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Arts & Entertainment

Planet Brooklyn, a two-day ‘first of its kind’ music festival, is coming in August

By Kirstyn Brendlen

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Cops say man arrested for urinating in Downtown Brooklyn subway station was carrying two guns, ammo

By Dean Moses

News

‘A truly historic moment’: Bishop Brennan reflects on American Pope at Brooklyn mass

By Adam Daly

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News

Kings County Supreme Court celebrates unity of Constitution during national Law Day

By Max Parrott

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84th Precinct: Office thief snatches laptops

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84th Precinct: Airpods snatched on street

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News

Man dies in custody at Brooklyn Criminal Court after hearings delayed multiple times

By Robert Pozarycki

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Arts & Entertainment

Behind the picket line: Filmmakers document Alamo Drafthouse workers’ battle for better pay

By Regina Martinez

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Arts & Entertainment

‘At a Time Like This’: UrbanGlass exhibition inspires human connection in Downtown Brooklyn

By Lauren Rapp

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Business

‘Forget the Alamo’: Cinema workers continue to strike against layoffs of 70 employees in Brooklyn and Manhattan

By Adam Daly

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Thief steals $1.5M of jewelry from Downtown Brooklyn Macy’s, drops it all while fleeing

By Dean Moses & Brooklyn Paper

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Arts & Entertainment

‘Trace/s’ exhibit connects Brooklyn’s 150-year history of slavery to living relatives

By Lauren Rapp

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Downtown

NYU researchers create virtual ‘twin’ of Downtown Brooklyn to improve emergency response times

By Adam Daly

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Arts & Entertainment

L10 Arts and Cultural Center, first-of-its-kind creative hub, opens in Downtown Brooklyn

By Lauren Rapp

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News

‘We are not just files’: 115 new sexual assault lawsuits filed against juvenile detention centers in New York City

By Lauren Rapp

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Food & Drink

From farm to cup: How Devoción delivers the freshest Colombian coffee in Brooklyn

By Lauren Rapp

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Business

Macy’s to close Brooklyn’s Fulton Street flagship and Sheepshead Bay Backstage as part of nationwide cutbacks

By Adam Daly

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84th Precinct: New Year’s Nightmare

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News

Brooklyn secures two major landmarks in 2024, despite a slow year for designations

By Anna Bradley-Smith

Kids & Education

St. Francis College dedicates chapel to former chancellor Frank J. Macchiarola

By Lauren Rapp

More from Around New York

Maraluisa Ernst’s “A Place of Absence” speaks from the family history of the director, who is queer and non-binary.

DOC NYC festival offers real-life stories about female filmmakers, a trans lawyer, and Latinx advocates

New York City Mayor Eric Adams

Adams gives COVID vaccine ‘refusers’ a second chance

Polar Express and Holiday Train Rides in and Near New York

New York Family

Polar Express and Holiday Train Rides in and Near New York

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The mystery of 26 Federal Plaza’s fifth floor: Volunteers say ICE is taking more immigrants during routine check-ins out of view of observers and press