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• Don’t ghost your plans: 8 Brooklyn bars and clubs for last-minute Halloween hangs

  30-10-2026 22:44 via Brooklyn Paper
  
  Brooklyn goes all out for Halloween. There are so many events it can be hard to narrow down a place to go, especially if you didn't buy a ticket a month ahead of time. Here are eight bars and clubs to head to this Halloweekend if you haven’t made plans yet.For the pregameAlligator Lounge, Williamsburg: This cool dive will be serving free personal pizzas with every drink until 4 am on Halloween (and every day they're open). With beers starting at $7 and cocktails at $10 this is a deal that’s
  
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• Running in the family: 73-year-old gears up for her 15th NYC Marathon

  30-10-2026 22:31 via Brooklyn Paper
  
  The TCS New York City Marathon will bring tens of thousands of runners through all five boroughs on Sunday, Nov. 1, for its 26.2-mile journey to the finish line in Central Park. Among them is one Brooklyn woman whose passion for running spans generations. Maureen O’Neil, 73, is no stranger to the race — her passion for running runs in the family.O’Neil’s love of running began in childhood.“I always loved running, though as a child I was never on a team,” she said.Her great-grandfathe
  
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• 2026 NYC Marathon: Brooklyn road closures, cheer zones, and more

  30-10-2026 22:18 via Brooklyn Paper
  
  The New York City Marathon is upon us again, and 60,000 runners are gearing up to dash through the Big Apple on Sunday, Nov. 1. This year marks the 50th anniversary of the five-borough course — before that, the marathon was run entirely in Central Park — and while each borough is important, nearly half the race takes place right here in Brooklyn, between Bay Ridge and Greenpoint.Whether you’re planning to join the crowds cheering the runners on or aiming to avoid the race altogether, here
  
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• Brooklyn home health aide charged with manslaughter for causing death of 81-year-old woman in Queens: NYPD

  30-10-2026 21:45 via Brooklyn Paper
  
  A Brooklyn home health aide was arrested and charged with manslaughter for causing the death of an elderly woman in her South Jamaica home on Thursday.
  Patricia Wiliams, 46, of New York Avenue in Crown Heights, was taken into custody as a person of interest after police from the 113th Precinct in Jamaica responded to a 911 call at 3:30 p.m. reporting a woman in need of medical attention inside 126-35 146th St. in South Jamaica. Upon their arrival, officers found an 81-year-old Lillie Hill uncons
  
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• Adding traffic safety features to dangerous southern Brooklyn intersection would’ve saved woman’s life, advocates say

  30-10-2026 21:20 via Brooklyn Paper
  
  Safe streets advocates said on Thursday that Siobhan Lynch, a 30-year-old woman who was struck and killed by a city Sanitation Department (DSNY) garbage truck driver on Oct. 28, could still be alive today if there had been safety features installed at the southern Brooklyn intersection where she was hit.Transportation Alternatives alleged in an Oct. 29 news release that the city Department of Transportation (DOT) could have prevented the Wednesday crash by opting to install pedestrian-protective
  
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• Dead body found in trash bag on Brooklyn street sparks mystery

  30-10-2026 19:25 via Brooklyn Paper
  
  A real-life horror story unfolded in Brooklyn on the eve of Halloween Friday when police found a dead man's body left in a garbage bag dumped on the street.Police said the grim discovery took place at about 9:30 a.m. on Oct. 30 at the corner of East 93rd Street and Avenue L in Canarsie.Officers from the 69th Precinct rushed to the scene after receiving a 911 call about a person in need of assistance. When they arrived, they located the body of an unidentified man, apparently wrapped in a trash b
  
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• Empire Bins arrive in Brooklyn Heights as city’s ‘transformative’ trash containerization project continues

  30-10-2026 19:19 via Brooklyn Paper
  
  The future of trash containerization arrived in Brooklyn Heights on Thursday as Mayor Zohran Mamdani and the city’s Department of Sanitation installed the nabe’s first on-street garbage bin.More than 700 of the Empire Bins will appear in Brooklyn Community District 2 in the coming months, including in Downtown Brooklyn, Boerum Hill, Brooklyn Heights, DUMBO, Vinegar Hill, Fort Greene and Clinton Hill. The bins, designed to deter rats and keep trash and stink contained, are required for all r
  
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• A landmark effort: Bay Ridge neighbors fight to preserve Visitation Academy

  30-10-2026 15:37 via Brooklyn Paper
  
  Bay Ridge residents are calling on the city to designate the neighborhood’s Visitation Academy and Monastery as an individual landmark to preserve a piece of “history that belongs to all of New York City, all people of faith, all women,” as Visitation alumnus Caroline Cardillo put it. The preservation effort, supported by the local council member and at least one preservation group, comes as the site faces likely redevelopment with an impending sale.Visitation Academy & Monastery Landm
  
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• Suspects sought for Brooklyn shooting that may have been triggered by road rage, sources say

  30-10-2026 14:05 via Brooklyn Paper
  
  Detectives in Brooklyn are looking for three suspects behind a shooting on Thursday afternoon that left a man seriously wounded.The gunfire erupted at the corner of East 92nd Street and Farragut Road in Canarsie at about 3 p.m. on Oct. 29, law enforcement sources reported.Officers from the 69th Precinct responded after receiving a call about shots fired at the location. When they arrived, they found the victim, a 40-year-old man, suffering from a gunshot wound to the right leg.EMS rushed the vic
  
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• Have a ball-ot: Bushwick roller rink Xanadu throws Election Day party

  30-10-2026 13:59 via Brooklyn Paper
  
  Brooklynites can celebrate Election Day with music, roller skating and election-night coverage at a Bushwick roller rink next week.“Rolling for Democracy,” presented by Vinyl Nights’ Rebecca Lynn, will take over Xanadu Roller Arts at 262 Starr St. on Nov. 3 from 7 to 11 p.m. The event will bring together music, skating and community as attendees follow election returns on television screens tuned to different networks.[caption id="attachment_251168" align="alignnone" width="700"] The 18+ e
  
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