Just like his mother before him, Richard Gatto, 71, grew up on an industrial block in Gowanus. Walking through the area where manufacturing is still well and alive with a reporter, Gatto was like a human scrapbook; every commercial building and home was a childhood memory for him. “The building across the street is where […]

MAYOR ADAMS, AT GREECE SUMMIT RECEIVES AWARD FOR FIGHTING ANTISEMITISM: ATHENS, GREECE — New York Mayor Eric Adams lamented the increase in the popularity of antisemitism, during Wednesday’s opening of the 2022 Mayors Summit Against Antisemitism (MSAA) that the City of Athens is hosting.  Adams is in a delegation of more than 50 mayors and municipal […]

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To commemorate Veterans Week, the NIA Community Services Network of Brooklyn recently held its Veterans Appreciation Breakfast in the main ballroom of the Community Club at Fort Hamilton. The event was jointly funded by state Sen. Andrew Gounardes, Assemblymember Peter Abbate and Councilmember Justin Brannan. It was nice to see the continuation of this tradition, which was established and […]

The maniac who randomly attacked a 12-year-old boy on his way to school – beating him with a single crutch – was busted this week, authorities said.  Jamal McIlwain, 28, targeted the unsuspecting kid near the corner of St. Paul’s Place and St. Paul’s Court in Prospect Park South around 7:30 a.m. Nov. 17 – […]

Last week the 1-5 Fort Hamilton Tigers visited the 0-6 Engineers of Brooklyn Tech for the final game of the 2022 regular season. Eager to get their second win, the Tigers quickly scored first on a 35-yard pass play from Mark Kiss to Charles Kitsakos.  Anxious to salvage their winless season, the Engineers quickly answered […]

Allies of Maimonides hospital are accusing former Brooklyn Councilman David Greenfield — — who runs a city anti-poverty group — of being a ringleader in a bitter campaign to undermine the embattled medical facility. The pro-Maimonides forces sent a Nov. 17 letter to Greenfield, executive director of the Metropolitan Council on Jewish Poverty, identifying him as […]

The diner (re)opened its doors in September as Floridian Plaza Diner, with new owners, new staff, and a new look. Source link

STATE AWARDS $7M TO REVEL FOR RED HOOK CHARGING AND JOB TRAINING SITE: NYSERDA (New York State Energy Research and Development Authority) has awarded $7 million to Revel, the Brooklyn-based electric mobility and infrastructure company, as a grand prize awardee for the $85 million New York Clean Transportation Prizes Program in the Electric Mobility Challenge […]

A new food hall opened in Williamsburg on Thursday, bringing 11 diverse new food vendors to the neighborhood: From Korean street food to New York stalwarts like Di Fara Pizza, to exciting first-time entrants like Chicago’s Urbanbelly. Williamsburg Market is the newest incarnation of the space at 103 North Third Street, which housed food hall North […]

The outcomes of three races in southern Brooklyn remained unknown as of Wednesday.  Democratic incumbent Peter Abbate trailed Republican Lester Chang in the 49th Assembly District, which includes Bath Beach, Bensonhurst, Borough Park and Dyker Heights. With 98.73 percent of scanners reporting, Chang, a Navy veteran, had 7,177 votes (52.37 percent) to Abbate’s 6,509 (47.49 […]

NYPD cops shot and killed a domestic violence suspect who fired at them on a Brooklyn street Thursday night, police said. The fatal shooting unfolded after a police sergeant and another cop on patrol heard gunshots ring out while they in the area of West 36th Street and Mermaid Avenue in Coney Island around 10:15 […]