About the Author

Ben Verde
A third generation Brooklynite, Ben Verde is living the dream covering Park Slope, Windsor Terrace, Crown Heights, and Prospect Lefferts Gardens for his hometown newspaper. Verde’s name first graced the pages of Brooklyn Paper in 2018 as an intern covering the Brooklyn Cyclones.
Police Blotter
- Eight teens sought for attacked and stab 16-year-old in Brooklyn subway station: cops
- Emergency Alert System: Here’s what you need to know about Wednesday’s big national test
- Brownsville: Man shot in arm outside Brownsville NYCHA complex: NYPD
- Man found stabbed to death on Brooklyn street: NYPD
- Bedford-Stuyvesant: Brooklyn’s Woodhull Hospital evacuated after massive storm-related power outage
- Clinton Hill: 88th Precinct: Late-night stalking
Things to do in Brooklyn
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Tomorrow, 8 pm
Oct. 6, 8 pm
Entertainment
PHOTOS: Sunshine and smiles in Bay Ridge as locals revel at Third Avenue Festival and Ragamuffin Parade
Green-Wood to honor Día de los Muertos with ‘Mictlán’ art installation and community altar
Bay Ridge prepares for milestone 50th anniversary of Third Avenue Festival
Downtown Brooklyn Arts Festival to showcase music, dance, and experimental arts starting Sept. 29
‘The Second City’ comedy enterprise will get the first laugh at Brooklyn location this November