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Three Brooklyn Entrepreneurs Set to Take Off After Contest Win

The winners of the NYC Boss Up contest, all residents of NYCHA or Section 8, will each be awarded grants of $20,000 and join ...

MESA, South Brooklyn’s first charter school, opens its doors to inaugural class after six-year wait: ‘Worth it’

South Brooklyn is set to open its first charter school Monday after waiting six long years because of the state’s charter cap ...

2 gunmen among 3 killed in New York City bar shooting, police say; 2 other shooters still at large

Two of the three people killed in a bar shooting in the New York City borough of Brooklyn were among the four shooters who ...
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Waymo to Test Driverless Cars in Downtown Brooklyn

The city granted autonomous car company Waymo a permit to begin testing eight autonomous vehicles (AV) in parts of Manhattan ...

5 shot, 1 fatally, as multiple gunmen open fire in New York City park: NYPD

A man was killed and four other people were injured when gunfire broke out on Saturday night at a New York City park, ...

2 gunmen in Brooklyn mass shooting were killed, NYPD says; 2 suspects still wanted

Two of four suspected gunmen in the shooting at Taste of the City Lounge in Crown Heights are still on the run, the NYPD says ...

I moved from the suburbs to New York City. The culture shock was intense, but my daughter and social life thrived.

Esther Fink moved to New York City to be closer to family after her divorce. After growing up in a small new York town the ...
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New York City Confirms First Human Cases of West Nile Virus in Queens Residents

NYC reports its first human West Nile virus cases of the season, with two individuals from Queens testing positive.