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• Listen to This Now: Your Soundtrack for October

  30-09-2016 19:15 via bkmag.com
  
  Autumn signifies falling leaves, football, goddamn pumpkin spice and, perhaps best of all, an uptick in new music to wash away our summer sins and help us settle into new routines. A tip sheet, then, to soundtrack the season of turning leaves.
  BEST BETS FOR AN UNCONVENTIONAL DANCE PARTYDanny Brown
  Atrocity Exhibition
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  Citing danceable nervy torchbearers Talking Heads, Björk, System of a Down (sure?) and Joy Division (see: album title) as inspiration, and digging into a well o
  
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• Brooklyn Democratic Party, reformers battle over rule change in court

  09-09-2026 23:15 via brooklynpaper.com
  
  The Brooklyn Democratic Party and reformers brought their heated battle over party leadership to court on Tuesday.In a packed courtroom, Judge Jill Epstein heard arguments on controversial changes to party bylaws that would likely allow sitting chair Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn maintain control of the party. Bichotte Hermelyn’s position had been at risk after district leaders aligned with reform group New Kings Democrats won a majority of District Leader seats in the June primary. The
  
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• 2026 Governor’s Race: Blakeman under fire after endorsing candidate who called 9/11 an ‘inside job’

  09-09-2026 22:55 via amny.com
  
  U.S. Reps. Jerry Nadler and Nydia Velázquez are criticizing Republican gubernatorial candidate Bruce Blakeman after he endorsed a congressional candidate who has said “9/11 was an inside job,” while other campaign associations involving 9/11 conspiracy theories are also drawing scrutiny.The criticism comes days before New York marks the 25th anniversary of Sept. 11. Blakeman, the Republican nominee challenging Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul in November, has made Mayor Zohran Mam
  
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• Hochul, MTA unveil new IBX renderings, say project is moving faster than expected

  09-09-2026 22:45 via amny.com
  
  Brooklyn and Queens transit riders can finally see the MTA's vision for its Interborough Express light rail project coming into focus, according to Gov. Kathy Hochul and the MTA.The governor and the agency released new renderings on Wednesday for how the new stations will look along the line, to be created along freight rail lines between Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, and Jackson Heights, Queens.The visualizations offer the most extensive sense to date of what the $5.5 billion undertaking, often referred
  
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• Brooklyn FC, Salvation Army team up to give local kids backpacks — and a night at the soccer game

  09-09-2026 22:43 via brooklynpaper.com
  
  For dozens of Brooklyn children, the start of the school year came with a new backpack, a bag full of supplies and a night under the lights at Maimonides Park.Brooklyn FC teamed up with The Salvation Army of Greater New York on Aug. 29 to help local families get ready for the new school year, inviting children and their parents to the club’s match against Sporting JAX in Coney Island.As part of the partnership, 50 children from communities across Brooklyn — including Sunset Park and
  
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• Soft Bar + Cafe turns 1 in Greenpoint, but the real stars are behind the bar

  09-09-2026 20:44 via brooklynpaper.com
  
  A year after opening its doors in Greenpoint, Soft Bar + Cafe is becoming less about the reality-TV star whose name helped put it on the map and more about the team behind the alcohol-free experience.When Soft Bar + Cafe opened in September 2025, the concept quickly drew attention as the latest venture from “Summer House” star Carl Radke. But one year later, Radke is the first to acknowledge that the business could not have become what it is without the people bringing its food, coff
  
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• Soft Bar + Cafe marks one year in Greenpoint, but the real stars are behind the bar

  09-09-2026 20:44 via brooklynpaper.com
  
  A year after opening its doors in Greenpoint, Soft Bar + Cafe is becoming less about the reality-TV star whose name helped put it on the map and more about the team behind the alcohol-free experience.When Soft Bar + Cafe opened in September 2025, the concept quickly drew attention as the latest venture from “Summer House” star Carl Radke. But one year later, Radke is the first to acknowledge that the business could not have become what it is without the people bringing its food, coff
  
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• Op-ed | Bay Ridge is losing its zoning vote. We must act now.

