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On June 26th, Lieutenant Firefighter Gordon Ambelas and his company (along with two others) were honored by FDNY Commissioner Nigro, Rabbi David Niederman of the United Jewish Organizations of Williamsburg and North Brooklyn, and a family extremely grateful for the FDNY saving the life of their y … Full Article

Workers doing construction on the Brooklyn Bridge said that if the walkway’s façade hadn’t collapsed the way it did -- and when it did -- Wednesday night, the outcome could have been "much, much worse." … Full Article

Cheerful metal bicycle sculptures by famed Mexican artist and cycling enthusiast Gilberto Aceves Navarro, 83, are being installed in 10 locations across the city, with the help of the city’s departments of Transportation and Parks. … Full Article

Congregations in Brooklyn are finding new ways of nurturing worship. Faith in Brooklyn explores their creativity in a new series.  Outreach to Neighborhood Is the Heart Of This Dinner Church in Gowanus … Full Article

Brooklyn Heights is widely known for many things: historic preservation; high real estate values; serving as home to numerous lawyers, investment bankers and writers; squash...SQUASH? … Full Article

The heavy stone facade of the walkway to the Brooklyn Bridge, under the overpass at Washington and Prospect streets in DUMBO, collapsed at roughly 7:40 p.m. Wednesday night in Brooklyn. … Full Article

We spied some steel steers in Red Hook. It sounds like a line from a limerick — but it happened the other day. … Full Article

Grammy Award-winning superstar Shaggy thrilled a lunchtime crowd at Brooklyn Borough Hall on Wednesday at the kickoff to the Summer Music Series and blood drive sponsored by Music Brings Life, working to boost summer blood donations with the Red Cross. … Full Article

Here's something you don't hear people say very often about hot Brooklyn neighborhoods: Mayan Metzler went to Red Hook to open a business because the rent was low. … Full Article

That's a big chunk of change for an auto-body shop building — $24 million. But this is sought-after Red Hook we're talking about, and the Perfect Bodies Auto Collision site at 145-165 Wolcott St. is 80,000 square feet in size, which is a big piece of property. … Full Article