Nicholas Rizzi covers parts of Brooklyn for Patch including Park Slope, Gowanus, Sunset Park and Red Hook. Before joining Patch, he worked as a reporter/producer for DNAinfo where he covered Staten Island.
His work has appeared in City Limits Magazine, the New York Daily News, the Local blog on the New York Times and the Staten Island Advance. Nick got a master's degree from the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism where he concentrated on urban reporting.
Nick was born, raised and still lives on Staten Island. He can be found making bad jokes on Twitter at @nickr15. Send any tips to nick.rizzi@patch.com.
Residents complained that Mettā blowing smoke into their windows made it like living next to a campfire, the New York Post reported.
Adams called for a cap of 600-feet for one of the towers, instead of the planned 986-feet, along with a new subway entrance nearby.
The Sanitation Department will only collect organic waste once a week on recycling days starting next month.
The plans, pre-filed last week, call to build the 346,508-square-foot building at 640 Columbia St., city records show.
Richard Cuccurullo, 25, was charged with aggravated harassment after he threatened to stab his co-worker for sleeping in his bed.
Councilman Carlos Menchaca called on the city to review the permits and violations for the S.W. Bowne Grain Storehose after the fire.
The 17-foot-tall statue of three white northern rhinos was originally installed at Astor Place but was moved to Downtown Brooklyn.
The MMA-star briefly appeared in Brooklyn court Thursday over charges stemming from an April incident in the Barclays Center.
The third and fourth floors of the S.W. Bowne Grain Storehouse caught fire on Thursday night, a spokesman for the FDNY said.
NewYork-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital's new Center for Community Health plans to open its doors in 2020.
Russians in Brooklyn cheered their native team during the World Cup opener while sipping tea in a bathhouse.
Developers filed new rendering for a planned townhouse to take over a long-empty lot on St. Felix Street, New York YIMBY reported.
The spot, at 399 Sands St., could bring between 700 to 1,000 new jobs to the city, officials said.
The man was cycling on the roadway of the Brooklyn Bridge when he was struck by a car early Thursday morning, police said.
The Downtown Brooklyn Partnership will host two pop-up piano bars at Willoughy Plaza with musicians Clare Cooper and Franca Vercelloni.
The 10-foot-tall statue, created by Elliot Arkin, depicts the famous artist as a gardener mowing a lawn.
The American Legion in Park Slope was originally told to move the bench painted with an American Flag, but the city changed their tune.
A lawyer for Dorothy Bruns said that she was punched in the face by a prisoner while being held at Rikers Island, the Daily News reported.
The authorized man on the tracks at the Times Square station disrupted service on the N, Q, R, W, B and F trains on Wednesday morning.
Ex-Assemblywoman Pamela Harris pled guilty to pocketing nearly $60,000 in public funds meant for a non-profit and Hurricane Sandy relief.
