Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Matthew PerlmanThe Brooklyn PaperThere will be no white flag above our door. Two flags of surrender mysteriously took the place of the American flags atop the Brooklyn … [Read entire story]
DOWNTOWN: Eric Adams: $5,000 reward for white-flag ‘terrorist’
Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Matthew PerlmanThe Brooklyn PaperBorough President Adams said that, far from being a harmless prank, Tuesday’s Brooklyn-Bridge-flag incident was an act of … [Read entire story]
The Knight shift! Help choose the new Nets mascot
See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.The Brooklyn Paper’s Sports and Anthropomorphizing BureauThe Brooklyn PaperThe Nets ditched their much-maligned mascot the Brooklyn Knight last week, meaning the hunt is on for a replacement that captures the … [Read entire story]
FORT GREENE: Police: Help us find this armed-robbery suspect
See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Matthew PerlmanThe Brooklyn PaperPolice are asking for the public’s help in identifying a believed-to-be 20-year-old robbery suspect in this photo, wanted for a June 18 robbery in Fort Greene Park. The … [Read entire story]
SUNDAY SCREECH: This week’s Screech — in an easy-to-open package!
See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Carmine Santa MariaThe Brooklyn PaperI’m madder than a starving great white shark who had his tiny brain set on eating a shell-covered sea turtle and ended up spending thousands of dollars on dental … [Read entire story]
MEAN STREETS: Flatbush Avenue jaywalk ends in death
See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Noah HurowitzThe Brooklyn PaperA Staten Island woman died on Monday night when a driver hit her on Flatbush Avenue near the Prospect Park Zoo, police said. Sokhna Niang, 49, was crossing Flatbush Avenue around … [Read entire story]
SUNDAY SCREECH: Wassa matta! Youse don’t tink Carmine speaks good Italian?
See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Carmine Santa MariaThe Brooklyn PaperI’m madder than Pavorotti with frog in his throat after he ran out of hair dye over the fact that my sainted mother never taught me how to speak the mother tongue … [Read entire story]
FORT GREENE: Handguns, heroin, and four-wheelers in Fort Greene bust
Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Matthew PerlmanThe Brooklyn PaperA police raid on a storage unit in Fort Greene on Monday led to the arrest of three men and the seizure of several guns, more than a dozen … [Read entire story]
BROOKLYN HEIGHTS: Police: Corpse found in East River next to Brooklyn Bridge Park
See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Matthew PerlmanThe Brooklyn PaperPolice found a man’s body floating in the water near Brooklyn Bridge Park’s Pier 6 on Monday morning. A caller reported a person in the East River at 6:20 am, police … [Read entire story]
POLITICS: Councilman tweets photo with anti-gay rapper Lord Jamar
See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Matthew PerlmanThe Brooklyn PaperCareful who you tweet for. Councilman and avowed hip–hop fan Jumaane Williams (D—Flatbush) raised eyebrows over the weekend when he tweeted a photo of himself with … [Read entire story]
Eats Beat for July 20: More burger opportunities for New Yorkers
It’s been a good week for burgers. White Castle has two new express locations in Coney Island’s Luna Park — one at the corner of West 10th St. and Surf Ave.; and the other on Stillwell Ave. at the entrance to Wonder Wheel Way. SOURCE: Brooklyn … [Read entire story]
City has removed more than 2,400 trees in Brooklyn since Hurricane Sandy
A tree dies in Brooklyn. That has been the storyline since Hurricane Sandy, whose devastation is still being felt. SOURCE: Brooklyn News - NY Daily News - Read entire story here. … [Read entire story]
Three men survive gunshots in Brooklyn
Three men survived a hail of bullets on a Brooklyn streetcorner early Saturday, police said. Shots rang out at Bedford Ave. and Martense St. in Flatbush just after 6 a.m., hitting the three men, who, according to neighbors, were returning from a … [Read entire story]
Honors at Jamaica Independence Gala
Commemorating the 52-year-old Caribbean nation and the recognizing the contributions by noted nationals, the Jamaica Independence Celebration Foundation’s annual Independence Gala — will be held held Aug. 16 in Manhattan Aug. 16 in Manhattan at the … [Read entire story]
Man arrested after carjackings, ramming senior
A 30-year-old crook forged a path of destruction through Brooklyn Saturday — carjacking two couples, ramming an elderly man with a car and shooting at another man, authorities said. SOURCE: Brooklyn News - NY Daily News - Read entire story … [Read entire story]
Judge recuses self in $124M lawsuit by frame victim
A federal judge has recused himself from the $124 million lawsuit filed by a wrongfully convicted man he freed from prison, the Daily News has learned. Judge Nicholas Garaufis had blasted the Brooklyn district attorney’s office for its 1988 … [Read entire story]
Barbecue lovers want more designated grill sites east of Prospect Park
This is cooking up to be a tale of two parks. SOURCE: Brooklyn News - NY Daily News - Read entire story here. … [Read entire story]
Owner of reBar hauled off to prison
Former Brooklyn bar owner and confessed tax cheat Jason Stevens was hauled into the lock-up Monday to serve a sentence of 3 1/3 to 10 years for scamming the state out of some $1.4 million. SOURCE: Brooklyn News - NY Daily News - Read entire … [Read entire story]
Two caught stealing computers from city public school
A heartless thief and his juvenile accomplice were busted trying to steal $13,400 worth of computers from an East New York elementary school on Saturday, police said. SOURCE: Brooklyn News - NY Daily News - Read entire story here. … [Read entire story]
Turtle Power! Artist covering city in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle decals
HE'S an artist in a half shell. A Park Slope-raised photographer is papering the city with Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle stickers, creating a sprawling scavenger hunt for aficionados of the 30-year-old comic book and cartoon. SOURCE: Brooklyn … [Read entire story]
Brooklyn principal tried to smuggle heroin into upstate prison: cops
Public School 28 Principal Sadie Silver, 40, of Bushwick, was arrested Friday with Michael Acosta, 34, after cops caught the educator and her partner carrying heroin and prescription drugs into Coxsackie Correctional Facility. SOURCE: Brooklyn … [Read entire story]
Second judge steps away from $124M wrongful conviction case
A second federal judge who previously blasted the Brooklyn district attorney’s office for prosecutorial misconduct has recused herself from presiding over a $124 million lawsuit filed by William Lopez, a man who spent 22 years in prison for a murder … [Read entire story]
Brooklyn middle-schoolers get judge to approve record contract worth up to $1.7 million
The three kids, guitarist Malcolm Brickhouse, 13, bassist Alec Atkins, 13, and drummer Jarad Dawkins, 12, in the group, Unlocking the Truth, were in Manhattan Supreme Court to have a judge approve the deal with Sony Records. SOURCE: Brooklyn … [Read entire story]
Man with gun named ‘Loretta’ found guilty of murder
Two mothers left a Brooklyn courtroom in tears Tuesday after a man was convicted of killing another in a shooting that was caught on tape. SOURCE: Brooklyn News - NY Daily News - Read entire story here. … [Read entire story]