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‘Asking for a chance’: Locals skeptical of Pacha New York’s promises to address safety, sound at former Brooklyn Mirage

By Kirstyn Brendlen

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‘Our life’s work’: Hunter’s Steak & Ale House in Bay Ridge closes after 30 years

By Olivia Seaman

NY: Ignite Brooklyn Made Pitch Competition

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Brooklyn makers take center stage in ‘Shark Tank’-style pitch competition

By Gabriele Holtermann

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Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch

AMNY

‘Upsetting’: Tisch places two NYPD cops on modified duty after viral video of Brooklyn liquor store beating

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Demolition likely after LPC declines to landmark historic Fort Greene home

By Anna Bradley-Smith

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Green-Wood Cemetery unveils long-awaited visitor center in restored greenhouse

By Anna Bradley-Smith

NY: Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso $9.25 Million Investment in Sensory Rooms

‘Spaces to thrive’: Brooklyn BP commits $9.25M to expand sensory rooms in D75 schools

By Gabriele Holtermann

Sarah Klein

PoliticsNY

Inside Government with PoliticsNY: A Q&A with NYS Gaming Commission’s Division of Horse Racing and Pari-Mutuel Wagering Director Sarah Klein

U.S. Rep. Yvette D. Clarke, second from left, with 'Housing for All' poster, flanked by her Brooklyn District Director Anita Taylor, second from right; Rose Graham, assistant principal in Brooklyn, right; and Claire Patterson-Monah, former executive director of the Brooklyn-based Guyana Cultural Association of New York, Inc., left.

Caribbean Life

Clarke kicks off re-election campaign

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Midwood furniture retailer 1StopBedrooms to pay up to $350K over consumer violations, state says

By Olivia Seaman

Mayor Mamdani announced his first city owned grocery store.

AMNY

How Mamdani’s city-run grocery plan would work — and what’s still unclear about its ‘core basket of staples’

Brooklyn Made Tokyo

Business

Brooklyn Made goes global: Tokyo pop-up brings Brooklyn creativity to Japan on April 24

By Olivia Seaman

Chama Mama

‘The guest is a gift from God’: Chama Mama expands to Bushwick with new Georgian bakery concept

By Olivia Seaman

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Arts & Entertainment

In new children’s book ‘Brooklyn is the World,’ a butterfly’s journey highlights friendship and belonging

By Emma Delahanty

suspect in Brooklyn baby shooting walks with head down accompanied by nypd detectives following arrest

AMNY

Brooklyn baby shooting: Getaway driver begs for forgiveness in slaying of 7-month-old infant, claims he ‘didn’t know’ she would be shot

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Pacha New York offers ‘goodwill coupons’ to Mirage ticketholders ahead of opening weekend on June 20

By Kirstyn Brendlen

People carry tiny casket with infant murdered in Brooklyn baby shooting

AMNY

Brooklyn baby shooting: Family and onlookers mourn as slain child’s tiny casket is marched through neighborhood

NY: Puppetworks Moving

Final bow in Park Slope: Puppetworks seeks new stage after 35 years

By Gabriele Holtermann

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Mamdani proposes eliminating car traffic in part of Grand Army Plaza

By Ethan Stark-Miller

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AMNY

Brooklyn woman who died in police custody had been hospitalized twice hours before succumbing: sources

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The flagpole at the Stonewall National Monument on April 13, 2026.

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International recording artist Juke Ross, the Guyanese-born singer-songwriter recently hailed by Rolling Stone for his "aching" and "soulful" sound. Here he is jamming to his song "Coffee Love," which serves as a vibrant visual love letter to Guyana’s capital.

Juke Ross drops ‘Coffee Love,’ a cinematic ode to Guyana

NYC Video Game Festival Returns: $10 Tickets, Esports, VR, and Minecraft for Kids

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NYC Video Game Festival Returns: $10 Tickets, Esports, VR, and Minecraft for Kids

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Giants’ Brian Burns talks offseason, regime change | EXCLUSIVE