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cyclist killed in borough park

Cyclist killed by school bus driver in Borough Park; 23rd bicyclist to die in New York City this year

By Adam Daly

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BP Weekender: Six things to do in Brooklyn Sept. 22-24

By Brooklyn Paper 3

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Man arrested for choking Williamsburg driver, crashing car: NYPD

By Kirstyn Brendlen

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Arts & Entertainment

Downtown Brooklyn Arts Festival to showcase music, dance, and experimental arts starting Sept. 29

By Adam Daly

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East New York’s longest protected bike lanes nearly complete, DOT says

By Jada Camille

A potential tropical storm is brewing in the Atlantic Ocean.

AMNY

Tropical storm warning dampens weekend forecast in NYC

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Downtown Brooklyn burglar has stolen $11k in goods and cash from businesses: NYPD

By Ximena Del Cerro

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Death of 1-year-old Crown Heights girl ruled homicide: NYPD

By Kirstyn Brendlen

The Daily Press coffee shop union

Business

‘We’re empowered now’: Ocean Hill café The Daily Press becomes first unionized indie coffee shop in New York City

By Isabel Song Beer

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Waste not, want not: Curbside compost pickup to roll out across Brooklyn next month

By Isabel Song Beer

The new Second City location at 64 N. Ninth St. in Williamsburg. comedy

AMNY

‘The Second City’ comedy enterprise will get the first laugh at Brooklyn location this November

halloween harvest at Luna Park

Spook-tacular! Halloween Harvest to take over Luna Park this weekend

By Kirstyn Brendlen

First ever One Bite Pizza Festival set to take over Coney Island.

First-ever One Bite Pizza Festival set to take over Coney Island

By Isabel Song Beer

dogs dressed as train at great PUPkin

It’s the great PUPkin! Beloved Fort Greene dog costume contest turns 25 next month

By Melissa Fishman

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Politics

‘Our most precious resource’: Pols say restored funding saved Brooklyn Public Library programs the from chopping block

By Jada Camille

Police officers gesture towards the scene of a triple stabbing outside of Brownsville Academy High School.

Three stabbed outside Brownsville Academy High School: NYPD

By Isabel Song Beer

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Amanda Darrow, director of youth, family and education programs at the Utah Pride Center, poses with books that have been the subject of complaints from parents on Dec. 16, 2021, in Salt Lake City.

Challenges to library books continue at record pace in 2023, American Library Association reports

Antigu and Barbuda Prime Minister Gaston Browne (left) with the President of the Dominican Republic Luis Abinader.

Antigua PM holds ‘successful negotiations’ with DR Prez

How to raise sex positive kids

New York Family

How to Raise Sex Positive Kids (And Why It’s So Important To)

The New York City Council’s Black, Latino and Asian Caucus and the Day Care Council of New York held a press conference about a new report detailing the salary disparities between the city's early childhood education programs and their counterparts at school-based programs at City Hall on Thursday, Sept. 19, 2023.

City Council report finds that pay parity is still an issue for early childhood educators