Brooklyn

Ozem Goldwire, Autistic Man, Receives Settlement For Coerced Murder Confession, Spending Year In Jail

AP | Posted 11.25.2009 | New York


NEW YORK — The City of New York has agreed to pay $340,000 to an autistic man who spent a year in jail after confessing to a killing he didn't commi...

When Chefs Take Bars Seriously

Ed Levine | Posted 11.24.2009 | Home


Ed Levine

Ed Levine is off this week; Carey Jones, editor of Serious Eats: New York, fills in. [Photos: Robyn Lee] Saul Bolton has a nose for neighborhoods...

Park Slope's Pavilion Cinema Accused Of Having Bed Bugs

Gothamist | Ben Muessig | Posted 11.24.2009 | New York


There's a classic he said/she said playing out at a Park Slope cinema, where moviegoers and theater management are arguing over allegations that the m...

Gun Sales Ring In Brooklyn Broken Up

nytimes.com | KAREEM FAHIM | Posted 11.24.2009 | New York


At City Hall, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and other officials announced they had broken up an illegal gun-sales operation in Brooklyn, while in Times S...

Why 'Obama Fried Chicken' Sign Was Blurred In Clipse 'Popular Demand' Music Video

Politics Daily | David Sessions | Posted 11.23.2009 | Politics


A restaurant in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Brownsville that re-named itself "Obama Fried Chicken" in March is back in the spotlight after it appeare...

Williamsburg Cocaine Bust Nets More Than 18 Kilos, $800,000 In Cash

brooklynpaper.com | Ivan Pereira | Posted 11.20.2009 | New York


Cops busted a Williamsburg super and two others on Wednesday for running hipster drug den out of defunct bar and hiding their stash in a sauna....

Park Slope Restaurants Found To Violate Labor, Wage Laws

Posted 11.20.2009 | New York


More than 20 restaurants in Brooklyn's tony Park Slope neighborhood have been found to be in violation of labor laws, State Labor Commissioner M. Patr...

F Train Accident Leaves At Least One Dead

Posted 11.19.2009 | New York


UPDATE: Gothamist is now reporting that the second victim was the train's operator who was taken to the hospital for "trauma." ********* While full ...

Fall Farmers' Market, at a Sprint

Big Girls, Small Kitchen | Posted 11.19.2009 | New York


Big Girls, Small Kitchen

I sprinted through the market, grabbing things at random, enough for this delicious Rockfish in Fennel-Saffron Broth, Orange Sweet Potatoes and Roasted Fennel.

How to Throw a Party for Books: the NBA's 5 Under 35 Event

Nick Antosca | Posted 11.18.2009 | Books


Nick Antosca

The Book Expo America organizers should watch and learn from the National Book Foundation's 5 under 35 event, which took place Monday night at Brooklyn's PowerHouse Arena.

An Open Letter to the People's Billionaire, Mikhail Prokhorov

Daniel Goldstein | Posted 11.16.2009 | New York


Daniel Goldstein

We don't want the Barclays Arena for the Nets built on top of our Brooklyn neighborhood and our homes. It's a crooked deal -- so crooked you could see the crookedness from Moscow, or even Alaska.

Kevin White, Security Guard, Killed By Police In Norwood Palace Sports Bar Brawl Police

AP | Posted 11.16.2009 | New York


NEW YORK — Police say officers breaking up a brawl at a New York City bar shot one armed man dead and wounded another. They say Kevin White was...

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...