  09-09-2026 19:15 via brooklynpaper.com
  
  Residents of Bay Ridge: As someone who loves and cares deeply about our neighborhood, I have concerning news to share about the future of development here. But I also have a plan. I will start with the bad news. As a result of citywide ballot measures passed by voters last November, Bay Ridge will soon lose significant influence over new housing developments in our neighborhood. In the past, when a developer wanted to build beyond what current zoning allows, they would negotiate with t
  
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• Mystery buyer revealed for Carroll Gardens’ former Rite Aid site

  09-09-2026 19:02 via brooklynpaper.com
  
  The identity of the mystery buyer of the former Rite Aid site in Carroll Gardens has been revealed, thanks to the sale hitting public records last week. And while an apartment tower is certainly not out of the question, the prominent site’s future could also include upmarket sandwiches and influencer events.Happier Grocery President LLC c/o 99c purchased 320 Smith Street and 336 Union Street — the entirety of the west side of Smith Street between President and Union, at the Carroll S
  
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• ‘A spark of hope’: 25 years after 9/11, the Daffodil Project keeps blooming

  09-09-2026 15:00 via brooklynpaper.com
  
  Days after 9/11, when the city was still reeling, public garden designer Lynden Miller got a message from one of her longtime colleagues, Dutch floral supplier Hans van Waardenberg.“He said, ‘We're so distressed in the Netherlands about what's happened to New York. New York used to be New Amsterdam back in the 1600s, we so wish there was something we could do to help you,’” Miller recalled. Miller had an idea, and asked if van Waardenberg had any extra flower bulbs l
  
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• Wild Brooklyn crime spree: Cops shoot at teen suspect amid rampage of carjackings and armed robberies across borough

  09-09-2026 14:45 via amny.com
  
  Police in Brooklyn opened fire on a teenage suspect who went on a wild rampage of armed robberies and carjackings before trying to run cops down with a stolen vehicle in the borough on Tuesday night, it was reported.According to police sources, the crime spree began at about 7:40 p.m. on Sept. 8, when officers responded to a 911 call reporting an attempted gunpoint robbery outside a fast-food restaurant at 1624 East 16th St. in Midwood. Authorities said two teenage suspects allegedly displayed a
  
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• OCME forensic scientist Mark Desire has been identifying 9/11 victims for 25 years. With hundreds of victims still unknown, he’s not stopping.

  09-09-2026 11:55 via amny.com
  
  Mark Desire, the director of forensic biology at the city's Office of the Chief Medical Examiner (OCME), has countless stories to tell from working with 9/11 victims' families.In one such story from this year, Desire said the mother of a female victim — who was in her 30s and died in the South Tower of the World Trade Center — asked him if he thought he would be able to identify her daughter's remains before she herself passed on."She came and said, 'Mark, I'm getting up there. 
  
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• John Dewey Annex adds 553 seats for Gravesend middle schoolers

  08-09-2026 22:32 via brooklynpaper.com
  
  The John Dewey Annex, a new three-story school in Gravesend, officially opened Tuesday, adding 553 seats for Brooklyn students as the city continues expanding public school capacity ahead of the 2026-2027 school year. Mayor Zohran Mamdani and the NYC School Construction Authority President and CEO Celeste A. Ramirez marked the opening of the John Dewey Annex at 106 Avenue X on Sept. 8. The $77.71 million facility will serve students in grades six through eight and provide a pathway to the a
  
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• Brooklyn company, two Queens men indicted over alleged sale of fake construction safety cards

  08-09-2026 19:54 via brooklynpaper.com
  
  A Brooklyn company allegedly sold construction workers a shortcut to the job site — fake safety certifications for $500 that prosecutors say were issued without workers completing the required training.Redcode Inc., which has a location on McDonald Avenue in Brooklyn and another in Queens, along with its owner and an associate, has been indicted on charges that they made and sold counterfeit Occupational Safety and Health Administration and New York City Department of Buildings safety card
  
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• 9/11 25 Years Later: Retired NYPD chief recalls duties protecting the city, and helping victims’ families grieve

  08-09-2026 19:00 via amny.com
  
  Chief Joseph Fox was off on the morning of the 9/11 attack on the World Trade Center and was ready to respond to Ground Zero. But NYPD Chief of Department Joseph Esposito was clear: "Do not respond to the World Trade Center if you aren’t already here," as Fox recalled hearing the message.That was because of the fear that another attack was looming. Someone had to watch over the city as others struggled to find survivors following the collapse of the two towers that killed more than 2,900 p
  
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• Shootings near massive West Indian American Carnival Parade mar otherwise picture-perfect celebration

