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alamo drafthouse strike

Downtown

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

By Adam Daly

macy's jewel thief

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

High-speed ambulance on a New York City street

Downtown

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

By Adam Daly

opening of downtown brooklyn cultural center

Arts & Entertainment

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

By Lauren Rapp

juvenile detention sexual abuse lawsuits

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

By Lauren Rapp

macy's fulton street

Business

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

By Adam Daly

84th precinct stationhouse

84th Precinct: New Year’s Nightmare

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Bedford-Stuyvesant

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

84th precinct stationhouse

84th Precinct: Loaves and stitches

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Stranded for hours: Downtown Brooklyn subway power outage exposes MTA challenges

By Barbara Russo-Lennon

NY: Santa Claus visits ICL Community

Kids & Education

Decade of joy: Downtown Brooklyn Santa brings smiles to ICL families

By Gabriele Holtermann

NY: Tree Lighting Ceremony

Downtown

Fulton Mall shines bright with annual tree lighting and holiday celebration

By Gabriele Holtermann

NY: Happy Munkey Opens in Fulton Mall

Leaves of Grass

‘Breaking glass ceilings’: Happy Munkey opens Fulton Mall’s first legal cannabis dispensary

By Gabriele Holtermann

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Brooklyn residents targeted in youth basketball donation scam: NYPD

By Adam Daly

NY: 505 State Street

A new era: Inside 505 State Street, NYC’s first fully electric skyscraper in Downtown Brooklyn

By Gabriele Holtermann

bus crash downtown brooklyn

Moped rider fatally struck by coach bus in Downtown Brooklyn

By Ben Brachfeld

junior's cheesecake election day

Politics

How sweet it is! Junior’s honors Election Day history with half-off cheesecake

By Meaghan McGoldrick O'Neil

More from Around New York

The Rainbow Flag and American Flag at the Stonewall National Monument on Feb. 13.

Rainbow Flag continues to fly at Stonewall National Monument after defiant re-raising ceremony

Walter T. Mosely, Lenny Singletary and Mae Thomas.

Brooklyn civic leader Mae Thomas, 108, remembered as Bed-Stuy mainstay

Shot of an old ship in New York Harbor, depicting the NYC Revolutionary Trail.

New York Family

NYC Revolutionary Trail Launches June 2026: A Free AR Walking Tour for Families

Brooklyn subway platform where two women were assaulted

Suspect questioned for deranged Brooklyn subway assaults on women, including shoving one victim onto tracks