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The Indypendent · Ozone Park, NY
Nearby: Ozone Park, NYAmid calls for Mayor Mamdani to fire her last month, Commish Tisch announced her decision to allow a disciplinary proceeding to move forward in the 2016 Crown Heights slaying of Delrawn Small by Officer Wayne Isaacs. Tisch made that determination in late August. For the past decade, Small’s family had been calling for Isaacs to face a departmental trial, which could result in his termination from the police force. The New York Times provided favorable coverage of Tisch’s pro-accountability decision. The timing of that announcement came in the wake of outrage expressed by the family of Win Rosario, who was gunned down by two cops while experiencing a mental health episode at his home in Ozone Park. Because of what Tisch called an administrative “mistake,” one of the two officers, Salvatore Alongi, retired three weeks before the New York City Civilian Complaint Review Board brought charges, thus dodging discipline (and keeping his pension).
Hoodline · Kew Gardens, NY
Nearby: Kew Gardens, NYA driver struck and killed a pedestrian crossing 11th Street at 38th Avenue in Long Island City early Monday, then drove off without stopping, according to police. The victim was rushed to Weill Cornell Medical Center, where he later died. According to the New York Daily News, police say the driver pulled a red SUV out of a parking space on 38th Avenue, turned left onto 11th Street, and struck the pedestrian before fleeing the scene. The outlet identified the victim as 71-year-old Aftab Alam, who police said lived in Kew Gardens, and reported that medics rushed him to Weill Cornell Medical Center, where he died. A separate account from QNS describes the same crash differently. The Queens outlet reported that he was crossing the street at 38th Avenue and 11th Street at approximately 12:10 a.m. on Nov. 2.
QNS · Ridgewood, NY
Nearby: Ridgewood, NYThe Ridgewood Film School is ready for a new group of students to learn independent filmmaking. Taught by cult movie and music video director Dylan Mars Greenberg, the program teaches students how to produce their own film, from forming an idea to filming and editing, which equipment that is readily available. “What I'm trying to teach in this class is not just how to make a film, but how to make a film without the resources provided by a studio,” said Greenberg. “Many other film courses give people equipment that they wouldn't normally have in their everyday life. I'm trying to show people that all you need is a camera and a laptop, and we all are going to use our phones so that we're all on equal footing.” Greenberg, who has directed content for Adult Swim and Rage and has been featured in Rolling Stone and NPR, starts the class by making a film on day one, and as the weeks go on, students are fully immersed in every aspect of filmmaking.
QNS · Middle Village, NY
Nearby: Middle Village, NYSeventh-graders at Our Lady of Hope Catholic Academy in Middle Village recently put their artistic talents and writing skills to work, honoring veterans by creating watercolor portraits and biographies that were unveiled during a special school reception on Nov. 9. The initiative, called the Veterans Portrait Project, gave students an opportunity to learn about military service directly from those who experienced it. In September, students interviewed veterans, hearing their stories and the sacrifices they made in service to the country. [caption id="attachment_629071" align="alignnone" width="700"] Two seventh-grade students and U.S. Navy veteran John Aradi, who was featured in the project. Photo courtesy of Our Lady of Hope Catholic Academy[/caption] Following the interviews, the students worked together to write biographies of the veterans they met and individually painted watercolor portraits, capturing both the veterans' likenesses and the people behind the uniforms.
QNS · Rego Park, NY
Nearby: Rego Park, NYPolice from the 112th Precinct are looking for a suspect in connection with a sexual abuse incident involving a teenage girl in broad daylight on an MTA Q53 bus in Rego Park last month. Police say the 16-year-old victim was riding in the northbound Q53 in the vicinity of Woodhaven Boulevard and Metropolitan Avenue at around 8:30 a.m. on Thursday, Oct. 22, when a stranger approached her. The unidentified man proceeded to engage in a lewd act while touching the girl’s buttocks, police said Wednesday. The victim exited the bus while the creep remained on board the northbound Q53. [caption id="attachment_629221" align="alignnone" width="1600"] The girl exited the bus while the creep remained on board as it continued north on Woodhaven Boulevard toward Middle Village. Photo courtesy of the MTA[/caption] An NYPD spokesperson said it is unclear if the teenager reported the incident to the driver before exiting. The victim was not injured during the encounter, police said.
