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Politics

NYC Primaries | Meet the candidates for Brooklyn’s City Council District 38

By Max Levine Murray

NY: FLAG Award

Kids & Education

Special education teacher at Sunset Park school wins $25,000 FLAG Award for Excellence

By Gabriele Holtermann

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Sunset Park man sentenced to prison for fatal stabbing former partner

By Kirstyn Brendlen

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FDNY investigates ladder failure after man falls to death during Sunset Park fire evacuation

By Lloyd Mitchell

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Food & Drink

From street eats to streetwear: Complex Family Style Festival makes Brooklyn debut at Industry City

By Meaghan McGoldrick O'Neil

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News

Park Slope man gets 12 years for shooting unarmed victim in Sunset Park dispute: DA

By Meaghan McGoldrick O'Neil

NY: Rally to Save United Senior Center of Sunset Park

Landlords in the Crosshairs

‘It’s our second home’: Sunset Park seniors fight to save cherished center facing rent hike

By Gabriele Holtermann

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News

Grave work: Students learn masonry by restoring Green-Wood’s monuments

By Susan De Vries

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News

Empire Wind 1 project at South Brooklyn Marine Terminal faces setback as Trump admin halts construction

By Gabriele Holtermann

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News

‘The rents just keep going up’: Pols, tenants rally for rent freeze in Sunset Park

By Gabriele Holtermann

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News

City takes first step toward ‘revitalization’ of Brooklyn Marine Terminal, work to begin next month

By Barbara Russo-Lennon

Arts & Entertainment

Brooklyn Farmacy claims egg cream crown at SeltzerFest’s National Egg Cream Invitational

By Meaghan McGoldrick O'Neil

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Food & Drink

A neighborhood ‘Haven’: How an old-school Irish pub became a Sunset Park icon — and St. Patrick’s Day staple

By Layna Cummings

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Health

Nurses at NYU Langone Hospital-Brooklyn receive immediate raise after reaching contract agreement, avoiding strike

By Kirstyn Brendlen

Bandai Namco hosted a preview of its new store in Japan Village at Industry City.

Arts & Entertainment

Japanese entertainment giant Bandai Namco expands to U.S. with flagship Industry City store

Paul Frangipane & Adam Daly

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Hospitals in Crisis

Nurses at NYU Langone Hospital-Brooklyn prepare to strike as contract negotiations continue

By Kirstyn Brendlen

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New York Cares distributes 500 winter coats in Sunset Park as annual coat drive reaches its end

By Adam Daly

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Kids & Education

Facing ‘unsustainable’ low enrollment and financial struggles, Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Academy will close in June

Kirstyn Brendlen & Adam Daly

I GOT A STORY TO TELL Exhibition at Industry City

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‘I GOT A STORY TO TELL’: Industry City exhibit celebrates the art and narratives of Black women

By Paul Frangipane & Adam Daly

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Politics

AM Lester Chang sworn in for second term, calls for unity and community service

By Robert Pearl

More from Around New York

The 2025 NYC Pride March lined the streets of Manhattan in commemoration of the 1969 Stonewall Uprising.

NYC Pride March brings the heat on a sizzling Sunday in Manhattan

Dancers entertained the large crowd at the 2024 Folk Festival at the Old Boys High School grounds, at 746 Rutland Rd., Brooklyn.

Guyana Cultural Association NY marks 25th Anniversary with Summer–Fall cultural series

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New York Family

NYC Public Pools Are Now Open for the Summer Season!

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NYPD fumes over gay officers’ group’s ‘disgraceful’ exclusion from Pride March