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A man who showed up to the hospital shot in the chest earlier this week was one of two victims from a shooting on Remsen Avenue, cops said.
The Brooklyn Academy of Music theater will open on June 11 with limited capacity.
The Upper West Side store is the second for young Flatbush entrepreneur Obocho Peters, who founded a thrifting business at just 9 years old.
A new ranking of the best hamburgers in New York City featured eight in Brooklyn, including one in Prospect Heights.
The 47-year-old man was found stabbed in the chest in the Artel Hotel lobby on Malcolm X Boulevard, police said.
The fire broke out just before 6:30 a.m. on Pulaski Street and took more than 100 firefighters to extinguish, officials said.
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The first "Pride on Atlantic Avenue" event will correlate with Brooklyn Pride Week in June.
Broadway's intersection with Lafayette and Patchen avenues has seen 37 crashes where someone was hurt in five years, according to the city.
The development, which faced a lawsuit in 2019, will have 200 more apartments in its first phase than originally planned, BKLYNER reports.
The mobile vaccine site will let those from neighborhoods hardest hit by the pandemic enter to win Nets playoff tickets, the mayor said.
Tyquan Walden, who lives on Marcy Avenue, was arrested last week when cops found his car illegally parked, according to police and reports.
The woman was found shot in the head on Monday night, police said.
Here are the must-read Patch NYC stories for Monday, May 17.
An East Flatbush doctor accused of selling thousands of narcotics for cash pleaded guilty on Monday, prosecutors announced.
Vaccinated fans will get half of the available seats at the Barclays Center for their the Brooklyn Nets playoff run, Gov. Cuomo said Monday.
The company, which has more than 50 Brooklyn buildings, is running what elected officials say is a new kind of predatory landlord strategy.
The 31-year-old man died from his injuries early Monday morning, police said.
Brandon Washington was found unconscious a few blocks from his home on Friday, police said.
Community Board 8 agreed not to support an apartment building planned for Atlantic Avenue unless it returns as a smaller proposal.