Statesville Record & Landmark · Brooklyn, NY
Nearby: Brooklyn, NYNEW YORK — Eight people were killed when an apartment building in Brooklyn collapsed into a neighboring construction site on Wednesday, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani said.
Martinsville Bulletin · Brooklyn, NY
Nearby: Brooklyn, NYNEW YORK — Eight people were killed when an apartment building in Brooklyn collapsed into a neighboring construction site on Wednesday, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani said.
NYT > New York · Brooklyn, NY
Nearby: Brooklyn, NYMayor Zohran Mamdani said eight people were killed, including two children, when a three-story building fell onto a construction site. At least 18 others were injured.
NYT > New York · Brooklyn, NY
Nearby: Brooklyn, NYAt least eight people were killed and more than a dozen others injured when a three-story building in Flatbush collapsed on Wednesday, officials said.
NYT > New York · Brooklyn, NY
Nearby: Brooklyn, NYThe Fire Department said the search for victims on Flatbush Avenue was over, while city investigators began looking into an excavation occurring next door.
Saline Courier · Brooklyn, NY
Nearby: Brooklyn, NY"The Nationwide Plumbers team outside the company's shop at 6923 8th Avenue in Brooklyn, New York."Nationwide Plumbers, top-rated New York plumbers with a 4.9-star rating from 355 Google reviews, has released a winter plumbing and heating checklist for NYC homeowners,…
The Brooklyn Paper · Brooklyn, NY
Nearby: Brooklyn, NYJames Williams saw the moment the three-story apartment building at 1321 Flatbush Ave. collapsed late Wednesday afternoon, an experience he said was "very traumatizing." "They kept banging and banging and banging and banging, and it was banging too much and hitting the wrong thing. And when they hit the the foundation of the structure down there, that's when some of the bricks started coming off of that building," Williams, 60, said of construction work taking place at a lot adjacent to the collapsed building, 2625 Bedford Ave, in Brooklyn's Flatbush neighborhood. "After some of the bricks started coming off the building, no more than two minutes later, I watched the whole building collapse," he added. [caption id="attachment_137881268" align="alignnone" width="1200"] James Williams, 60, who says he witnessed the building collapse at 1321 Flatbush Ave. on Wednesday Nov. 11 from the deli across the street. Thursday, Nov.
NPR Topics: National · Brooklyn, NY
Nearby: Brooklyn, NYFirst responders are still searching through the rubble of a three story apartment building that collapsed in Brooklyn on Wednesday, looking for any possible survivors.
NYT > New York · Brooklyn, NY
Nearby: Brooklyn, NYThe Fire Department’s efforts in Brooklyn are following a standard playbook that has been deployed countless times after similar disasters around the world.
NYT > New York · Brooklyn, NY
Nearby: Brooklyn, NYThe woman’s husband found out from a journalist at the scene of a collapsed building in Flatbush, Brooklyn, that his wife was still alive.
NYT > New York · Brooklyn, NY
Nearby: Brooklyn, NYNew York City officials had ordered work at the construction site to stop after an apartment building in the Flatbush neighborhood collapsed onto it.
www.heraldbanner.com - RSS Results of type article · Brooklyn, NY
Nearby: Brooklyn, NYAt least eight people have died after a three-story building in Brooklyn collapsed at the edge of a construction site. New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced the death toll Thursday morning as firefighters continued to dig through the rubble…
Long Island Press · Brooklyn, NY
Nearby: Brooklyn, NYOyster Bay Town Councilman Andrew Monteleone joined New York State Sen. Steve Rhoads in celebrating the 90th birthday of Plainview resident Marsha Elowsky. Elowsky was born Nov. 2, 1936, in Brooklyn, where she grew up and became an educator with the New York City Department of Education. She married her late husband, Joseph Elowsky, in 1956. The couple settled in Plainview in 1963 and raised four daughters. Elowsky has remained active in the Plainview community through charitable efforts focused on improving the lives of children and senior citizens. She operated a preschool out of her home for 25 years and founded Camp Apollo, a nonprofit summer camp, in 1970. She continues her work with seniors through Super Seniors, a biweekly therapy group. Elowsky is now a grandmother of seven and great-grandmother of three.
