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LICH ER shrinking. Photo by Mary Frost

Concern in Brooklyn as LICH ER shrinks

Supporters of Long Island College Hospital (LICH) rallied outside the Cobble Hill hospital’s emergency department on Thursday to express concern about SUNY shrinking what remains of the ER. … Full Article
 
Long Island College Hospital. Photo by Mary Frost

Brooklyn officials, community want investigation into sale of LICH

Brooklyn officials on Thursday asked state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman and Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli to conduct investigations of SUNY’s sale of Long Island College Hospital (LICH) to Fortis. … Full Article
 
FUNERAL OF LT. GORDON “MATT” AMBELAS AT ST. CLARE’S CHURCH IN STATEN ISLAND (PHOTO BY MATTHEW TAUB)

Thousands turn out for firefighter’s funeral

Thousands of firefighters from departments across the northeast (and beyond) turned out at the funeral of Lt. Gordon “Matt” Ambelas Thursday morning in a massive show of solidarity and mourning. … Full Article
 
A kayaking event will be held at Brooklyn Bridge Park on July 12 as part of City of Water Day

City of Water Day comes to Brooklyn Bridge Park

The Metropolitan Water Alliance’s City of Water Day will make its way to Brooklyn Bridge Park July 12. Kayaking and “Seining the River Wild” are both free, public events that are a part of the annual “celebration of the world-class potential of the water that surrounds us.” … Full Article
 
The Take Back Gowanus event was held at 501 Union Street

Disparate factions unite to 'take back' Gowanus

What do a self-styled “provocateur,” a mohawked leather jacket punk rocker, a dredger, a cartographer, a cane-wielding rabble rouser, a public housing advocate and a sprinkling of neighborhood homeowners, preservationists, attorneys and industrial workers all have in common? … Full Article
 
Pacfic Street library, from the corner of 4th Avenue

Pacific Street Library: Not for sale (for now), but grim fate awaits

The managers of a Park Slope community space are worried the timeless Pacific Street branch of the Brooklyn Public Library is for sale and will ultimately be demolished, and have even directed concerned residents to an online petition to thwart the effort. … Full Article
 
Vincent Bohanan conducts the Sounds of Victory Choir. They will perform on Monday, July 14 at New Life Tabernacle on Bedford Avenue. Photo credit: Melvin Smith

Sound of Victory Fellowship Choir makes debut in Brooklyn

Young people who have experienced poverty or who feel alienated and rejected in society are turning their lives around and evangelizing to others, thanks to the music ministry of Vincent Bohanan and the Sound of Victory Fellowship Choir. … Full Article
 
This is the historic Hotel Bossert — with one of the realities of life on busy Montague Street, a delivery truck doing a drop-off at the supermarket next door. Photo by Lore Croghan

No high heels on the rooftop just yet, Bossert delayed further

Sorry, revelers! There will be no sunset partying this summer on the roof of the once and future Waldorf-Astoria of Brooklyn. … Full Article
 
Another bidder raised a protest about SUNY's sale of Brooklyn's LICH to developer Fortis. Photo by Mary Frost

LICH bidder Trindade files a protest with state Comptroller

Another protest has been raised about SUNY’s sale of Long Island College Hospital (LICH) to developer Fortis Property Group. … Full Article
 
Stars and Stripes Forever: The free ferry departs Fairway. Photos by Lore Croghan

Red Hook sunsets are ferry nice in the summertime

The free ferry to Fairway is back — and Van Brunt Street business owners say Fabulous! … Full Article
 

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