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Police Nab Cellphone Robber

Call it a case of the New York Police Department being at the right place at the right time. Officers caught a robbery suspect just minutes after he allegedly snatched a cellphone from a 51-year-old woman on S. Oxford Street Wednesday afternoon, police... »

Space Shuttle Enterprise Takes Flight, For the Last Time

Patch took a little field trip to the Top of the Rock at Rockefeller Center today to try to nab some sweet shots of the space shuttle Enterprise as she made her entrance to New York City.  Our success was middling—the shuttle and Boeing 747 toting her ... »

Barclays Center Jobs Announcement a Big Win, or No Big Deal? [POLL]

At face value, an announcement Thursday that developer Forest City Ratner planned to create 2,000 jobs to be filled by public housing and local residents was good news for the borough's unemployed. However, as the details came in, the picture got a who... »

Readers' Choice Winners: Best Florists in Brooklyn

We asked you, our readers in Brooklyn, to let us know your favorite spot to grab flowers. Here are the results:   Windsor Terrace-Kensignton David Shannon Florist & Nursery was voted as the area's best.   Bed Stuy Flowerworks on Nostrand Ave. not only ... »

Remembrance Service For Tamor Robinson Today

Friends and family will say their goodbyes to Connecticut Muffin barista Tamor Robinson later Friday. A viewing will be held at Ponce Funeral Home in East New York starting at 3 p.m. The viewing and funeral services are open to the public.  Robinson, 2... »

The Early Word: Art Exhibit Opening at Baguetteaboudit

1. Works by Clinton Hill artist Richard Lebenson—an illustrator who last had a neighborhood showing at the now-shuttered Tillie's of Brooklyn—will again have an opportunity to enrapture a local audience with scenes of beauty bordering on the mundane an... »

Ratner Promises 2,000 Barclays Center Jobs for Locals and NYCHA Residents

Forest City Ratner announced a new plan to fill approximately 2,000 jobs at the Barclays Center using the city’s Workforce1 services, with priority hiring going to residents of the communities surrounding the arena, as well as local New York City Housi... »

Classon Avenue Reconstruction Starts Monday

Just a reminder that the Classon Avenue Safety Project will start construction this Monday, April 30, in an effort to calm traffic on Classon between President Street and Flushing Avenue. The full DOT plan is here, but as Patch reported in February, Cl... »

BLDG 92 Shows Off Navy Yard’s Past and Present

The Brooklyn Navy Yard has been a city landmark since the end of the Revolutionary War, yet most New Yorkers have only a vague understanding of what goes on behind its walls. A new visitor, event and job center hopes to finally change that. BLDG 92, wh... »

The Early Word: Live & Outspoken

1. Singer/songwriter Toshi Reagon and her mentor, music pioneer June Millington, come together to talk about artist activism and why they make music, performing selections of their critically-acclaimed work. Mark Morris Dance Center, 3 Lafayette Ave. 7... »

Concerns Mount Over Barclays Center Sidewalks: [POLL]

Much worry has already been expressed about the expected crush of passenger cars in the wake of Barclays Center's planned opening in September. But now longtime critics of the project are sounding the alarm over another potential traffic jam—this time ... »

Panel to Vote On Proposed 5th Co-Location At BCAM

Students enrolled in four educational programs sharing a single building at 300 Willoughby Ave. may have a lot more company in the school's lunchroom, library and brand-new track and field. The Panel For Education Policy will vote Thursday on the propo... »

U.N. Gets a Shot of Brooklyn Mommy Power: [VIDEO]

The dynamic "Mocha Moms" of Brooklyn are at it again! On Sunday, the Brooklyn chapter of Mocha Moms, led by co-presidents Eisa Ulen Richardson and Tasha Brown, and joined by Councilwoman Letitia James, held its annual "Family Fun-Raiser" to benefit Sho... »

The Early Word: Comedy By BAM and IFC

1. BAM and IFC join forces to present, Get It Out There: Comedy by BAM & IFC, a new comedy showcase that allows comics to experiment recklessly with humor while causing only minimal harm to themselves and others. Brooklyn Academy of Music, 30 Lafayette... »

Family Of Fallen CT Muffin Barista To Rally With Al Sharpton

Family members of a well-liked Connecticut Muffin barista prepared to turn up the heat on a continuing investigation into his death as the result of being hit by a police car earlier this month. The mother of Tamon Robinson will join Rev. Al Sharpton... »

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