QNS · Brooklyn, NY
Nearby: Brooklyn, NYThe memory of FDNY Lt. Patrick Brady will be commemorated after Council Member Joann Ariola, at his family’s request, submitted legislation to co-name the corner of Beach 129th Street and Newport Avenue in Belle Harbor in his honor. Ariola made the announcement Tuesday, Nov. 10, two days after the one-year anniversary of his line-of-duty death while battling a fire on the rooftop of a Kings Highway building in Brooklyn. Lt. Brady, of Ladder 120, suffered a medical episode and went into cardiac arrest on Nov. 8, 2025. EMS rushed him to Brookdale University Hospital Medical Center, where he died. Brady was 42. [caption id="attachment_629122" align="alignnone" width="1600"] Thousands of firefighters joined the Brady family at St. Francis de Sales Church in Belle Harbor to pay their final respects to Brady, who suffered a fatal cardiac event while working to put out a fire on the roof of a building on Kings Highway in Brownsville on Nov. 8, 2025. Photo by Lloyd Mitchell[/caption] "Lt.
The Brooklyn Paper · Brooklyn, NY
Nearby: Brooklyn, NYTwo people are dead, and at least 19 others were injured after a building collapsed in Brooklyn on Wednesday afternoon. Firefighters responded to a complete building collapse near the corner of Flatbush and Bedford Avenues in Flatbush shortly after 4 p.m. on Nov. 11, where several construction workers were trapped beneath the debris. EMS units pronounced one person dead at the scene; Mayor Zohran Mamdani said Thursday evening that a second person had died from their injuries. Officials said two others were in critical condition, and a search for others trapped remains ongoing. "The Department of Buildings and our law enforcement partners will be leading an investigation into what caused this building to collapse," Mamdani told reporters at a Wednesday evening press conference steps away from the ongoing rescue operation.
The Brooklyn Paper · Brooklyn, NY
Nearby: Brooklyn, NYA new library is coming to Sheepshead Bay to replace two aging, disused local branches as part of a large-scale library revival in Brooklyn. Set to open at 2685 Coney Island Ave. in 2030, the new facility will take the place of the existing Sheepshead Bay and Homecrest libraries, the Brooklyn Public Library announced Tuesday. The two branches, located less than a mile apart, are fixtures of their respective communities. The Sheepshead Bay Library first opened in 1903 after local residents advocated for a new branch and raised $200 — equivalent to more than $6,000 today — as a down payment. It moved to its current location in 1963, the same year the Homecrest Library opened on Coney Island Avenue. Both branches serve large immigrant populations and host plenty of community programming. But their collections are among the least-leased in the borough, and the buildings are in poor shape.
The Brooklyn Paper · Brooklyn, NY
Nearby: Brooklyn, NYKatie Suarez, a 28-year-old Brooklyn resident, loved running along the Shore Parkway Greenway near the TD Bank branch where she worked. The area, with its waterfront path and striking views of the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge, attracts pedestrians and runners alike. On Oct. 30, it became the site of her final run. According to her Strava account, a fitness-tracking app that records running routes, pace and distance, Suarez ran at a pace of about 11:30 minutes per mile for just 1 minute and 7 seconds that evening. She covered 0.09 miles before the app's map showed her briefly turning back in the direction from which she had come. Her body was found farther along the path, beyond the portion of her run recorded by the app. Suarez was stabbed to death before she could finish what she had logged as her “evening run,” tracked through her Apple Watch.
Out · Brooklyn, NY
Nearby: Brooklyn, NYThis story originally appeared on The Advocate. Avi Molder worked quickly through the stitches of a shirt at Cleo’s Yarn Shop in Brooklyn. He first learned to knit through his mother, and honed his skills more fully as an adult. At the shop’s monthly men’s night, Molder found a comfortable place to practice — and spend time with the boys. “I definitely wouldn’t hang out with an exclusive group of men and not knit,” Molder, a New York City resident who works in publishing, told The Advocate. Contemporary knitting is borne from household labor historically done by women, and hobbyists say the craft is often still viewed as intrinsically feminine. But across the country, groups of men gather regularly at yarn shops, community centers, and overnight retreats just to knit together. By carving out these spaces, men are using the craft to forge bonds around their masculinity; and, in equal measure, to deconstruct it.