  08-09-2026 17:07 via brooklynpaper.com
  
  New York Police say three people were injured in separate shootings on Monday, Labor Day, near the massive West Indian American Carnival Parade on Brooklyn’s Eastern Parkway, marring an otherwise picture-perfect celebration of Caribbean culture.Despite enhanced police security, less than two hours before the parade was scheduled to conclude at 5:30 p.m., the New York City Police Department (NYPD) said one man was shot in Crown Heights, on St. John’s Place, near the sprawling thorough
  
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• City, Jewish leaders unite in Williamsburg for High Holiday food help, opening kosher pantry

  08-09-2026 17:00 via brooklynpaper.com
  
  As they sought to address hunger during the Jewish High Holy Days, city officials and community leaders cut the ribbon on a new kosher food pantry and delivered food to families preparing for the holidays.The Metropolitan Council on Jewish Poverty distributed food to the United Jewish Organizations of Williamsburg on Sept. 2 as UJO Williamsburg opened its first site exclusively dedicated to a kosher pantry.The pantry is located at 365 Flushing Ave. within the W Mall, also known as Williamsburg S
  
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• 9/11 25 Years Later: A New Yorker remembers two family sacrifices

  08-09-2026 16:00 via amny.com
  
  For New Yorker Michele Miller, the history of the 9/11 terrorist attacks is deeply personal, more than what can ever be shown on TV or social media.She suffered two losses connected to the attacks on the World Trade Center — one as a direct result of the incident, and another years later from illnesses contracted near Ground Zero. Her brother, Mitchel Scott Wallace, was going to work that day as a NYS Supreme Court Officer Sergeant and instead ran into the World Trade Center to rescue
  
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• Mask-wearing gunman sought for shooting man to death on Brooklyn street

  08-09-2026 15:50 via amny.com
  
  Brooklyn detectives are on the hunt for a masked gunman behind a deadly, cold-blooded shooting on Monday night.According to police sources, the deadly shooting took place at approximately 8:36 p.m. on Sept. 7 in front of Brownsville’s 350 Bristol St. Cops say a group of people were standing at a nearby intersection when one of them opened fire.Officers from the 73rd Precinct and paramedics rushed to the scene after a report that someone had been struck by the gunfire. Upon arrival, first r
  
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• More violence at Brooklyn’s J’Ouvert and West Indian Day celebrations: 9 people injured in shootings and stabbings

  08-09-2026 15:20 via amny.com
  
  At least nine people were injured in stabbings and shootings related to J’Ouvert and West Indian Day celebrations in Brooklyn on Monday, authorities said.Despite checkpoints set up by the NYPD and an early scheduled end to the West Indian Day parade down Eastern Parkway, the Caribbean cultural festivities were still marred by a string of violent incidents that have become commonplace in previous celebrations. Police said four people were left injured before dawn in a massive brawl at
  
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• ‘Love took over’: Brooklyn woman remembers the quiet job that kept Ground Zero connected, and the kindness that followed

  08-09-2026 15:00 via brooklynpaper.com
  
  Twenty-five years later, Gina Ruberto remembers 9/11 through two very different images.The first is the one most people know: the towers falling, Lower Manhattan disappearing beneath the smoke and debris and a city suddenly thrown into unimaginable chaos.The second is what happened next.It was strangers helping strangers across the Brooklyn Bridge. People shouting for others not to panic. Water bottles passed between exhausted New Yorkers. Men helping women in heels climb over a chain-link fence
  
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• 25 voices, 25 years later: How Brooklyn remembers 9/11

  08-09-2026 15:00 via brooklynpaper.com
  
  Twenty-five years later, Sept. 11, 2001, remains etched into the memories of Brooklynites who watched the skyline change, worried about loved ones in Manhattan and spent hours trying to find their way home.For some, 9/11 memories begin with smoke rising over the East River. For others, it is the sound of sirens, the silence of suddenly empty streets, papers and debris drifting into Brooklyn neighborhoods or the frantic search for family members whose whereabouts were unknown.The 25 Brooklynites
  
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• 9/11 public portal: Mamdani releases first 170,000 pages as records renew questions over air-quality warnings

