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Brooklyn’s “very first dinner boat,” to be called The Water Table, has plans to serve seasonal New England food on a tug boat cruise around New York Harbor. … Full Article

The beautiful Tawny Cypress, star of the sci-fi TV drama “Heroes,” is being sued by her ex-husband for allegedly having him beat-up by her current boyfriend inside  … Full Article

The year 2012 saw a record year of tourism for New York City. The city welcomed 52 million visitors who generated an estimated $55.3 billion in economic impact to the city’s economy spread across the five boroughs.  The rise in tourist visitations has led to an increase in the illegal hotels. … Full Article

Bedford-Stuyvesant is the unlucky New York City neighborhood where the most residents have picked up the phone and called 311 to report rats, according to a nifty interactive rat ma … Full Article

If your tastes run to fiction and dessert, you're in luck this winter: Brooklynite Megan Caldwell's new novel " … Full Article

Borough President Marty Markowitz's final term in office runs out this year -- but before he goes, he's going to auction off his trove of office sw … Full Article

A team of chemistry professors is asking Brooklyn residents to send them baggies filled with dirt from areas inundated with floodwater during Superstorm Sandy. … Full Article

WASHINGTON— Police in Britain have extradited a terror suspect to the United States to face charges that he took part in an alleged al-Qaida plot to detonate explosives aboard the New York City subway system. … Full Article

Plans for a 21-story spaceship-shaped building planned for 85 Flatbush Avenue Extension in Downtown Brooklyn have been greatly downsized, Brownstoner reports. … Full Article

One can never be sure where the first local baby born in the New Year was born, but two Brooklyn hospitals are strong contenders.  Baby boy Orane Clarke was born Jan. 1 at 12:12 am at SUNY Downstate Medical Center’s University Hospital in Central Brooklyn. … Full Article