Partner of Brooklyn Cop Accused of Manslaughter Grilled on Witness Stand
By LUIS GONZAEZ & MICHAEL ODMARK The patrol partner of Peter Liang, the police officer on trial for killing Akai Gurley in the stairwell of …[read more]
Armory Track and Field Events Announced
By SEAN EGAN Track and field officials from colleges and high schools around the world announced details on Thursday of the 16th annual Armory Track …[read more]
U.S. Luxury Liner Slated to Sail Again
By KARI FORD At a riverside press conference Thursday shipbuilders announced that the historic ocean liner SS United States would make a grand comeback with …[read more]
Traffic Deaths Down – as seen in City Limits
Editor’s note: This Brooklyn News Service story first appeared in City Limits. By RENEE HARARI On a Sunday afternoon in October 2013, 4-year-old Allison Liao …[read more]
Cleaner Gowanus Could Lead to Higher Rents
By SEAN EGAN Swimming through the sewage-infested waters of the Gowanus Canal, Christopher Swain had to paddle through a thick layer of dirty yellow foam …[read more]
Why Angel Rodas Went Back to Mexico
Among the 12 million undocumented immigrants in the United States was Angel Rodas, a 29-year-old Mexican. He lived as an undocumented immigrant for 10 years …[read more]
A sense of style in Midwood
By BEVERLY ORTEGA As I walked down Avenue J in Midwood toward the Tznius Princess shop, the women around me were dressed a lot differently …[read more]
`The Rent Is Too Damn High’
Kat Lloyd interviews Jimmy McMillan, founder of the Rent Is Too Damn High Party and frequent candidate for public office.
Nannies are Brooklyn’s bridge between cultures
By AMBER ALEXANDER Samantha Lee, a nanny from Dominica, remembers a time when one of her former employers overstepped her boundaries by trying to drop …[read more]
Mall Brings Change to Flatbush `Junction’
By DEJA SMITH In her youth, Gianna Mancini used to enjoy sledding in the municipal parking lot at the Junction in Brooklyn’s Flatbush section. It …[read more]