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.
Michael Crumble and Ramell Markus were convicted of kidnapping a man by gunpoint and burning him with a hot iron, prosecutors said.
Mark Snyder was arrested last week after state officials found illegally made moonshine and stills in the back of the Red Hook Winery.
Craig Hammerman, the former Community Board 6 district manager, faces seven years in prison.
The token booth was accused of pushing and choking a 13-year-old student on her way home from her Red Hook school, the Daily News reported.
The sensors are part of an initiative by the Downtown Brooklyn Partnership to use technology to improve quality of life issues in the area.
The third annual celebration of Mother's Day and Cinco de Mayo returns along Fifth Avenue in Sunset Park on Sunday.
Apartments in the 1 Flatbush Ave. development launched on the city's affordable housing lottery this week.
The man used bank accounts from six people to get cash at banks in Park Slope, Carroll Gardens and Manhattan, police said.
Community Board 6 voted to approve the plan to install a statue of the children's book character in a storytelling garden of the library.
Peete's opened a new all-day cafe at 505 Myrtle Ave. earlier this week, owners said.
The 25 Bond St. Ramen joint plans to close its door after more than five years in the neighborhood at the end of the month, owners said.
The full Community Board 2 nearly unanimously voted down the plan that could bring two giant towers and schools to the area.
Alicia Legall scammed nearly $500,000 from an elderly widow who frequented the diner Legall worked at, prosecutors said.
The man broke into a 58th Street pharmacy earlier this year and stole a drone and bone simulator from inside, police said.
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The city wants an operator to turn the McCarren Park field house into a snack bar and possibly bring two food trucks to it.
NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital partnered with the FDNY to roll out trucks with equipment and medication to treat stroke victims.
The Red Hook Container Terminal and Industry City will sign a nearly 36-year lease to reactive the South Brooklyn Marine Terminal.
The proposed streetcar, which would run from Astoria to Sunset Park, was left out of the of the city's proposed budget, Crain's reported.
A homemade pasta joint, a new pizzeria and more have opened recently in Park Slope.
