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News

Green-Wood Cemetery’s new visitor center nears completion

By Susan De Vries

NY: NYCEDC celebrates Pier6 6 ground breaking

Parks

From rust to oasis: Pier 6 in Sunset Park breaks ground on $25M transformation into public green space

By Gabriele Holtermann

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News

Access denied: Goldman again blocked from touring Sunset Park prison housing ICE detainees

By Gabriele Holtermann

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After fatal hit-and-run, local pols and street safety advocates slam delay of Third Avenue safety plan

By Gabriele Holtermann

people holding sunflower cutouts at solar event

Environment

‘By and for the people’: Brooklyn launches city’s first community-led solar project in Sunset Park

By Gabriele Holtermann

ferry near brooklyn bridge

Proposed changes to NYC Ferry routes would connect Bay Ridge and Staten Island; affect stops in other waterfront nabes

By Barbara Russo-Lennon

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Politics

Brooklyn pols demand halt to immigrant detainee transfers to troubled MDC

By Gabriele Holtermann

A view of Third Avenue under the Gowanus Expressway in Sunset Park, Brooklyn where two pedestrians were killed in a hit-and-run.

AMNY

Staten Island man booked in deadly Brooklyn hit-and-run that killed two pedestrians

people marching in independence day parade

News

PHOTOS: Brooklyn breaks out the red, white and blue for the 118th annual American Independence Day Parade

By Kirstyn Brendlen

candidates for council district 38 primaries

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

empire wind 1 project

News

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

By Gabriele Holtermann

rent freeze rally

News

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

By Gabriele Holtermann

brooklyn marine terminal

News

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

By Barbara Russo-Lennon

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Michael Seltzer, who co-founded Funders for LGBTQ issues and Funders Concerned ABout AIDS, died on July 31 at the age of 78.

Michael Seltzer, visionary in gay and AIDS philanthropy, has died at 78

Costume designer and band leader Natasha Hinds of Karibbean Island Pulse Kidz, surrounded by costumes ready for children to compete in the August 30 Junior costume competition on the streets of Crown Heights, and the Brooklyn Museum grounds.

Karibbean Island Pulse Kidz to depict the five senses of carnival in junior competition on Aug. 30

Boarding Schools for Students to Excel and Thrive

New York Family

Boarding Schools for Students to Excel and Thrive

cop on a subway platform

Hateful robber on Manhattan subway train threatens to call ICE on victim, then beats him: cops