Brooklyn Paper News Headlines Archive for February 12, 2024

Council Member Mercedes Narcisse hosted her second 'chic boutique' clothing giveaway.

Flatbush

Southern Brooklyn pol hosts second ‘chic boutique’ for locals and migrants

By Isabel Song Beer

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News

Public schools to go remote, alternate side parking canceled as Brooklyn preps for Tuesday snowstorm

By Robert Pozarycki & Brooklyn Paper

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Arts & Entertainment

A brush with history: Kensington artist Rusty Zimmerman paints 200 oil portraits of South Brooklynites in one year

By Adam Daly

NY: Puppy Bowl XX Viewing

Williamsburg dog café and Best Friends Animal Society host Puppy Bowl watch party

By Gabriele Holtermann

Firefighters work to removed a badly burned e-bike battery from its holding cell.

AMNY

FDNY takes on another fire caused by an e-bike in Brooklyn

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Buddhist monks robbed at gunpoint in Flatbush temple: NYPD

By Lloyd Mitchell & Adam Daly

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Opinion

Op-ed | We want economic revitalization on Coney Island, but not a casino

Coney Islanders Against A Casino

winner of lock yard chili eating contest posting outside restaurant

Supper Bowl: Local chef wins big in Lock Yard’s Chili Cookoff

Kirstyn Brendlen & Arthur de Gaeta

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Sunset Park ushers in Year of the Dragon at annual Lunar New Year parade

By Isabel Song Beer

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Red Hook Houses gets $1.3M FEMA grant for Sandy-related repairs

By Kirstyn Brendlen

More from Around New York

Don Lemon attends the premiere of the fourth season of the "The Morning Show" in New York City, U.S., September 9, 2025.

Federal agents arrest Don Lemon in connection with St. Paul church protest

Jamaican-born entrepreneur Jermaine Parker.

Jamaican Jermaine Parker opens state-of-the-art recording studio in the Bronx

Dancers dressed in red holding a traditional lion for the Lunar New Year Lion Dance.

New York Family

34 Family-Friendly Events to Celebrate Lunar New Year in NYC

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NYCLU sues NYPD over racial profiling in traffic stops