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WEBPolice seek driver of white SUV after 74-year-old killed in Bay Ridge hit-and-run. By Meaghan McGoldrick O'Neil. Kids & Education.
‘We are one now and forevermore’: Hon. Linda Wilson sworn in as …
WEBJan 26, 2024 · Linda Wilson was sworn in as Judge of the Civil Court of the City of New York on Jan. 24, 2024. Photo by Gabriele Holtermann. After her induction, Wilson shared she was about five years old when she realized that she had to be a champion for the people based on a conversation she had with her grandmother. “The spark that set it …
Gobble up: Check out these free Thanksgiving turkey giveaways …
WEBTuesday, Nov. 22. Councilmember Chi Ossé’s office has movesdup their weekly Wellness Wednesday food distribution to Tuesday to accommodate their free turkey giveaway. Stop by the Bed-Stuy Restoration Plaza at 1360 Fulton St. between New York and Brooklyn avenues in Bedford-Stuyvesant from 3 p.m. until supplies last to pick up a turkey and ...
Brooklyn’s population increases by over 230k in 2020 Census results
WEBAug 13, 2021 · Brooklyn’s population increased by over 230,000 people in the past decade, marking the biggest increase of any borough in New York City, and far outpacing expectations, according to newly released 2020 Census data. Kings County’s population now stands at 2,736,074 people — a 9.2 percent jump from the 2010 population of 2,504,700 as ...
History buffs step back in time at Green-Wood Cemetery’s annual …
WEBAug 26, 2024 · The Battle of Brooklyn is recognized as the first major confrontation after the signing of the Declaration of Independence. Much of the confrontation took place on the land now part of The Green-Wood Cemetery campus. The event was full of hands-on learning experiences. One attendee checks out a gun site with dated trinkets.
Brooklyn Book Festival returning this September with nine days of ...
WEBJul 29, 2024 · The Brooklyn Book Festival began in 2006 as a one-day event. Since then, it has survived natural disasters and a global pandemic to become the borough’s staple festival for book-lovers with happenings across Brooklyn.. Festival Day, scheduled for Sunday, Sept. 29 at Borough Hall in Downtown Brooklyn, will allow for a true sense of conversation and discussion.
1940s New York City documented in historic ‘street view’
WEBAug 18, 2020 · The software engineer launched the historic page 1940s.nyc on Aug. 11 — dubbing it “Street View of 1940s New York” — where he charted photos taken between 1939-1951 by the city Tax Department and the New Deal-era Works Progress Administration. Left: A tax photo of the old working waterfront where Brooklyn Bridge Park’s Pier 5 now lives.
Brooklyn to get new Supreme, Family Court judges as Albany …
WEBJun 7, 2022 · The new Supreme Court judges will be on the ballot in the November general election and the winners will be seated in January. Given Brooklyn’s overwhelming majority of registered Democrats, the winner is almost certain to be selected at the Brooklyn Democratic Party’s judicial nominating convention sometime this summer, where the nominees will be selected by elected judicial delegates.
Opinion - Brooklyn Paper
WEBEntertainment. Immersive exhibit captures ‘Dream of Brooklyn’ and its global influence on popular culture; New York City Wine & Food Festival brings smorgasbord of events and celebrity chefs to Brooklyn starting Oct. 17 ‘You call this a storm!?’: Third Avenue Festival draws crowds to Bay Ridge despite dreary weather