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  • Hero kid answers the call

    Hero kid answers the call

    He’s only 4 feet tall -- but he’s the man of the house. Heroic 7-year-old Drew Champagnie kept his cool yesterday morning when his sickly mom suffered a...  

  • Probe hits jail rabbi’s landlord

    Probe hits jail rabbi’s landlord

    Investigators scrutinizing former Correction Department chaplain Leib Glanz have subpoenaed records from the giant United Talmudical Academy, Glanz’s landlord...  

  • Slay-kid dad’s $150M suit

    The ne’er-do-well father of a Brooklyn child whose death sparked the indictment of her mother, grandmother and two ACS workers is looking to cash in on his...  

  • B'klyn teen who assaulted postman with rock-hard snowballs gets off

    The Brooklyn teen charged with pelting a postman with rock-hard snowballs slid out of trouble today by promising to be good. Walter Ward, 17, was charged with...  

  • Father of B'klyn girl whose death sparked outrage sues city for $150M

    The ne’er-do-well father of Marchella Brett-Pierce – the Brooklyn child whose death sparked the indictment of her mother, grandmother and two ACS workers – is...  

  • Brownstone Belt in Boerum Hill downzoned

    Now all of Brooklyn’s Brownstone Belt is protected from overzealous developers. The City Council today approved a downzoning plan for a 31-sqaure-block...  

  • Heroes bleed ‘NYPD blue’

    Heroes bleed ‘NYPD blue’

    Three Anti-Crime plainclothes cops in an unmarked car in East New York had just seen a teenage bicyclist going the wrong way on a one way street in a Brooklyn...  

  • Bullets fly on ‘Pan Am’ set

    Planes aren’t the only things flying on ABC’s new drama “Pan Am.” A cop fired a bullet near the show’s production set in Downtown Brooklyn yesterday as he...  

  • NYPD officer accidentally fires gun in B'klyn

    A police officer accidentally fired an errant shot today as he tried to avoid being run over by a stolen SUV in Brooklyn, The Post has learned. No one was...  

  • Man who claims he has multiple personalities gets 8 years in boiler room scheme

    The architect of New York boiler room scheme who claimed he was influenced by three people inhabiting his body was sentenced today to serve eight years in...  

  • Hat ‘thief’ is wrongheaded

    Oy vey, what a dumb crook. A thief’s plans to sell a Hasid’s stolen sable-fur hat backfired when he failed to notice that the owner’s name and phone number...  

  • Cops search for armed man who fatally shot Brooklyn woman

    Police are looking for an armed man who shot a woman to death inside of their Brooklyn apartment today, authorities said. The 31-year-old victim was shot in...  

  • Bloomberg, newly elected Turner meet for first time

    Bloomberg, newly elected Turner meet for first time

    Welcome congressman. Mayor Bloomberg trekked to Howard Beach this morning to meet and discuss issues with new Republican Queens-Brooklyn Rep. Bob Turner. "I...  

  • Rescue mission

    Rescue mission

    It’s not just basketball and skyscrapers with Bruce Ratner. The uber-developer -- best known for his under-construction Brooklyn arena for the Nets -- is...  

  • Trial by fire

    Trial by fire

    The fire on the top floor of a six-story Brooklyn apartment building was spitting flames above the treetops on Aug. 27, 2010 when FDNY Lt. Edward Gonzalez...  

Brooklyn Blog

  • Nets bring new playground to Canarsie school

    The Nets and local officials unveiled today a state-of the-art refurbished playground at Brooklyn’s...  

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  • Brooklyn Book Festival off to flying start

    The popular Brooklyn Book Festival kicked off today and will include four days of nearly 30...  

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  • Downtown Brooklyn economic development czar stepping down for state job

    The head of the development corporation created by Mayor Bloomberg to spur economic development in...  

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  • Downtown Brooklyn Skyscraper Historic District approved

    In a controversial move, a cluster of 21 buildings in the heart of Downtown Brooklyn today got the...  

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  • Brooklyn residents now set to apply for hurricane relief funding

    Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) today thanked the Federal Emergency Management Agency for finally...  

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  • Day in Photos: Sept. 21, 2011
    Day in Photos: Sept. 21, 2011
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    Sexy celeb magazine covers
  • Wall Street Protests
    Wall Street Protests
  • UN General Assembly
    UN General Assembly
  • Celebrity photos: Sept. 21, 2011
    Celebrity photos: Sept. 21, 2011

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