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
- Boerum Hill: 84th Precinct: Reality bites
- Clinton Hill: 88th Precinct: Security is Paramount
- Boerum Hill: 84th Precinct: Hair-assment
- Boerum Hill: 84th Precinct: Bicyclist robbed on Manhattan Bridge
- Boerum Hill: 84th Precinct: Old Navy employee assaulted
- Clinton Hill: 88th Precinct: Clocked for a radio
Things to do in Brooklyn
Tomorrow, 11 am
Tomorrow, 2 pm
May 25, 11 am
Entertainment
- Actor Anthony Ramos and Brooklyn beep team up to revive after-school theater program in Bushwick
- Industry City Design Festival set to ignite creative spark in Sunset Park this weekend
- Make way for the mermaids! Coney Island USA gears up for 42nd annual Mermaid Parade
- ‘The melting pot of New York City’: Bay Ridge embraces Scandinavian roots at Viking Fest
- GayRidge kicks off fundraiser for Pride 2024, third-annual event at Owl’s Head Park