Brooklyn

DUMBO: The New Soho

Gina Pell | Posted 11.13.2009 | New York


Gina Pell

DUMBO is what Soho was in the 80s -- the new new thing -- filled with chic, artsy trendsetters who seem unaware of our bruised economy.

Oreo, Dog That Surivived Roof Toss, Euthanized

AP | CRISTIAN SALAZAR | Posted 11.13.2009 | New York


NEW YORK — A young pit bull mix that survived being thrown off the sixth-floor roof of a Brooklyn building still was not fit to live because of ...

New Coney Island Coming To Brooklyn After $100 Million Land Deal

AP | MARCUS FRANKLIN | Posted 11.13.2009 | New York


NEW YORK — The historic and mostly dormant Coney Island amusement park district in New York City will be revived by next summer with some new at...

A Farm in Danger: Help Save the Bed-Stuy Farm

Leslie Hatfield | Posted 11.13.2009 | New York


Leslie Hatfield

Bed-Stuy Farm, once a garbage dump, was transformed into an urban oasis that produces over 7,000 lbs of fresh food every year. Now, though, the project is threatened by development.

Liquid Marijuana Bust In Brooklyn

nytimes.com | Posted 11.12.2009 | New York


In what the police called an unusual drug arrest, a Brooklyn man was charged on Wednesday with selling liquid marijuana. ...

Bear Stearns Juror: I'd Still Invest With Cioffi, Tannin, U.S. Case Weak

bloomberg.com | Patricia Hurtado and Thom Weidlich | Posted 11.11.2009 | Business


Nov. 11 (Bloomberg) -- Prosecutors missed the mark so widely in the fraud trial of Bear Stearns Cos. hedge fund managers Ralph Cioffi and Matthew Tann...

New York Post Launches Brooklyn Blog

The New York Observer | Molly Fischer | Posted 11.10.2009 | New York


The Post continues its Brooklyn adventures. Last month it started throwing in The Brooklyn Paper for the borough's subscribers; now, its website offer...

SmART Brooklyn Gallery Hop Shines Light On Local Art Scene

Only The Blog Knows Brooklyn | Posted 11.10.2009 | New York


On Saturday, November 21 and Sunday, November 22, 70 participating Brooklyn art galleries will offer visitors outstanding exhibitions and refreshments...

The Pride of Precious Jones

Michael Henry Adams | Posted 11.13.2009 | New York


Michael Henry Adams

Almost every African-American knows, is related to, or is acquainted with a Precious Jones or her mother, Mary.

Despite Victory, Bloomberg Fails To Win Brooklyn

brooklynpaper.com | Tom Callan | Posted 11.04.2009 | New York


Mayor Bloomberg rolled to a third term on Tuesday, but he didn't win Brooklyn. Challenger Bill Thompson won a majority of the ballots cast by borough...

My October "Vacation"

Meredith Lopez | Posted 11.03.2009 | Living


Meredith Lopez

Loose bowl movements, smashed birthday cake and the Bubonic Plague -- just another month the life of the Princeling.

Wrong Way PILOTs Would Crash into Atlantic Yards

Daniel Goldstein | Posted 11.03.2009 | New York


Daniel Goldstein

Imagine the city told you, that instead of paying property taxes on your home you could take the equivalent of the tax you would pay and use it for your mortgage. Not a bad deal...for the homeowner.

Brooklyn Brewery To Expand Thanks To Recession

nytimes.com | PATRICK McGEEHAN | Posted 11.03.2009 | New York


Less than two years ago, the Brooklyn Brewery found itself in a bind that had squeezed many companies out of New York. It wanted to expand, but the ra...

Joe Nardiello, City Council Candidate, Annoys Voters With Fake Parking Tickets

Gothamist | Posted 11.02.2009 | New York


If you awoke this morning with a parking ticket on your windshield, look closely, because the reviled orange and white leaflet might actually be a pie...

The Death of a Hospital

NYCity News Service | NYCity News Service | Posted 10.30.2009 | Home

Read More: Brooklyn, Jamaica, Home News

For the past few weeks, hope that a health care provider would save Jamaica's 108-year-old Mary Immaculate Hospital seemed to fade with each IV pole, ...

NYPD Probe Incident Between White Cop, Black Detectives

nydailynews.com | By John Marzulli | Posted 10.28.2009 | New York


The NYPD is investigating a confrontation between white uniformed cops and black hate-crime detectives who claim they were racially profiled, the Dail...

Super Mom: Melissa Lopata

Meredith Lopez | Posted 10.30.2009 | Living


Meredith Lopez

When a woman feels creatively, spiritually, and emotionally fulfilled, then she has the mental and physical energy to be the best mom she can be: a Super Mom.

The Specter of Condemnation: What Isn't Public Use?

Daniel Goldstein | Posted 10.27.2009 | New York


Daniel Goldstein

Most observers wouldn't consider luxury condos and a privately owned basketball arena with lucrative naming rights accruing solely to the developer -- Atlantic Yards -- to be a "public use."

Fire Truck Crash Injures Several, Flips Rig

nydailynews.com | Posted 10.27.2009 | New York


Two fire trucks collided, injuring several firefighters and leaving one rig on its side. ...

Could the White House Save the Gowanus Canal?

John Petro | Posted 10.27.2009 | New York


John Petro

The Gowanus Canal in Brooklyn: both a site for a future Whole Foods and a potential federal Superfund site. Only in New York.

Drano Bomb Found In Williamsburg Early Sunday Morning

nydailynews.com | Sarah Armaghan and Jonathan Lemire | Posted 10.26.2009 | New York


The NYPD bomb squad detonated a suspected "Drano bomb" on a street in trendy Williamsburg, Brooklyn, early Sunday, police said....

A Pileup of Lawsuits Slams Atlantic Yards

Daniel Goldstein | Posted 10.22.2009 | New York


Daniel Goldstein

Where are the charges of frivolity when it comes to Ratner's, Bloomberg's and Paterson's hardheaded goal of building the most expensive arena in history, in the middle of a recession and housing crisis?

Debunking The Heroin Craze

nypress.com | Matt Harvey | Posted 10.22.2009 | New York


HE WEARS A black hoodie to protect himself from the cold rain. The baby-faced guy is Dominican, probably in his early twenties. He rushes by me at the...

Nets May Move to Newark Before Brooklyn

Joe Territo | Posted 10.22.2009 | New York


Joe Territo

The Nets attracted large crowds to two preseason games that they played in Newark and as a result are interested in playing regular season games there.

Robert Mormando Renounces Mafia At Trial

AP | Posted 10.20.2009 | New York


NEW YORK — A would-be hit man has renounced the Mafia in a New York courtroom, surprising the federal judge who was sentencing him. Judge Jack ...