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• New ownership for unpopular Bergen Beach bus company

  11-04-2017 06:00
  
  Bergen Beach: See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Julianne CubaBrooklyn DailyLocals are hoping for new dawn at New Dawn Transit, now that the operator of the much-despised bus depot on E. 69th Street is under new ownership.Illinois-based transit company National Express has purchased New Dawn Transit — which residents have long griped about because of the constant noise and pollution from its fleet of buses — and locals are now warily optimistic about seeing some improvement, said
  
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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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• Police fatally shoot knife-wielding man on Brooklyn Bridge

  04-09-2026 16:13 via brooklynpaper.com
  
  Police officers shot and killed an allegedly knife-wielding, suicidal man following an hour-long standoff on the Brooklyn Bridge early Friday morning, police sources said.The police shooting happened at about 4:15 a.m. on Sept. 4 on the iconic span hundreds of feet above the East River, where the unidentified man in apparent emotional distress had apparently ascended the bridge’s beams and cables.Assistant Chief Jerry Dowling, commanding officer of the NYPD Emergency Service
  
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• Dancin’ in September: New York Transit Museum to celebrate 50 years with 70s disco dance party

  03-09-2026 23:15 via brooklynpaper.com
  
  The New York Transit Museum is dancin’ in September as it rolls back to 1976 to celebrate its 50th anniversary.A one-night-only fundraiser will turn the decommissioned subway station into a 70s-themed disco dance party with dancing, drinks and vinyl-only tunes on Sept. 26. Housed inside the defunct Court Street Station in Downtown Brooklyn, the museum was founded in 1976 as a temporary exhibit on the history of the city’s transportation system. A half-century later, the museum i
  
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• MTA watchdog audit sparked by 2024 explosion finds transit agency had widespread substation maintenance failures

  03-09-2026 20:30 via amny.com
  
  The MTA Inspector General's office found "serious gaps" in the transit authority's maintenance and oversight of its substations in a new audit the agency watchdog released Thursday that was sparked by a 2024 explosion at one of the essential power conversion facilities.The audit found that MTA NYC Transit's Substations Group did not conduct 19% of required maintenance checks at the facilities during the year of the explosion. The incident occurred at the State Street substation and caused a powe
  
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• FDNY adds 36 names to 9/11 Memorial Wall in Downtown Brooklyn ahead of 25th anniversary

  03-09-2026 18:28 via brooklynpaper.com
  
  As New York prepares to mark the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks next week, the FDNY held a dedication ceremony at its headquarters in Downtown Brooklyn, adding the names of 36 members who died in the past year from WTC-related illnesses to the FDNY World Trade Center Memorial Wall.The FDNY World Trade Center Memorial Wall honors members who were on active duty at the time of the attacks and helped with rescue, recovery and cleanup operations in the months after the deadli
  
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• RARE Steak Championship makes NYC debut at Industry City, 25+ local participants to compete

  03-09-2026 18:11 via brooklynpaper.com
  
  The RARE Steak Championship, a national food and beverage festival that unites culinary talent across the country, will make its New York City debut at Sunset Park's Industry City on Sept. 10. More than 25 competitors at the top of their game in steak, cocktails and more will compete to win.Presented by Buckhead Meat & Seafood and produced by DiningOut Media + Events, the RARE Steak Championship has hosted events around the country. From Phoenix to Denver, the showdown attracts top talent in
  
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• 9/11 25 Years Later: Honor the memory of Sept. 11, 2001 victims at these events across New York City

  03-09-2026 16:00 via amny.com
  
  We will never forget those who were lost in the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, and New York City continues to recognize them every year.
  As the nation marks the 25th anniversary of 9/11, we've rounded up some local memorial events that honor the victims and reflect on that day together.9/11 Day of Service at the Intrepid MuseumIntrepid Museum, Pier 86, W 46th St.Sept. 8-11New York Cares will be hosting an annual day of service aboard the Intrepid in honor of 9/11. Over the course of four day
  
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• Hearing on Brooklyn Democratic Party rule change delayed after party members arrive without legal counsel

  02-09-2026 23:25 via brooklynpaper.com
  
  A court hearing on controversial rule changes within the Brooklyn Democratic Party was adjourned Wednesday to give three respondents more time to secure legal counsel. Brooklyn Supreme Court justice Jill Epstein had been set to hear arguments in a case seeking to overturn a series of bylaw amendments proposed by sitting chair Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn in an apparent bid to maintain control of the party and approved in a last-minute, closed-door meeting last week. Three days after that
  
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• Downtown Brooklyn man gets 13 years for four-day gunpoint robbery spree

  02-09-2026 22:45 via brooklynpaper.com
  
  A Downtown Brooklyn man has been sentenced to 13 years in prison after authorities said he carried out three gunpoint robberies across the neighborhood in just four days.Jaquan Smith-Mack, 34, was sentenced Wednesday in Brooklyn Supreme Court to 13 years behind bars followed by five years of post-release supervision. He pleaded guilty to first-degree robbery in June, according to the Brooklyn District Attorney’s Office.Prosecutors said the robbery spree began Sept. 27, 2024, near Navy Stre
  
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• Subway, bus, and commuter rail riders should prepare for Labor Day weekend service tweaks: MTA

  02-09-2026 22:00 via amny.com
  
  As Labor Day approaches, the MTA on Wednesday advised transit riders to prepare for service shakeups over the coming three-day weekend. For subway riders, the most notable change is that the system will run on a Sunday schedule on Labor Day itself — Monday, Sept. 7, the MTA said. There will also be other subway service adjustments throughout the weekend, so the transit agency is advising straphangers to check the MTA website, mta.info, before traveling on the rails.Buses will als
  
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• AI gets a timeout: Mamdani puts one-year moratorium on generative AI for younger NYC students

  02-09-2026 19:45 via amny.com
  
  Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced Wednesday that the nation’s largest public school system will impose a one-year moratorium on student-facing generative artificial intelligence (AI) from 2-K through eighth grade, while experimenting with a small group of vetted AI tools in high schools. The decision to keep the technology off-limits to most of the city's public school students came eight days before the first day of school on Sept. 10 — and after parents, teachers and elected offi
  
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• Brooklyn 9/11 Memorial events: How to mark the 25th anniversary in 2026

  02-09-2026 18:03 via brooklynpaper.com
  
  As the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks approaches, Brooklyn communities will come together throughout the month to remember those who died, honor first responders and reflect on the lasting impact of that day.From memorial ceremonies and candlelight vigils to music and opportunities to view the annual Tribute in Light, events across the borough will commemorate the anniversary and give Brooklynites a chance to gather in remembrance.Asser Levy Park memorial — Sept. 6The Septe
  
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• Park Slope Super Stoop returns this fall with bargains on every block

  02-09-2026 17:12 via brooklynpaper.com
  
  A day of bargain hunting and community gathering will return this fall with the second annual Park Slope Super Stoop event. Sponsored by the Park Slope Civic Council, it is a community-wide chance to sell or give away some goods and mingle with neighbors.The one-day event will take place on Saturday, Sept. 26 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.Locals, including residents, schools, and businesses, can register their stoop online and indicate what they will have on offer. Registered stoops will appear on
  
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