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Zhuang defends actions, accuses NYPD of police brutality after protest arrest
Sign up for our Brooklyn Paper email newsletter to get news, updates, and local insights delivered straight to your inbox!. Council Member Susan Zhuang defended her actions and accused police of excessive force a day after she was arrested and charged with assault for allegedly biting a police officer during a protest in Gravesend.
Bay Ridge teen turns lockdown blues into art, premieres pandemic-inspired musical at Old Stone House
Sign up for our Brooklyn Paper email newsletter to get news, updates, and local insights delivered straight to your inbox!. Native Brooklynite and Bay Ridge resident Joshua Cantone, a rising junior at LaGuardia Arts High School, has always loved music. Coming from a musical family, the exploration of the art form was always encouraged. He started taking piano lessons at the young age of three and began acting in plays in elementary school.
Brooklyn’s Sweetest: Maria the Ice Cream Girl keeps 80-year family legacy alive
Sign up for our Brooklyn Paper email newsletter to get news, updates, and local insights delivered straight to your inbox!. There is nothing better than hearing the songs of an ice cream truck on a hot summer day, rushing to grab some cash and waiting on the curb for the truck to come down the street. For the last 80 years, Brooklyn has had the Campanella family to thank for countless frozen treats and sweet summer memories.
Young bandits strike twice: Group of teens wanted for Bushwick robbery spree
Sign up for our Brooklyn Paper email newsletter to get news, updates, and local insights delivered straight to your inbox!. Police are asking for help identifying five male suspects — all said to be between the ages of 14 to 16 years old — who are wanted in connection with a robbery spree and the alleged assaults of victims who tried to intervene in Bushwick.
Op-Ed: Jeffries needs to address poverty in his district
Sign up for our Brooklyn Paper email newsletter to get news, updates, and local insights delivered straight to your inbox!. Hakeem Jeffries, the House Minority Leader and the highest-ranking Democrat in the House of Representatives, is one of the most influential leaders in Washington, DC. But, first and foremost, Jeffries’ job is to represent 750,000 people in the 8th Congressional District of New York. And many of those individuals are hurting.
Mayor holds back on condemnation after Council Member Susan Zhuang’s arrest for alleged assault on NYPD officer
Sign up for our Brooklyn Paper email newsletter to get news, updates, and local insights delivered straight to your inbox!. Mayor Eric Adams and some other city elected officials are not rushing to condemn City Council Member Susan Zhuang (D-Brooklyn) following her Wednesday arrest for allegedly biting a high-ranking NYPD officer.
With an eye on the past, Ample Hills hits a sweet spot in Brooklyn
Sign up for our Brooklyn Paper email newsletter to get news, updates, and local insights delivered straight to your inbox!. Ample Hills Creamery has been through many iterations since it was founded in 2011. At its peak, the Brooklyn-based scoop shop had more than a dozen locations spread across three...
Clark vs. Reese: Rookie rivalry heats up WNBA season
Sign up for our Brooklyn Paper email newsletter to get news, updates, and local insights delivered straight to your inbox!. The 2024 WNBA season is off to a hot start, and one topic that’s been fueling the fire is the Rookie of the Year race between Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark and Chicago Sky forward Angel Reese. That race arrived in Brooklyn last week, when the Sky faced off against the New York Liberty at Barclays Center on July 11 and 13.
Council Member Susan Zhuang, others arrested at protest against Gravesend homeless shelter
Sign up for our Brooklyn Paper email newsletter to get news, updates, and local insights delivered straight to your inbox!. Council Member Susan Zhuang and a number of other southern Brooklyn residents were arrested early on Wednesday morning during an impromptu protest at the future site of a homeless shelter in Gravesend.
Formerly homeless artist inspires Brooklyn youth through therapeutic ‘Heal Through Art’ program
Sign up for our Brooklyn Paper email newsletter to get news, updates, and local insights delivered straight to your inbox!. A formerly homeless artist is using his story and talents to encourage young minds in need of a creative outlet through his program, Heal Through Art, in select public schools and community centers in the borough.
