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... »
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 ... »
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... »
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 ... »
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... »
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... »
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... »
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... »
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... »
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... »
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 ... »
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... »
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... »
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 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... »
