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cypress hills park shooting

Two teens shot in Cypress Hills park in Brooklyn’s third double shooting in as many days

By Lloyd Mitchell & Robert Pozarycki

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News

Runners contend with brutal heat and humidity at 2025 RBC Brooklyn Half Marathon

By Kirstyn Brendlen

NY: Fabulous Fifth

Park Slope

PHOTOS | Thousands flock to Park Slope for annual Fabulous Fifth Avenue Fair

By Gabriele Holtermann

Ring and Banner

Liberty raise first WNBA Championship banner, defeat Aces in season opener at Barclays Center

By Meaghan McGoldrick O'Neil

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NYC Mayor’s Race: Mamdani asks supporters to donate to opponent Speaker Adams in bid to block Cuomo

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QNS

Brooklyn man indicted for fatal stabbing of Flushing sex worker in 2022: DA

Coney Island History Project

Coney Island History Project kicks off summer season with two new exhibits exploring urban change and streetscapes

By Gabriele Holtermann

Scene of Brooklyn stabbing

AMNY

Security guard questioned in stabbing at Brooklyn event venue that left man critically injured

woman speaking at a podium during a rally for better bus service in Brooklyn

AMNY

Brooklyn bus service rally goes political as NYC mayoral candidates slam Adams, Cuomo over slow service for New Yorkers

rescue workers at the scene of a ship crash into Brooklyn Bridge.

AMNY

Brooklyn Bridge ship crash: 2 sailors now dead as investigation into how tragic collision occurred continues

Detectives investigate a deadly double shooting on New Jersey Avenue in Brooklyn on May 17, 2025.

AMNY

Brooklyn double shooting leaves 18-year-old man dead, woman injured – and suspects at large

Duane Reade pharmacy in Brooklyn closing this spring

AMNY

Two Duane Reade shops in Brooklyn and Manhattan closing this spring due to pharmacy chain cutbacks

carroll gardens library

Carroll Gardens

Temporary Carroll Gardens Library to open in ‘underutilized’ Community Board 6 office space this summer

By Kirstyn Brendlen

NY: The Fabulous Fifth Avenue Fair

BP Weekender: 6 things to do in Brooklyn May 16-18

By Brooklyn Paper

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A new name for the Third Avenue Bridge

NY: Digital Day at BPL

Bedford-Stuyvesant

Brooklyn Public Library launches Digital Discovery Day to boost tech skills at Bed-Stuy branch

By Gabriele Holtermann

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Politics

NYC Primaries | Meet the candidates in South Brooklyn’s District 47 Council contest

By Abbie Greenbaum

A fire in a two story Brooklyn house left three people with minor injuries on Friday, May 16.

AMNY

FDNY takes down first floor fire in Brooklyn home

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Bedford-Stuyvesant

Walk this way: Bed-Stuy street tour digs into local history and architecture

By Susan De Vries

person on stage NEA funding cuts

News

‘That’s really low’: Brooklyn arts orgs scramble for funding after NEA abruptly cancels grants

By Kirstyn Brendlen

More from Around New York

A picture depicting the late Pope Francis and Pope Leo XIV prior to his election is displayed as Bishop Edinson Edgardo Farfan Cordova speaks during a press conference, following the election of Pope Leo XIV, in Chiclayo, Peru, May 9, 2025.

Thoughts on popes, old and new — and their surprises on LGBTQ issues

Jamaica's Minister of Culture & Gender & Entertainment and Sports Olivia Grange with actress / singer Grace Jones and reggae icon King Yellowman.

Celebrate Brooklyn – a fabulous diva will soon grace New York

Horseback Riding Lessons in and Around New York City

New York Family

Where to Find Horseback Riding Lessons In and Around New York City

Staten Island intersection

Bronx man killed by e-scooter driver while crossing Staten Island street