  08-09-2026 14:21 via brooklynpaper.com
  
  New York City will make more than 170,000 pages of Sept. 11 records public on Tuesday — opening a vast trove of records that sheds new light on how officials grappled with air-quality risks, health warnings and potential liability in the months after the 2001 World Trade Center attacks.By launching the 9/11 portal and beginning to release the records just days before the 25th anniversary of the terrorist attacks, Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s administration is settling two Freedom of Inform
  
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• PHOTOS: On the scene at the West Indian American Day Parade

  07-09-2026 20:10 via caribbeanlife.com
  
  Huge crowds flocked to Brooklyn's Eastern Parkway in Brooklyn on Sept. 7 for the 59th annual West Indian American Day Parade.The parade kicked off at 11 a.m. and stretched from Utica Avenue to Grand Army Plaza, where the streets featured floats, music, and a broad display of Caribbean culture.Below, see some photos of the scene at and around the parade during the morning and early afternoon hours:[caption id="attachment_85403" align="aligncenter" width="700"] Lloyd Mitchell[/caption][caption id=
  
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• From dawn to dusk: J’Ouvert kicks off West Indian American Day Parade in Brooklyn

  07-09-2026 17:12 via amny.com
  
  The streets were alive with music, thanks to the annual J’Ouvert and West Indian-American Day Parade in Crown Heights Sept. 7.Kicking off before dawn, the celebrations brought color, music and dance to Brooklyn on Labor Day Monday. Thousands assembled outside Grand Army Plaza under the cover of darkness to mark J’Ouvert, a Caribbean tradition Brooklynites have adopted as the start of the West Indian-American Day Parade.The parade began just off Grand Army Plaza, through Empire Boulev
  
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• Deadly Brooklyn stabbing: Two men wanted for attacking man on residential block, sources say

  05-09-2026 16:04 via amny.com
  
  Brooklyn detectives continue to seek the suspect who stabbed a man to death in front of a home on Friday afternoon.Police said Christopher Davey, 25, who lived a few blocks away on Linden Boulevard, was fatally attacked on the 800 block of Albany Avenue between Linden Boulevard and Church Avenue in East Flatbush at about 5:30 p.m. on Sept. 4.Officers from the 67th Precinct found Davey with two stab wounds to his torso not long after receiving a 911 call about an assault in progress. The motive f
  
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• Thousands of cops, earlier finish planned for West Indian Day Parade

  04-09-2026 23:57 via amny.com
  
  New York City will end Monday’s West Indian Day Parade promptly on Labor Day Monday afternoon — a cutoff officials say is aimed at preventing the late-day gun violence that marred last year’s celebration.The measure is part of a broader security plan that will put thousands of NYPD officers and hundreds of community violence-prevention staffers and volunteers along the parade route and surrounding Brooklyn neighborhoods, city officials said Friday.Many of the NYPD’s secur
  
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• Signal trouble: Disappearing messages in Mamdani influencer chat trigger ‘corrective action’

  04-09-2026 23:00 via amny.com
  
  Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s administration said Friday it took corrective action after learning that disappearing messages had been enabled in a Signal chat used by City Hall to communicate with social media influencers, a setting the mayor’s chief lawyer said staff should turn off when using the encrypted app.The acknowledgment comes amid growing scrutiny of the administration’s use of Signal to communicate with a large network of content creators who receive City Hall talking poin
  
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• ‘We Will Always Love You’: Dolly Parton tribute band Doll Parts brings ‘cathartic’ celebration to Brooklyn

  04-09-2026 17:25 via brooklynpaper.com
  
  The idea of becoming a musician starts as a dream for a lot of people, but for Julia Sirna-Frest, it was her husband’s dream in the literal sense of the word.“My husband woke up in the middle of the night and said, ‘You should start a Dolly Parton cover band called Doll Parts,’” Sirna-Frest said. “I thought that was a great idea.”She did what any person who wants to start a Dolly Parton tribute band would do: She asked her friend Maggie Robinson, who was
  
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• As whale sightings surge off NYC coast, Hochul signs whale safety law

  04-09-2026 16:26 via brooklynpaper.com
  
  Whales have made a remarkable comeback off New York City’s coastline. In July, Staten Island-based nonprofit Gotham Whale documented the 500th individual humpback whale in the waters surrounding New York City, marking a significant milestone in whale sightings for the region.Each whale sighting is registered in the New York City Humpback Whale Catalog (NYCHWC), and Gotham Whale has recorded 80 to 100 individual whales each year since 2018. Prior to 2018, the organization cataloged just 10
  
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