Clinton Hill duo jailed for swindling $227k from 94-year-old neighbor
Sign up for our Brooklyn Paper email newsletter to get news, updates, and local insights delivered straight to your inbox!. Two Brooklyn men have been sentenced to prison for scheming and robbing a 94-year-old woman of nearly $227,000. Humberto Nunez of Clinton Hill and Mahilima Baa of Stuyvesant Heights were...
New porous pavement to mitigate flooding on Brooklyn streets
Sign up for our Brooklyn Paper email newsletter to get news, updates, and local insights delivered straight to your inbox!. The city is testing out a new form of green infrastructure to help prevent flooding in Brooklyn: porous pavement. Seven miles of porous pavement will be installed along a network...
BRIC’s annual music festival, Celebrate Brooklyn!, bridges cultural gaps with eclectic lineup, community commitment
Sign up for our Brooklyn Paper email newsletter to get news, updates, and local insights delivered straight to your inbox!. Artists across the creative spectrum are exploring cultural nuances during BRIC’s annual summer concert series, Celebrate Brooklyn!. Since its inception, BRIC has been dedicated to celebrating the true spirit...
Nathan’s Famous rolls back prices to 1916, offers 5-cent franks for National Hot Dog Day
Fresh from its international hot dog eating contest this Fourth of July, Nathan’s Famous is continuing the hot dog craze with a deal that takes customers back in time. In honor of National Hot Dog Day on Wednesday, July 17, the iconic eatery will serve up hot dogs for just 5 cents — a throwback to the original price when Nathan’s opened in 1916.
All hands on deck! Volunteers beautify Coney Island on City of Water Day
Sign up for our Brooklyn Paper email newsletter to get news, updates, and local insights delivered straight to your inbox!. Coney Island do-gooders lent a helping hand to beautify the area’s garden and shorelines in celebration of City of Water Day on Saturday, July 13. The regionally recognized event...
Pump the brakes! SONIC opens premiere Brooklyn drive-through in East New York
Sign up for our Brooklyn Paper email newsletter to get news, updates, and local insights delivered straight to your inbox!. SONIC is shifting gears with the borough’s first full-fledged drive-through. The iconic fast food chain, founded in 1953, has become the largest drive-in restaurant brand in the United States....
Brooklyn Botanic Garden launches ‘Jazz in July’ concert series
Sign up for our Brooklyn Paper email newsletter to get news, updates, and local insights delivered straight to your inbox!. Brooklyn Botanic Garden last week kicked off a unique concert series, Jazz in July, in celebration of its summer exhibition, “Natural Attractions: A Plant-Pollinator Love Story.”. This exhibition aims...
New street photography exhibit ‘They’re There’ opens at the Corner Gallery
Sign up for our Brooklyn Paper email newsletter to get news, updates, and local insights delivered straight to your inbox!. A new exhibition titled “They’re There,” featuring the works of six street photographers, debuted last week at the Corner Gallery inside Brooklyn Made at City Point. Curator...
BKCM’s Jazz Leaders Fellowship empowers Black musicians with $12,500 award and support
Sign up for our Brooklyn Paper email newsletter to get news, updates, and local insights delivered straight to your inbox!. The Brooklyn Conservatory of Music (BKCM) has named Goussy Célestin and Keyanna “Key” Hutchinson as this year’s Jazz Leaders Fellowship winners. Each artist will receive $12,500, plus rehearsal space and curatorial opportunities to support their musical ambitions.
Turning the page: Library lovers and officials celebrate return of Sunday service at Grand Army Plaza branch
Elected officials and bookworms celebrated the return of Sunday service at seven library branches across the city on July 14, following an agreement between Mayor Eric Adams and the City Council last month to restore $58.3 million in funding to the New York, Brooklyn, and Queens public library systems for fiscal year 2025.
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