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Ask a historian: How did Willink Hill get its name?

January 23 | John B. Manbeck

Henk Willink, Doetinchem, from The Netherlands, asked: “How did Prospect Park...

Brooklyn Public Library asks for funding in light of White House executive order targeting libraries
New York Edge hosts annual Battle of the Baskets for young chefs in Williamsburg
Prospect Park reveals new sculpture at north entrance: Monuments to Motherhood
Bed-Stuy photographer to display work at City Point
Gas main rupture injures worker in Bay Ridge
Alpine bistro opens in Brooklyn Heights
Episcopal parish in Carroll Gardens, marking 175 years, holds pie-baking contest
Brooklyn Borough President Reynoso endorses Lander for mayor
NYPD Retired Sergeants Association endorses Walden for NYC mayor
Powerful healthcare union endorses Cuomo in mayoral race
Luigi Mangione pleads not guilty in murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson
State lawmakers urge passage of bill to require speed-reducing technology in new vehicles
State AGs sue Trump administration over mandate to end DEI practices in schools
Two lanes of BQE closed this weekend
Federal government reverses terminations of visas, legal status for international students
Former Rep. George Santos gets 7-plus year prison sentence
DOT closes parts of Joralemon St. for subway station upgrades, water main construction
City Hall approves bill to restrict helicopter flights that fail to meet noise-level standards
Brooklyn Congressmembers join amicus brief to protect Medicaid’s free-choice provision
New research finds that 6,300 units of Brooklyn housing could be lost to flooding by 2040

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“Is that REALLY going to be a jail??”
ATLANTIC AVENUE — Exhausted shopper with cluster of bags and goods from mall at Boerum Place stops to look at huge construction site across the street. “Is that REALLY going to be a jail??” Her male companion is reassuring, “Nothing like Rikers ... this is 21st Century.”
“Hope I can get them into a camp …”
BROOKLYN HEIGHTS — Overheard in line at one of most popular pastry outlets on Montague Street: "Hope I can get them into a camp ..." A mother with two pre-schoolers in tow was showing a friend the Dodge Y flyer for Healthy Kids Day on Saturday, April 26.

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Crispy, spicy, and served with a side of neighborh

Crispy, spicy, and served with a side of neighborhood charm — Popina’s bold take on the classic chicken Milanese is turning heads in the Columbia Street Waterfront District. We stopped by to see what sets this neighborhood favorite apart.

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New York City’s “bodega cats” are beloved fi

New York City’s “bodega cats” are beloved fixtures in the Big Apple — but they’re on the wrong side of the law.

The convenience store cats that live at many of the city’s bodegas and delis look innocent enough, spending their days lounging in sun-soaked storefronts or slinking between shelves of snack foods as they collect friendly pets from customers.

Officially, though, state law bars most animals from stores that sell food, with bodega owners potentially facing fines if their tabby is caught curling up near the tins of tuna and toilet paper.

The pets’ precarious legal position recently came into the spotlight again when a petition circulated online that advocated for the city to shield bodega cat owners from fines, racking up more than 10,000 signatures.

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Before he hits the court, Keon Johnson (@iamkeonjo

Before he hits the court, Keon Johnson (@iamkeonjohnson) hits the wheel. The @brooklynnets guard recently swapped layups for clay at a Kensington pottery studio, showing how creativity helps him stay grounded on and off the hardwood.

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Brooklyn Heights, perhaps the best-known of all th

Brooklyn Heights, perhaps the best-known of all the Brooklyn neighborhoods, owes its name to the Dutch, with a tweak from the British and the last Ice Age.

Some 50,000 years ago, when the climate warmed up after the last Ice Age, the melting ice was trapped by the hills for several thousand years. Then, the water broke through, cutting a swath that created the Narrows, Upper New York Bay, the East River, the Harlem River and Long Island Sound. The events left a high palisade towering above the East River.

The indigenous people who lived in the area named it Ihpetonga, meaning “high, sandy bluff.” We call it the Heights, now topped by a pedestrian deck renowned as the Promenade.

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