neighborhood below or click the link above to get a full list. Comment
Brooklyn Heights: Brooklyn Bridge Park leaders on Monday indefinitely shuttered the zig-zagging Squibb Bridge leading to the waterfront lawn, blaming a single, faulty piece of wood for the notoriously bouncy span’s latest closure. Comments (10)
Dumb-ster gone, but city won’t pay to pave bald spot on Boerum Place
Downtown: An illegally parked dumpster that blocked city workers from finishing a paving job Downtown on Boerum Place has been moved, and now officials say its owner has to pay to lay new asphalt on the bald spot that was missed. Comments (1)
Cost of living: Suit alleges Kushner Co. risked tenants’ health for profits
Williamsburg: The family real-estate firm of President Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner illegally forced rent-stabilized tenants out of a Williamsburg apartment building with construction that exposed occupants, including children, to cancer-causing chemicals, according to a lawsuit filed on Monday. Comments (11)
Arch support: LPC green-lights fixes to stone structures beneath B’Bridge
Brooklyn Heights: City preservationists okayed renovations to the masonry arches supporting one end of the landmarked Brooklyn Bridge as part of a scheme that also proposes fixing up similar structures at the crossing’s opposite foot, as well as the two stone towers that rise above the span. Comment
Fort Greene: Doctors at Brooklyn Hospital Center on Friday orchestrated an extra-special delivery when they welcomed a pregnant mother’s bundle of joy — in the parking lot outside the emergency room. Comment
Art: These drawings have been given a new platform! Comments (1)
‘Laid back’ Cyclones fall to Crosscutters, fail to sweep
The Ride: Our boys may not have put forth their best effort on Monday afternoon. Comment
