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  • Brooklyn ‘burglar’ eats, drinks & gets comfy

    A crook in Brooklyn made himself at home for the holidays, cops said. The freeloading burglar slipped into an elderly woman’s Brooklyn apartment and lived it...  

  • Vito’s golden girl gets booted by city

    The longtime director of the Ridgewood-Bushwick social-services empire, one of the largest and most powerful such agencies in New York, has been handed her...  

  • Nothing stops ‘graft’ pol

    This Brooklyn pol’s not gonna let a little federal corruption indictment get in the way of his Albany agenda. Minutes after Assemblyman William Boyland Jr....  

  • Lobbyist Richard Lipsky pleads guilty to bribing crooked pol Carl Kruger

    Lobbyist Richard Lipsky pleads guilty to bribing crooked pol Carl Kruger

    A lobbyist who got caught with more than $100,000 in cash stashed in his home pleaded guilty this afternoon to bribing then-state Sen. Carl Kruger for...  

  • Nets to move 150 jobs to MetroTech Center in Brooklyn

    The Nets are finally beginning their move to Brooklyn. The NBA team announced today that beginning next month they’re moving 150 jobs on its business side of...  

  • Accused cop killer says he's 'sorry' for killing veteran NYPD officer

    Too little, too late. The thug accused of gunning down Officer Peter Figoski last month during a botched robbery in Brooklyn told detectives after his arrest...  

  • Gowanus cleanup to be taxing

    Gowanus cleanup to be taxing

    Now this really stinks! The feds’ Superfund cleanup of Brooklyn’s toxic Gowanus Canal could sock taxpayers with a bill of hundreds of millions of dollars....  

  • Assemblyman Boyland Jr. vows to promote bills while facing corruption charges

    Assemblyman Boyland Jr. vows to promote bills while facing corruption charges

    He's not going to let being indicted get in the way of his Albany agenda! Even as Assemblyman William Boyland Jr. was arraigned in Brooklyn federal court...  

  • Anti-Semite on the attack

    Cops are investigating three violent attacks against Orthodox Jews in Midwood, including the mugging of a prominent rabbi, sources said yesterday. On Sunday,...  

  • Vandalism hits once-Genovese catering hall

    Not long after a Genovese crime family associate sold his Staten Island catering hall, the new owner became the target of frequent vandalism attacks, officials...  

  • Hey, Skee-daddle!

    Hey, Skee-daddle!

    Skee Ball, the game generations of Brooklyn kids grew up playing on the Coney Island boardwalk, has gone big league — with teams of lawyers turning it into a...  

  • ‘Mouse’ cleaning for Nets

    ‘Mouse’ cleaning for Nets

    Meet the Nets’ new coach — Mickey Mouse. Trying to bring a theme-park feel to the team’s new arena in Brooklyn, Nets brass have hired Walt Disney Co.’s...  

  • Polar bare

    Polar bare

    The balmy New Year’s Day temperatures weren’t all that was heating up the beach yesterday. As the mercury hit 52 degrees, a fishnet-clad Dawn Santucci went...  

  • First 2012 murder: Man shot to death in B'klyn

    A 45-year-old man became the city's first murder victim of the year after he was found shot to death inside a Brooklyn apartment building this morning, police...  

  • Hit-and-run driver kills man in B'klyn

    A Brooklyn man was mowed down and killed by a heartless hit-and-run driver this morning, police said. John Cook, 34, was crossing Rockaway Parkway near...  

Brooklyn Blog

  • Nets owner's Russian presidency run has Brooklyn talking

    The news that Nets owner Mikhail Prokhorov is planning a long-shot bid for the Russian presidency...  

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  • DUMBO theater group finds new home

    A popular DUMBO theater group whose plan to relocate within Brooklyn Bridge Park were struck down...  

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  • Superhero team heading to DUMBO

    Brooklyn is so hip these days that it is now getting its own superhero team. Comic book company...  

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  • B'klyn Borough Hall lightens up with 40-foot-tall Christmas tree

    It’s officially Christmas time in Downtown Brooklyn. Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz...  

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  • Brooklyn Bridge Park officials dish out $25M in contracts

    Officials overseeing Brooklyn Bridge Park today dished out more than $25 million in contracts aimed...  

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    Day in Photos: Jan. 4, 2011
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    Day In Photos: January 3, 2012
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    Celebrity photos: Jan. 3, 2012
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    2012 NHL Winter Classic

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