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Brooklyn-born jewelry brand Catbird celebrates 20th birthday in Williamsburg
Sign up for our Brooklyn Paper email newsletter to get news, updates, and local insights delivered straight to your inbox!. In 2004, Brooklynite Rony Vardi opened her first store on Metropolitan Avenue in Williamsburg. Catbird, in the beginning, sold an eclectic assortment of items: clothes, art supplies, candles, and jewelry.
Park Slope residents clash over Arrow Linen rezoning at heated community board hearing
Sign up for our Brooklyn Paper email newsletter to get news, updates, and local insights delivered straight to your inbox!. It was standing room only, and barely any of that, at a heated two and a half hour public hearing on the Arrow Linen rezoning application in South Slope held by Community Board 7 Monday night, where 29 residents had the chance to speak to the crowd and many others expressed their views through roaring boos, cheers, signs, and heckles.
‘Steeped in tradition’: Brooklyn firehouse honors fallen on 23rd anniversary of 9/11
Sign up for our Brooklyn Paper email newsletter to get news, updates, and local insights delivered straight to your inbox!. A Brooklyn firehouse honored several of its own on the 23rd anniversary of 9/11, one of many commemorations taking place across Brooklyn and New York City on Wednesday. Members of...
Protected bike lanes are coming to Bedford Avenue
Sign up for our Brooklyn Paper email newsletter to get news, updates, and local insights delivered straight to your inbox!. The city is moving to install a protected bike lane on a 1.5 mile stretch of Bedford Avenue, the Department of Transportation announced Tuesday, more than a year after the agency first pitched the idea.
Seven alleged Folk Nation gang members indicted in connection to 2022 Canarsie drive-by shooting
Sign up for our Brooklyn Paper email newsletter to get news, updates, and local insights delivered straight to your inbox!. Federal prosecutors on Tuesday announced the indictment of seven alleged members of the Folk Nation gang, accusing them of involvement in a 2022 drive-by shooting in Canarsie that left one man hospitalized.
Fight for a ferry continues: Brannan requests study on potential service to Coney Island
Sign up for our Brooklyn Paper email newsletter to get news, updates, and local insights delivered straight to your inbox!. A ferry could finally be in the works for Coney Island. It depends on whether the city council greenlights a bill introduced by Council Member Justin Brannan that would require...
City to close one lane of Staten Island-bound BQE for next 2 weekends to install weigh-in-motion tech
Sign up for our Brooklyn Paper email newsletter to get news, updates, and local insights delivered straight to your inbox!. The Brooklyn-Queens Expressway’s aging triple cantilever has been patched and repaired, and the city is moving now to further protect it from further damage. For the next two weekends,...
Senior affordable housing lottery opens in East Flatbush with rents as low as $0
Sign up for our Brooklyn Paper email newsletter to get news, updates, and local insights delivered straight to your inbox!. An affordable housing lottery has opened specifically for seniors aged 62 and above in a new building in East Flatbush, with rents listed as free but with residents required to have Section 8 and pay 30% of their income on rent.
Conch Shell International Film Festival, highlighting Caribbean filmmakers, coming to Forest Hills this October
Sign up for our QNS email newsletter to get news, updates, and local insights delivered straight to your inbox!. An upcoming film festival will showcase some of the best independent filmmakers, writers and directors from the Caribbean diaspora. Hosted by Conch Shell Productions, a Queens-based nonprofit aimed at amplifying the...
Water restored, repairs ongoing after sinkhole nearly swallowed parked car in Bath Beach
Sign up for our Brooklyn Paper email newsletter to get news, updates, and local insights delivered straight to your inbox!. Repairs are ongoing on Bay 37th Street and Cropsey Avenue after a water main break caused a small sinkhole to appear on Monday morning, temporarily leaving local residents without water.
New York Liberty comes out on top of Las Vegas Aces in nail-biting 75-71 victory
Sign up for our Brooklyn Paper email newsletter to get news, updates, and local insights delivered straight to your inbox!. New York Liberty squeezed out a win against the Las Vegas Aces with a 75-71 victory in front of a sold-out crowd at Barclays Center on Sept. 8. From tip-off,...
Teenager stabbed near Prospect Heights high school days after start of school year
Sign up for our Brooklyn Paper email newsletter to get news, updates, and local insights delivered straight to your inbox!. A 15-year-old boy was stabbed outside a Prospect Heights high school on Monday, just three days into the new school year. Details of the incident were still unclear as of...
Generations of former students bid farewell to Visitation Academy
Sign up for our Brooklyn Paper email newsletter to get news, updates, and local insights delivered straight to your inbox!. On Sept. 4, for the first time in 169 years, Visitation Academy in Bay Ridge was quiet on the first day of classes. The school permanently closed its doors last summer, with the monastery soon to follow.
Hundreds turn out to raise money for ovarian cancer at 16th annual T.E.A.L. 5k
Sign up for our Brooklyn Paper email newsletter to get news, updates, and local insights delivered straight to your inbox!. September is Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month, and on Saturday, ovarian cancer survivors, their families, and loved ones of those who have lost their battle to the “silent killer” embarked on the 16th Annual Brooklyn T.E.A.L. Walk and Run celebration.
Let the antics begin! Brooklyn gears up for 49th annual Atlantic Antic Festival
Sign up for our Brooklyn Paper email newsletter to get news, updates, and local insights delivered straight to your inbox!. Prepare to flood the streets of Brooklyn for the 49th annual Annual Atlantic Antic Festival later this month. Hosted by the Atlantic Avenue Local Development Corporation, the festival will take...
Brooklyn contractors indicted for allegedly defrauding over $1M from COVID-19 Relief Program
Sign up for our Brooklyn Paper email newsletter to get news, updates, and local insights delivered straight to your inbox!. Two Brooklyn contractors have been indicted for allegedly defrauding the federal Paycheck Protection Program of more than $1 million and using the funds to purchase luxury items, including homes and a BMW, according to the Brooklyn District Attorney’s office.
Back on track: Cyclone set to spin again in Coney Island after safety repairs
Sign up for our Brooklyn Paper email newsletter to get news, updates, and local insights delivered straight to your inbox!. The Cyclone is set to spin again in Coney Island. Luna Park, which operates the iconic Brooklyn rollercoaster, announced the ride will reopen this morning, Sept. 7, at 11 a.m. after being closed for the last two weeks for maintenance.
An ace opportunity! Brooklyn teenagers serve as ball kids at U.S. Open
Sign up for our Brooklyn Paper email newsletter to get news, updates, and local insights delivered straight to your inbox!. Young tennis players from Brooklyn stepped into the spotlight at the U.S. Open this month, serving as ball kids for one of the most prestigious tournaments in the world. The...
‘Park Slope Prowler’ arrested after allegedly groping four women near Prospect Park
Sign up for our Brooklyn Paper email newsletter to get news, updates, and local insights delivered straight to your inbox!. A local man accused of groping and harassing at least four women in Park Slope this summer was arrested on Thursday, more than two months after the first incident was reported.
Brooklyn artist Haley Cubell brings vibrant ‘Refractions’ exhibit to the Garment District
Sign up for our Brooklyn Paper email newsletter to get news, updates, and local insights delivered straight to your inbox!. For the past 18 years, the Garment District Alliance has provided artists with the opportunity to showcase their work in unique locations through free, public installations. As a nonprofit, the...
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