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parents stand outside p.s. 176 protesting asbestos issues

‘We want answers’: Parents protest over asbestos fears at P.S. 176 in Dyker Heights

By Megan McGibney

Detectives investigate shot fired at DeKalb Avenue and Bedford Avenue.

AMNY

Police investigating shots that rang out in Brooklyn

Students on cell phones in schools

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Cellphone ban will start at NYC Public Schools in September; here’s what to know

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After 10 years, Our Wicked Lady to close permanently on July 21

By Kirstyn Brendlen

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Bay Ridge

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

By Barbara Russo-Lennon

Mayor Eric Adams smiling and wearing suit as he walks near glass door

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NYC Mayor’s Race: Adams raises $1.5M over past month, on heels of CFB again denying him public funds

Tom Donlon sworn in as interim NYPD commissioner in September 2024, a role he now claims in a federal lawsuit was undermined by systemic corruption and political interference

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Bombshell lawsuit: Ex-Police Commissioner Tom Donlon claims Mayor Adams and NYPD leaders ran department as ‘criminal enterprise’

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Bedford-Stuyvesant

Appeals court halts removal of Bedford Avenue bike lane

By Kirstyn Brendlen

foolproof-whiskey-wall

Inside Foolproof: Williamsburg’s bold 500-bottle whiskey bar

By Olivia Seaman

man in tanktop sought for beating Brooklyn straphanger with cane

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Irate Brooklyn straphanger beat senior with his own cane over train delay: cops

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Bedford-Stuyvesant

‘Brazen’ Brooklyn smoke shop killer sentenced for shooting mother-of-four and her dog

By Gabriele Holtermann

Mayor Eric Adams speaking in suit and tie at podium

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NYC Mayor’s Race: Eric Adams to be endorsed by slew of law enforcement unions

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Greenpoint

Locals split over proposed mixed-use development, Monitor Point, near Bushwick Inlet Park

By Kirstyn Brendlen

man with beard and suit Mamdani speaking at podium with microphones in front of him

AMNY

NYC Mayor’s Race: Mamdani heads into talks with business, Democratic leaders with ‘desire for partnership’

Brooklyn Org Volunteer Day 2025

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Brooklyn Org launches microgrants to boost small nonprofits

By Gabriele Holtermann

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Nathan’s Famous invites NYC to ‘Follow the Frank Line’ straight to Coney Island

By Olivia Seaman

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Brooklyn Children’s Museum marks anniversary with Smurfs celebration, $10,000 gift from Paramount Pictures

By Meaghan McGoldrick O'Neil

politicians rally outside MDC

Brooklyn pols demand halt to immigrant detainee transfers to troubled MDC

By Gabriele Holtermann

columbia street concrete recycling facility

Columbia St Waterfront

After months of backlash, city to close concrete recycling facility in Columbia Waterfront District

By Kirstyn Brendlen

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Bay Ridge

Bay Ridge street renamed for heroic 9/11 first responder, FDNY paramedic Peter L. Bushey

By Olivia Seaman

More from Around New York

Joe Lovett, survived by his husband, Dr. Jim Cottrell, died July 14 at the age of 80.

Joe Lovett, gay TV producer and documentarian who tackled gay and AIDS issues, dies at 80

New York State Attorney General Letitia James speaks at a news conference in New York, U.S., June 11, 2019.

James welcomes court order upholding birthright citizenship

40 New After-School Programs Coming to NYC Next Month: Is Your Child’s School on the List?

New York Family

40 New After-School Sites Coming to NYC Next Month: Is Your Child’s School on the List?

Man with beard and suit speaking Zohran Mamdani

In wake of mass shooting, Mamdani says past NYPD-bashing posts ‘out of step’ with his mayoral bid