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people at senior center rally

News

Crisis averted: United Senior Center of Sunset Park to reopen after $1M in city, state aid

By Gabriele Holtermann

green-wood visitor center

News

Green-Wood Cemetery’s new visitor center nears completion

By Susan De Vries

NY: NYCEDC celebrates Pier6 6 ground breaking

Parks

From rust to oasis: Pier 6 in Sunset Park breaks ground on $25M transformation into public green space

By Gabriele Holtermann

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News

Access denied: Goldman again blocked from touring Sunset Park prison housing ICE detainees

By Gabriele Holtermann

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After fatal hit-and-run, local pols and street safety advocates slam delay of Third Avenue safety plan

By Gabriele Holtermann

people holding sunflower cutouts at solar event

Environment

‘By and for the people’: Brooklyn launches city’s first community-led solar project in Sunset Park

By Gabriele Holtermann

ferry near brooklyn bridge

Proposed changes to NYC Ferry routes would connect Bay Ridge and Staten Island; affect stops in other waterfront nabes

By Barbara Russo-Lennon

politicians rally outside MDC

Politics

Brooklyn pols demand halt to immigrant detainee transfers to troubled MDC

By Gabriele Holtermann

A view of Third Avenue under the Gowanus Expressway in Sunset Park, Brooklyn where two pedestrians were killed in a hit-and-run.

AMNY

Staten Island man booked in deadly Brooklyn hit-and-run that killed two pedestrians

people marching in independence day parade

News

PHOTOS: Brooklyn breaks out the red, white and blue for the 118th annual American Independence Day Parade

By Kirstyn Brendlen

candidates for council district 38 primaries

Politics

NYC Primaries | Meet the candidates for Brooklyn’s City Council District 38

By Max Levine Murray

NY: FLAG Award

Kids & Education

Special education teacher at Sunset Park school wins $25,000 FLAG Award for Excellence

By Gabriele Holtermann

brooklyn supreme court sentencing

Sunset Park man sentenced to prison for fatal stabbing former partner

By Kirstyn Brendlen

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FDNY investigates ladder failure after man falls to death during Sunset Park fire evacuation

By Lloyd Mitchell

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Food & Drink

From street eats to streetwear: Complex Family Style Festival makes Brooklyn debut at Industry City

By Meaghan McGoldrick O'Neil

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News

Park Slope man gets 12 years for shooting unarmed victim in Sunset Park dispute: DA

By Meaghan McGoldrick O'Neil

NY: Rally to Save United Senior Center of Sunset Park

Landlords in the Crosshairs

‘It’s our second home’: Sunset Park seniors fight to save cherished center facing rent hike

By Gabriele Holtermann

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News

Grave work: Students learn masonry by restoring Green-Wood’s monuments

By Susan De Vries

empire wind 1 project

News

Empire Wind 1 project at South Brooklyn Marine Terminal faces setback as Trump admin halts construction

By Gabriele Holtermann

rent freeze rally

News

‘The rents just keep going up’: Pols, tenants rally for rent freeze in Sunset Park

By Gabriele Holtermann

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