Brooklyn Paper News Headlines Archive for August 18, 2025

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Kids & Education

Win and Airbnb launch back-to-school giveaway for children in shelters

By Gabriele Holtermann

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Arts & Entertainment

The dunes are alive at the 33rd annual Coney Island Sand Sculpting competition

By Kirstyn Brendlen & Erica Price

woman in tears at scene of mass shooting in Brooklyn

AMNY

Brooklyn mass shooting: Two men killed in rampage identified as gunmen who began the mayhem

‘A disservice to history’: Pols push back against proposed closure of Harbor Defense Museum at Fort Hamilton

By Jada Camille

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Arts & Entertainment

‘A mural for everyone’: Young artists beautify Kings County Family Court

By Olivia Seaman

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News

Man shot in East New York hours after Crown Heights mass shooting injures 12

By Lloyd Mitchell

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News

Affordable housing lottery launches for 23-story Fort Greene tower on Fulton Street

By Anna Bradley-Smith

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PoliticsNY

Inside Government with PoliticsNY: A Q&A with Assembly Member Alec Brook-Krasny

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Sponsored

Brooklyn Kids Get Back to Nature at Camp Uncommon in Maine

By Brooklyn Paper’s Advertising Partner

Brooklyn and the Bronx Go Car-Free for Summer Streets

New York Family

Brooklyn and the Bronx go car-free for Summer Streets

More from Around New York

"Diamonds," directed by Ferzan Özpetek, opens May 15 at the Angelika Film Center.

Q&A: Filmmaker Ferzan Özpetek delivers an ode to women in new film ‘Diamonds’

Masicka ‘run tings’: Jamaican dancehall heavyweight delivers three standout releases

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New York Family

20 Things to Do with the Kids This Weekend in NYC

A five-year-old girl had a close call in the Bronx on Wednesday evening after a stray bullet grazed the side of her head as she walked along the sidewalk with her mother.

Five-year-old Bronx girl grazed in head by bullet as she walked with mother