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Downtown: A Downtown Brooklyn resident and popular Youtube personality was found dead on Monday, just a few days after posting a disturbing online video and then vanishing, police confirmed. Comment
Canarsie: A 33-year-old Queens motorcyclist died amid a brutal crash in Canarsie Monday night. Comments (20)
A gunman struck a man in the head amid a daylight shooting in Homecrest on June 23. Comment
Downtown: More than a dozen pre-schoolers graduated from a Downtown school for the blind on June 21. Comment
Section of Mermaid Avenue renamed to honor Woody Guthrie
Coney Island: This land is his land! Comments (12)
Op-Ed: We’ve all been there: Stuck in a crowded subway car due to “signal problems,” or sitting on a bus moving so slowly that you might as well have walked. Comments (10)
Nightlife: Time to get schwifty in here! Comments (1)
Municipal Credit Union awards Brooklynite with college scholarship
Three cheers for Brooklynite Kristen Palmer, a graduating high-schooler who was recently awarded a $5,000 college scholarship! Comment
Local construction worker honored as ‘Brooklyn Worker of the Month’
Three cheers for Michael Muir, a construction worker who was recently recognized by a nonprofit organization for his outstanding dedication to the job on June 11. Comment
37th annual Mermaid Parade floods Coney Island
Coney Island: Call it the People’s Parade Ground! Comments (2)
Police recover noose found outside Crown Heights church
Crown Heights: Some wacko left a noose outside of a Crown Heights church on June 22, according to authorities. Comments (9)
Update: Cops arrest suspect in connection with shooting of 11-year-old boy in Crown Heights
Crown Heights: Police arrested a man for allegedly shooting an 11-year-old boy and a 31-year-old man in Crown Heights on June 20, according to authorities. Comments (19)
Cops searching for missing Seagate teen
Sea Gate: Cops are searching for a Seagate teenager who has been missing since June 21. Comment
Cops cuff Bed-Stuy man who allegedly masturbated in front of women in Queens
Detectives picked up a Brooklyn man who allegedly pleasured himself in front of two women in separate incidents on Howard Beach weeks ago, prosecutors announced on June 21. Comments (1)
A whimsical, early 20th century low-scale holdout may soon disappear from the increasingly tower-filled skyline of Downtown Brooklyn. Comments (2)
Cops investigating death of 2-week-old infant in East New York
The East New York community is reeling from a tragedy on Monday, after a 2-week-old Brooklyn baby died at his home, according to authorities. Comments (7)
City to install bike lanes in Dyker Heights despite community board’s objections
Dyker Heights: City officials ignored a Dyker Heights community board’s rejection of a network of bike lanes proposed for the area, and have decided to implement the paths over the civic group’s objections. Comments (35)
A cheer thing: Sunset Park sculptor builds imaginary cheerleading equipment
Art: Two-four-six-eight! It’s work we should appreciate! Comment
Music of the sea: The best summer concerts in Coney Island
Music: Summer is here, and Coney Island is heating up with live music performances of all genres! Here are 10 concerts by the beach you should be sure to sea! Comments (3)
Joy rides! Luna Park adds two new thrilling attractions
Event: Luna Park is flying high! Comments (1)
They scrawled their way to the top! Comments (3)
Readers: Religion is no excuse not to vaccinate!
Letters: Albany politicians passed a package of bills repealing the religious exemption for vaccines on June 13, amid a measles outbreak that has swept through Brooklyn’s Orthodox Jewish communities and infected almost 1,000 people statewide. Comments (5)
