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
- Bensonhurst: Cops cuff woman for brick assault
- Coney Island: Crook nab $1,600 worth of electrical wire
- Fort Greene: Pair of punks slash man for cutting in line
- Downtown: Villain brutally robs senior at Borough Hall subway station
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Entertainment
New Coney Island mural brings mermaid to the boardwalk
Brooklyn Paper Weekender: Six things to do in Brooklyn Jan. 22-24
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Brooklyn Public Library seeking designs for new library card celebrating Black culture
Brooklyn Public Library reading list attempts to add context to Capitol riot