BROOKLYN, NY - A 95-year-old woman is accused of allegedly beating a fellow nursing home resident with a piece of metal from her wheelchair on Sunday, police said Monday. The incident happened at the Seagate Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, located at 3015 West 29th St., in Coney Island around 10:30 p.m., police said. Officers found an 89-year-old woman with severe head trauma.
Brooklyn has long been a destination for creativity, culture, and trendsetting energy. From music to food, style to nightlife, the borough sets the pace for much of New York City. Now, with the state's legal cannabis market maturing, Brooklyn is quickly becoming one of the top places for consumers to explore premium weed products. Whether you're visiting for a weekend or you're a local looking to try something new, hash is one of the best ways to elevate your experience.
Green Street picked up the Williamsburg properties for $15.5 million late last year from the Franquinha family, against the apparent objections ofCrest's owner, Joseph Franquinha. Over the decades, the hardware store that was first started by Joseph's father and uncle had evolved with the neighborhood, from a place where handymen and artists living in converted lofts could get paint or new pipes to a destination for luxury-condo buyers looking for ZZ plants.
That spark led her to open Last Place on Earth in Greenpoint in March 2020 - just one day before COVID-19 lockdowns began. Against the odds, the shop grew into a neighborhood staple, known for its eclectic collection of games, community-focused events and welcoming atmosphere. Now, Wolfe is rolling the dice again. On Sept. 12, she opens her second location in , called 3rd Place from the Sun.
The fatal crash happened around 4:25 a.m. on October 17, 2021, when Nolasco sped southbound in a white Mercedes on Third Avenue. NYPD officers attempted to pull him over, but he refused to stop, running multiple red lights as police chased him at speeds up to 80 miles per hour. At the intersection of 60th Street, Nolasco blew through another red light and T-boned a Nissan Altima driven by 42-year-old James Lopez, who was driving lawfully through the intersection.
A suspect who allegedly sexually abused a sleeping 71-year-old woman in her own home and ran off with her pajama pants in Brooklyn was arrested Thursday, cops said. Servin Maradiaga, 43, was charged with rape, burglary, aggravated sexual abuse and criminal obstruction of breathing in the pervy Aug. 30 home invasion, authorities said. The senior was sleeping inside her Cypress Hills home at Berriman Street and Liberty Avenue around 2:15 a.m. when the stranger made his way inside through a kitchen window, police said.
FlynnStoned Cannabis Company, one of New York's fastest-growing dispensary brands, has opened the neighborhood's largest cannabis shop at 8112 Fifth Ave. The dispensary debuted Aug. 31 and hosted a community event last weekend. This marks FlynnStoned's second Brooklyn location, following its July 2025 debut in Greenpoint. It joins Kaya Bliss, the nabe's first legal dispensary, which opened earlier this year on Third Ave. between 84th and 85th streets.
BROOKLYN, NY - A dead body was found floating in Newtown Creek on Thursday, police said. The body was found near Apollo Street in Brooklyn around 12:17 p.m., the FDNY said. The man is believed to be in his 30s, sources told PIX11 News. He was found unresponsive by emergency personnel.
Cash Cobain will headline the Brooklyn edition of Kickback, taking place at 99 Scott Studio, on Thursday, September 11th from 8:00 pm to midnight. Entrance if free with RSVP, and you can get on the list via Partiful. In addition to Cash Cobain, attendees will catch performances from Cardo (aka CardoGotWings) and Ricci Riera, while DJ drewbyrd will serve as the night's host and set the soundtrack for one hell of a party.
I'm proud to have passed my bill A2698 directing DOH to create an awareness campaign regarding the usage of hormone replacement therapy for treating menopause and perimenopause. Too many people, especially Black, working-class, and immigrant women, go without the care they need simply because they don't know what's available or because providers don't take their symptoms seriously. As a maternal health nurse, I believe every stage of reproductive life deserves real support. Menopause is no exception.
