By Nate Rawlings A curious thing happened Friday between the hours of 3 and 7 p.m. in Part 15 of the Brooklyn Criminal Courthouse. Clerks strayed from their desks and walked around the room. Judge Patricia Di Mango chatted politely with reporters she hadn’t seen for a while. Prosecution and defense lawyers, figurative and actual adversaries, talked [...]
Tuesday, May 4, 2010
By Jeannette Neumann The defense called its only witness on Monday, bringing to a close three weeks of testimony in the alleged hate-crime murder of an Ecuadorian immigrant. The mother of defendant Keith Phoenix told jurors that her husband – Phoenix’s father – is of Puerto Rican and Dominican descent. A minor detail, but one that defense [...]
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
Underground dinners are the latest trend in eating out. They’ve been popular for a long time in Latin America, known as “Paladars” or “Restaurante de Puertas Cerradas” (locked door restaurants). They’ve made their way to the United States and Europe and now also to Brooklyn. Danielle Bengsch looks behind the scenes of a secret cookery in [...]
Monday, April 26, 2010
A gunman remains at large after shooting three men at the Magic Car Wash & Lube in Bushwick on Saturday. Police suspect a 37-year-old employee, who has shot once in the arm, was the intended target, the Post reports. Two customers who were waiting for their car to be serviced were shot in the legs. Share
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
Thirty-six jurors, four attorneys, court officers, relatives, and the two defendants waited as Davi Almonte slowly entered the witness box.
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
Yesterday afternoon, the NYPD arrested two people at the 13 Thames Art Space, an art and performance space where the Fourth Annual NYC Anarchist Film Festival is being organized. The two arrested were members of the Independent Anarchist Media (I AM) Collective. At this time, the festival, planned for April 16, is still happening. Share
Friday, April 9, 2010
Thousands of low-income Brooklyn residents may find their Section 8 housing assistance revoked thanks to a city budget shortfall. In Bushwick, tenants of one project react to this week's bad news.
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
Bushwick residents will find their weekend trips to Ikea that much easier with the expansion of Zipcar locations into the neighborhood. The car-sharing company is taking advantage of unused parking garages in condominimum parking lots and will add vehicles at three locations, BushwickBK reports. Share
Friday, March 5, 2010
Upstate farm workers protest against Brooklyn-based State Sen. Martin Dilan who voted “no” on a bill intended to improve their rights and working conditions
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
Two Con-Edison workers were injured, one critically, when an underground explosion flung a manhole cover at the intersection of Broadway and Hart Street in Bushwick just after 3 a.m. The cover struck one worker in the head; he was rushed to Kings County Hospital, where he is in critical condition. Share
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