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Fake Bomb Left Outside Retired Firefighter's Home

Posted 04.18.2013 | New York

A fake bomb was placed outside the Brooklyn home of a retired FDNY firefighter early Wednesday morning. The Daily News reports the hoax was made w...

Alice Hines

Hungry Families Crowd Food Stamp Centers In NYC

HuffingtonPost.com | Alice Hines | Posted 11.06.2012 | Business

Kayla Noell was having a tough time even before the hurricane. The 21-year-old single mom uses the $526 in food stamps she receives each month to feed...

Inside The Lesser Known Brooklyn Neighborhood

Michelle Manetti | Posted 12.09.2012 | HuffPost Home
Michelle Manetti

Trying to explain why I love my neighborhood is no easy task.

Is 'Brooklyn 11223' The New 'Jersey Shore'?

Posted 03.27.2012 | TV

On the Series Premiere of "Brooklyn 11223" (Mon., 11 p.m. ET on Oxygen) viewers were introduced to the delights of Gravesend, Brooklyn and two rival c...

Bay Ridge Residents Hate On New Reality Show 'Brooklyn 11223'

Posted 02.23.2012 | New York

Brooklynites are up in arms over "Brooklyn 11223," a new television show that residents say portrays them with unflattering, trashbag stereotypes. ...

150 Cod Tongues & A Passion for New Nordic Cuisine

Liza de Guia | Posted 11.20.2011 | Home
Liza de Guia

"Many times, people have asked, 'How in the world did you become involved in this competitive cooking madness?' And, it's weird, because I'm not what ...

WATCH: 300 Rally In Brooklyn Against Serial Sex Attacker

Posted 11.15.2011 | New York

300 people showed up at a rally in Brooklyn Wednesday night as a show of force against sexual predators who have raped one woman and sexually assaulte...

Hugh Carey: New York Mensch

Martin Nolan | Posted 10.11.2011 | New York
Martin Nolan

He had the wit of Jimmy Walker, the vision of Al Smith, the courage of FDR and the energy of Nelson Rockefeller. When New York's history is written, Hugh Leo Carey will have his place as the hero of a dark decade.

George Lucas Kills Brooklyn Bar's Movie Marathon

brooklynpaper.com | LucasFilm Ltd. | Posted 09.06.2011 | New York

Bay Ridge sci-fi lovers were ready to take up blasters and charge the Skywalker Ranch after Star Wars creator George Lucas took a light saber to a mod...

New York City Apartment Hell Pt. 7

David Serchuk | Posted 06.08.2011 | New York
David Serchuk

We like a slightly cozier atmosphere; the prior place kind of reminded me of the Tokyo hotel that so upset Scarlett Johansson in Lost In Translation.

New York City Apartment Hell Pt. 6

David Serchuk | Posted 06.05.2011 | New York
David Serchuk

The first sign that this wasn't going to be yet another typical apartment hunt was that the elevator closed behind us and spoke. "Going up!" a femme-botty voice chirped cheerfully.

New York City Apartment Hell Pt. 4

David Serchuk | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York
David Serchuk

Wherein we are basically extorted by our broker and revisit, once again, a place we didn't even like that much the first time.

New York City Apartment Hell Pt. 3

David Serchuk | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York
David Serchuk

The person showing the place wasn't there; the door was eerily open to the world, looking for all intents and purposes like the opening scene of some kind of cheaply-shot horror movie.

New York City Apartment Hell Pt. 2

David Serchuk | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York
David Serchuk

Sunset Park is one or two subway stops further away from Manhattan than Park Slope, so it's gentrifying accordingly. It is a less pretentious area, but, then again, it has less to be pretentious about.

Christmas in Brooklyn

Jack Schimmelman | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Jack Schimmelman

BAY RIDGE By Brian Merlis /Brooklynpix.com Used by Permission I lived in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn for close to 15 years. During that time I worked at j...

$15 for $30 Worth Of Tapas & Drinks At Vela Tapas

Posted 05.25.2011 | New York

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WATCH: Angry, Conservative Voters In New York City

The Huffington Post | Hunter Stuart | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York

It's election day, and if you work for a news organization, you're expected to go out on the street and talk to voters about how they're feeling, and ...

Astoria Characters: The Self-Made CEO

Nancy Ruhling | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York
Nancy Ruhling

It came about, when Edith O'Donnell was in her late 40s, that she found herself without a husband and without a job. And with two daughters to put through college.

Andrew Kelly: Drunk Cop Hit Vioniqe Valnord, Pals Fled

nypost.com | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York

A boozed-up NYPD officer fatally mowed down a Brooklyn woman yesterday, and his passengers -- including a fellow off-duty cop -- fled the scene as the...