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Brooklyn Heights

Brooklyn Heights’ St. Ann & the Holy Trinity Church awarded $45,000 Sacred Sites grant for restoration

By Gabriele Holtermann

News

‘There is help’: Samantha Goldsmith Fund brings hope to Brooklyn families on Random Acts of Kindness Day

By Olivia Seaman

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Politics

Brooklyn’s Ballots: Breaking down the primary election vote

By Kirstyn Brendlen

Latest News

Detectives investigate a shooting that left a man fatally wounded at 627 Rockaway Parkway

AMNY

Man fatally shot in chest outside Brooklyn home, police say

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AMNY

NYC Mayor’s Race: Billionaire hedge fund manager Bill Ackman backs Mayor Adams, urges Cuomo to bow out of general

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Barclays Center debuts public art honoring 2024 Liberty champions

By Sienna Conaghan

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Bay Ridge

Brooklynites urge Malliotakis to reject Trump’s ‘One Big Beautiful Bill,’ fearing cuts to Medicaid, social services

By Gabriele Holtermann

Queens Post

Council Members Won, Hanif pass bills to protect immigrants from fake lawyers

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AMNY

NYC Mayor’s Race: Mamdani rallies with new labor supporters who once backed Cuomo in general election show of force

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History in the making: Bed-Stuy locals celebrate Willoughby-Hart landmarking

By Anna Bradley-Smith

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Sheepshead Bay Holocaust memorial marks 80 years since liberation

By Robert Pearl

Joey Chestnut, repeat Nathan's Famous Hot Dog Eating Championship winner

AMNY

What you need to know about the Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest

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‘This place is home’: Bensonhurst bids farewell to beloved Bari Pork Store

By Robert Pearl

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Politics

Brooklyn pols take bold stance against Trump, pass landmark immigration protections

By Gabriele Holtermann

Surveillance images released by the NYPD show two women wanted in connection with the June 28 assault of an MTA employee at the New Lots Avenue subway station in Brooklyn.

AMNY

MTA worker ‘visciously’ beaten by fare evaders in Brooklyn subway, police say

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Brooklyn man exonerated for decades-old manslaughter charge after reinvestigation pokes holes in conviction

By Gabriele Holtermann

A modular Portland Loo restroom is delivered to Hoyt Playground in Queens, one of five installed across the city as part of a pilot program to expand public bathroom access

AMNY

Million dollar potties: Five new modular restrooms open in NYC parks topped $1 million each to install

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AMNY

NYC Mayor’s Race: Trump says he’ll ‘arrest’ Mamdani over potential ICE interference, praises Adams’ reelection bid

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Bath Beach

With all votes counted, George Sarantopoulos wins narrow victory in Council District 47 Republican primary

By Kirstyn Brendlen

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News

Why is Brooklyn the best large U.S. city for biking? Here’s how it pedaled to the top

By Olivia Seaman

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Miss Simone is the focus of the forthcoming documentary "Miss Simone & The Queens of Stonewall."

Film screening spotlights forthcoming documentary ‘Miss Simone & The Queens of Stonewall’

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Former Trinidad prime minister denied a pension

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New York Family

What to Know About Amazon Prime Day 2025

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‘Violent theatre of disappearance’: Pols witness aggressive ICE arrests at federal court