NEIGHBORHOODS

Fort Greene

Almost the entire pressrun of the LIU-Brooklyn student newspaper vanished from the Downtown campus last weekend, after the paper published a cover story about a one-day shutdown by the city Health Department of an on-campus restaurant. … Full Article

As the Vatican bid Godspeed earlier today to a living Pope who has served only eight years before abdicating, the leader of Brooklyn’s Maronite Catholics reflects on Benedict XVI’s persona and legacy, particularly in regard to the Middle East.
 … Full Article

Food, food, and more food will be there for the tasting at Brooklyn Eats, a foodie lover’s event sponsored by the Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce. … Full Article

Almost five years ago, this newspaper ran an article about engineering students from NYU Polytechnic in Downtown Brooklyn taking part in a national concrete-canoe contest. … Full Article

Last week, Martha Carr Atwater, 48, a well-known Brooklyn Heights resident and Emmy Award-winning TV writer, was struck and ultimately killed by an erratic d … Full Article

Brooklyn author Matthew Goodman has just released his latest novel, “Eighty Days: Nelly Bly and Elizabeth Bisland's History-Making Race Around the World,” in which he recreates the true story of two adventurous young female reporters who set out to travel the world in 1889. … Full Article

Services for Emmy-winning writer and Brooklyn Heights mother Martha Carr Atwater, 48, killed on February 22 by an out-of-control pickup t … Full Article

Seven-hundred and thirty-five million dollars. This is the amount New York City estimates it will spend on judgments and settlements in cases against the city for negligence, police abuse, and other claims that may come its way. … Full Article

The evening of Jan. 30 was a special one at the DiMenna Performing Arts Center, located at 450 West 37th St. in Manhattan. It was founded by Italian-American financier and philanthropist Joseph DiMenna and opened in 2011.
 … Full Article

New Brooklyn resident Domenica Ruta has just released her debut memoir – a coming-of-age tale titled “With Or WithoutYou.” In the book, which went on sale yesterday, Ruta … Full Article