A 48-year-old from Brooklyn, Ronald Delaespada, was sentenced to 10 years in prison for trafficking firearms and narcotics on Friday, including the sale of at least 17 firearms to an undercover NYPD officer in the Prospect Park South area. The firearms included semi-automatic assault rifles, a KelTec KS7 shotgun, and an American Tactical AR-15-style rifle […]
Full slideshow below GRAND ARMY PLAZA — Kings Bay Library took top honors in Brooklyn Public Library’s robotics championship over the weekend, besting 15 teams from libraries around the borough for first place. Cortelyou Library and New Lots Library took second and third place respectively. The Brooklyn Public Library Robotics League, in partnership with NYC […]
Eye on Real Estate: One of the largest collections of Victorian wood-frame houses in the entire country can be found right here in Brooklyn. Victorian Flatbush, built more than a century ago, is filled with stand-alone homes with eye-pleasing features like porches and turrets. Architectural flourishes call to mind antebellum mansions, chalets in the Alps […]