About the Author

Meaghan McGoldrick
As editor-in-chief of Brooklyn Paper, Meaghan leads a team of stellar reporters. Her gig here rounds out close to a decade in local news, with bylines in the Home Reporter, Brooklyn Spectator, and Brooklyn Eagle. She enjoys boxed wine, befriending bodega cats and chasing a good story.
ELECTION RESULTS: Polls close in Brooklyn after high-turnout midterm election
By Kirstyn Brendlen, Megan McGibney, Meaghan McGoldrick & Robert Pozarycki
Police Blotter
- Feds arrest gang member in connection with alleged Brooklyn and Queens shootings
- Brooklyn subway stabbing leaves teen wounded: NYPD
- Truck driver who allegedly mowed down Brooklyn senior cuffed as family pledges lawsuit
- Bushwick: Cops seek serial Amazon burglars in Bushwick: NYPD
- East New York: Fire breaks out in Brooklyn home in alleged tenant-landlord dispute
- Horror in Brooklyn: Woman, teenage girl and pet dog found dead in their apartment, NYPD says
Things to do in Brooklyn
Today, 1 pm
Today, 7 pm
Today, 9 pm
Tomorrow, 6 pm
Oct. 1, 9 am
Entertainment
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
Spook-tacular! Halloween Harvest to take over Luna Park this weekend
‘The Little Venue That Could’: Brooklyn theaters win $10k grants to help keep indie theater alive
Coney Island Comedy Festival to return for fifth year