GOWANUS — A plush octopus by Jellycat. A neck pillow by XpresSpa. Graphic sleeping masks by Geyoga. The accessories weren’t designer. But these cozy, low-budget pieces stood out Sunday at the second Debt Gala, where some 200 pajama-clad revelers dressed for its “Sleeping Baddies” theme raised over $15,000 for medical bill relief. Hosted at the […]
A Brooklyn man has been sentenced to 20 years in prison following a fatal shooting in 2020 that left a romantic rival dead. The incident, which took place during a confrontation at an apartment in the Gowanus Houses, resulted from an altercation between the man and his ex-girlfriend. The case concluded with the man’s guilty […]
Over the weekend the city’s homeless services agency began housing migrant men in a newly opened 400-bed shelter that sits alongside Brooklyn’s polluted Gowanus Canal — before state environmental officials have begun planned testing of the site for potential toxic contamination. The Department of Social Services declined to say precisely when the six-story former factory […]