"Reviving the Pow Wow tradition in Prospect Park provides the Lenape/Lunáapeew who were forced to relocate across the continent back to their ancestral homelands to reunite and celebrate, and offers Brooklynites of all backgrounds the chance to immerse themselves in the cultures of the original stewards of this land," said Morgan Monaco, President of Prospect Park Alliance, in a statement.
As parents in NYC, there is nothing better than finding events that are fun, age-appropriate, and not outrageously expensive. That's why Children's Day at the Brooklyn Book Festival is such a great annual event: it's free, designed with kids in mind, and has plenty to keep toddlers, big kids, and even tweens engaged. This year, Children's Day is on Saturday, September 20, from 10 am to 4 pm at its new location: Brooklyn Borough Hall and Plaza.
Upon arriving at the scene, cops discovered a 44-year-old man with a stab wound to his abdomen. EMS rushed him to Brookdale Hospital, where he was treated for his wound and listed in stable condition. Based on a preliminary investigation, police learned that the victim had double-parked his vehicle when another man became enraged and attacked him with a knife.
Anyone traveling on the MTA's Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) or Metro-North Railroad can travel between stops within NYC stops using a CityTicket for $5 during off-peak hours or $7 during peak hours. In other words, New Yorkers can use the LIRR and Metro-North, even if they are not heading into the city's surrounding counties, without paying full cost. While CityTicket has existed in NYC since 2003 for weekend travel,
From Nov. 21-Jan. 4, BBG will be transformed into a twinkling enchanted forest, decked out with millions of glittering lights and nearly 20 illuminated installations. This year's display is inspired by the garden's natural flora and fauna and features more than a dozen new works and some old favorites.
Over the past six days, the Nets have officially re-signed center Day'Ron Sharpe and forward Ziaire Williams - two key rotation players from last season who have only begun to tap their potential. Cam Thomas, one of the more polarizing young scoring guards in the NBA, inked a one-year, $6 million qualifying offer on Thursday to remain in Brooklyn after spending much of the offseason as a restricted free agent.
People have lived on Brooklyn's Atlantic Avenue almost as long as there has been an Atlantic Avenue. It started out as a path leading to early settler Ralph Patchen's farm and then became a road to the East River. Part of it became known as Division Street, as it was the informal border between the town of Brooklyn and South Brooklyn, which included today's Red Hook, Cobble Hill and Carroll Gardens neighborhoods.
When Larry Namer was growing up in Coney Island in the 1960s, his goal was to become a public-school teacher or work in city government. "That was the mind set then," said Namer, a graduate of Mark Twain JHS in Coney Island, Lincoln High School, and later attending Kingsborough Community College and Brooklyn College. While his mother worked for the city, his father drove a truck delivering Pepsi Cola to homes in neighborhoods like nearby Bensonhurst, and Namer would sometimes accompany him. "So, you know my parents, their whole thing was their children should get jobs in city government and retire at 65 and have a pension," he said
"We want to make sure you can keep learning," Hochul said. "Kids from all of the state will see this change but you are among the very first to have this. Your teachers will have a better experience teaching you and getting to know you better."
"It was interesting for us to see people coming from Long Island to Williamsburg as opposed to going all the way into Soho," RTL broker Michael Shkreli told the outlet, citing his firm's data that tracks shoppers along North 6th Street (a strip that now includes an Hermès pop-up and incoming permanent location, a Chanel fragrance outpost, Cos, Glossier, Patagonia, Madewell, Reformation, and Farm Rio, to name just a few).
A delayed pedestrian bridge reconstruction project in Bath Beach, Brooklyn, is drawing mounting frustration from residents and community leaders who say the prolonged closure has severed a vital connection to the neighborhood's waterfront. The old 17th Avenue pedestrian bridge once spanned the Belt Parkway, linking Bath Beach residents to views of Gravesend Bay. It was closed in 2021 for reconstruction and demolished in 2022.
