The NYPD is investigating how two American flags that fly at the top of the Brooklyn Bridge were replaced by two white flags.
White flags fly from Brooklyn Bridge in security breach
In a stunning security breach, the giant American flags at the top of both sides of the Brooklyn Bridge were replaced by bleached Old Glories overnight, cops said Tuesday. “We’re…
Brooklyn Bridge White Flag Mystery Deepens: Cops Don't Know Who Did It
NYPD Looking for Help Figuring Out Who Bleached the American Flags
No One Knows Why or How the Brooklyn Bridge's American Flags Were Painted White
Overnight, someone climbed to the top of both the Brooklyn Bridge's two 273-foot towers. According to officials, the American flags are hung by specially trained workers in the Department of Transportation. At the least police are folding up the Brooklyn Bridge white surrender flag in a respectful manner. Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams announced an award for any information about the …
Brooklyn Bridge White Flag Mystery Deepens
The mysterious appearance of two large white flags flying over the Brooklyn Bridge in New York City this morning has the city scrambling to figure out why they were put there.
Mystery White Flags on Brooklyn Bridge Provoke Social Media Frenzy
"We will not surrender"
Brooklyn Bridge mystery: U.S. flags replaced with white flags
Frances Burns NEW YORK, July 22 (UPI) — A bicyclists group took credit Tuesday for replacing the U.S. flags on New York City's best-known bridge with white flags, the sign of surrender.
Police investigate: Who flew white flags from the Brooklyn Bridge?
Two large American flags atop the iconic Brooklyn Bridge were replaced sometime Monday night or Tuesday morning with bleached-out American flags that appeared white from below.
Brooklyn Bridge flag swap remains a mystery for now
NEW YORK — Was it someone’s idea of art, or an attempt to send a political message?
TueNight: How to Get to Know Your Neighbors? Have a Stoop Sale
Like Brooklyn, Philadelphia had plenty of perfect stoops: Cement or red brick stairs that you plop down on whilst sipping a soda, waiting for people to stroll by and spot your amazing — and probably dusty — wares. Read more: Stoop-Sales, Used Books, Used Clothing, Flea Markets, Second-Hand-Clothing, Brooklyn, Tuenight, Garage Sales, New York News
Sarah Stodola: The White Moustache: Best Yogurt Ever?
Made in Brooklyn by a father-daughter team using the family’s longstanding Persian techniques (the brand is named after the father’s signature facial hair), The White Moustache comes with old world cred and a contemporary twist. Read more: Food, Organic Food, Local Food, Brooklyn, The White Moustache, Food News
Robert Whitcomb: Push the Pipeline: Noisy Fun
Because of pollution, global warming and global geopolitics, we obviously need to move away from fossil fuels, especially coal and oil, but also natur… Read more: Metro-North Railroad, Cambridge Management Group, Brooklyn, Gershwin, Pipeline, Pell Center, Kinder Morgan, Putin, Natural Gas, Green News
Julie Grahame: Reality and Imagination: Photo Collage on Coney Island
For this ongoing project titled “Reality and Imagination,” photographer Leslie Jean-Bart spends hours at Coney Island, studying the sea, the sand, the boardwalk, the people, their interactions. Read more: Photography, Boardwalk, Coney Island, Summer, Brooklyn, Collage, Summer Living, Coney Island Photo Collage, Arts News
Former ASA pitcher Gil finding success in minor leagues
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Patrick McCormack Brooklyn DailyPlaying professional baseball was the last thing Isaac Gil thought he would be doing after high school. That was until the budding ace — who had never played organized baseball before college — was discovered by coach Francisco Perez of Brooklyn’s ASA College, and eventually drafted by the Tampa Bay Rays in the 31st round of the 2011 Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft. He hasn’t looked back since. This year with the Hudson Valley Renegades, the Rays short-season Class A affiliate, Gil went 5–0 with a 0.00 ERA in 18.2 innings pitched. He struck out 23 batters and walked just seven. Hudson Valley pitching coach Jorge Moncada sees a lot of potential…
JOE KNOWS: Wounded Warrior softball game should be annual event
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Joseph StaszewskiBrooklyn DailyThere are plenty of distractions in our world — bills to pay, parties to attend, and jobs to do. Sometimes you need a stark jolt to make you look up and see what’s really going on. The softball games featuring the Wounded Warrior Amputee squad were a chance to do that last Saturday at Shore Road Park in Bay Ridge. There needs to be more opportunities like this to appreciate what others have sacrificed for you, and to recognize the courage with which they continue to live their lives to the fullest. “Today, …
HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS: The Courier’s Top 10 Brooklyn high school teams of 2014
Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Joseph StaszewskiBrooklyn DailyThe championships rolled into Brooklyn again this year. So which teams were the cream of the crop? Our sports editor Joseph Staszewski ranked the Top 10 Brooklyn high school teams regardless of sports for the 2013–14 season. The squads were selected keeping in mind their level of dominance in their sport, the level and difficulty of any title won, the historic nature of its season and quality of their overall year. Here…
Former Bishop Loughlin star Frazier preparing for pro career
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Joseph StaszewskiBrooklyn DailyBranden Frazier got a taste of what its like to be a professional basketball player as he begins the process of deciding his future in the sport. The former Fordham University star and Bishop Loughlin standout worked out for the New York Knicks and Brooklyn Nets prior to the NBA Draft. It provided him a look into the ranks of the NBA with the start of his own pro career on the horizon. “The workouts made me prepare for what I am about to do next year,” Frazier said. He took away how…
NOT FOR NUTHIN’: Jo reveals the Hobby Lobby folly
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Joanna DelBuonoBrooklyn DailyOkay, I’m blowing the whistle here and raising the awareness of sexism right here in River City. The recent Supreme Court ruling on Hobby Lobby granted the craft’s chain the right to deny specific forms of birth control for women based on the company’s religious belief. Yet Hobby Lobby has no such problem allowing the insurance carrier to pay for Viagra and the ubiquitous penis pump for men? Huh? Why has the Supreme Court sided with the corporation? Given the present climate, …
NBA dream on hold for former Bishop Ford star Williams
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Joseph StaszewskiBrooklyn DailyChaz Williams has waited all his life for his chance to play in the NBA, but the former Bishop Ford and UMass star is still waiting for a team to take a chance on him. The 5-foot-9 guard went undrafted this year, and did not even make a summer league roster, after working out for the Minnesota Timberwolves, Boston Celtics, Golden State Warriors, Washington Wizards, Utah Jazz, Toronto Raptors, Cleveland Cavaliers and the New York Knicks. Williams had thought his showing in the pre-draft workouts —not to mention his performance at UMass — would be enough to make…
BENSONHURST: Cops: Father and son beat teens with bat
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Max JaegerBrooklyn Daily62 Precinct Bensonhurst—Bath Beach–Gravesend With friends like these… A father-and-son team allegedly laid into two teens with a baseball bat and a bike lock on Bay Parkway near Benson Avenue in Bath Beach on July 14. The 19- and 44-year-old tag team allegedly beat on 15- and 18-year-old victims hard enough to leave cuts and bruises during the 4:10 pm foray, police said. The victims, listed in the report as the aggressors’ “friends,” were taken to Lutheran Medical Center, reports state. Laying brick Police arrested two men after one …