A masked protester shouts to his colleagues as they block a street with burning tires as part of the national strike by the construction union, SUNTRACS, in Panama City, Thursday, June 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

Our world in photos: June 20

June 20 | Brooklyn Eagle Staff

PANAMA — Economic activism takes a violent turn: A masked protester shouts to...

News

Justice Robert Reed shares a smile during the Brooklyn Women’s Bar Association's “Lunch with a Judge” Zoom meeting on June 18, 2024. Screenshot via Zoom

Brooklyn Women’s Bar Association hosts lunch with Justice Robert Reed

June 20 | Robert Abruzzese, Courthouse Editor

The Brooklyn Women’s Bar Association (BWBA) held its regular “Lunch with...

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Access-A-Ride vehicles, part of the MTA's paratransit service, are at the center of a lawsuit seeking equal fare discounts for users with disabilities. Photo: Jeffrey Haderthauer/AP

Court denies motion to dismiss in disability discrimination case against MTA

June 20 | Robert Abruzzese, Courthouse Editor

The New York Supreme Court denied a motion to dismiss a lawsuit...

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Business

Second Brooklyn Made store opens in central location Downtown

June 13 | Wayne Daren Schneiderman

DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN — In real estate, they say it’s all about “location...

Owner Mohamad Salem in front of his business, Tripoli. Photos courtesy of Atlantic Avenue BID

Half-Century Club: champion of longevity, Tripoli has been on Atlantic Avenue since the 1970s

June 13 | Special from the Atlantic Avenue BID

This month, the Atlantic Avenue Business Improvement District (BID) paid tribute to...

Crime

Police release surveillance video of the shocking Brooklyn Heights hate crime

June 13 | Mary Frost

BROOKLYN HEIGHTS — The New York Police Department has released surveillance video and...

A co-op building in Brooklyn Heights was vandalized with red spray paint and a sign reading, “ANNE PASTERNAK BROOKLYN MUSEUM WHITE-SUPREMACIST ZIONIST.” Photo: Mary Frost, Brooklyn Eagle

Antisemitic vandalism defaces home of Brooklyn Museum’s Pasternak in Brooklyn Heights

June 12 | Mary Frost

BROOKLYN HEIGHTS —Residents of Brooklyn Heights woke up Wednesday morning to discover...

Health

Errol Louis and Bruce Ratner. Brooklyn Eagle photos by John McCarten

New book describes vital role of early detection and preventive medicine

June 20 | Wayne Daren Schneiderman

BROOKLYN HEIGHTS — Cancer: just hearing the word conjures up images of heartache...

Several nurses for a day. Brooklyn Eagle photos by Wayne Daren Schneiderman

Maimonides ‘Nurse for a Day’ event celebrates its ninth year

June 20 | Wayne Daren Schneiderman

BOROUGH PARK — Maimonides Health recently hosted its ninth annual Nurse for a...

Police & Fire

From left: 84th Precinct Community Council President Mark Gelbs, Police Officer Melissa Andrade, and the 84th Precinct’s Commanding Officer Captain Thomas Maffei.

Melissa Andrade commended as April’s ‘Cop of the Month’ in the 84th Precinct

May 26 | Mary Frost

DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN — Police Officer Melissa Andrade was commended on Tuesday as the...

The fireboat John J. Harvey passes the Statue of Liberty, Oct. 28, 2011, in New York Harbor.

Man arrested for allegedly taking a decommissioned NYC fireboat for an overnight cruise

April 12 | Jake Offenhartz, Associated Press

A man was arrested Thursday for allegedly taking a decommissioned New York...

Sports

Liberty look to re-‘Spark’ against L.A.

June 20 | By John Torenli, Sports Editor Brooklyn Daily Eagle

The New York Liberty hadn’t felt the bitter sting of...

Mercury rise over Liberty in Phoenix

June 19 | By John Torenli, Sports Editor Brooklyn Daily Eagle

The New York Liberty tied the WNBA record and their franchise mark...

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Our world in photos: June 20

Brooklyn Women’s Bar Association hosts lunch with Justice Robert Reed

Court denies motion to dismiss in disability discrimination case against MTA

Business

Second Brooklyn Made store opens in central location Downtown

Half-Century Club: champion of longevity, Tripoli has been on Atlantic Avenue since the 1970s

Crime

Police release surveillance video of the shocking Brooklyn Heights hate crime

Antisemitic vandalism defaces home of Brooklyn Museum’s Pasternak in Brooklyn Heights

Health

New book describes vital role of early detection and preventive medicine

Maimonides ‘Nurse for a Day’ event celebrates its ninth year

Police & Fire

Melissa Andrade commended as April’s ‘Cop of the Month’ in the 84th Precinct

Man arrested for allegedly taking a decommissioned NYC fireboat for an overnight cruise

Sports

Liberty look to re-‘Spark’ against L.A.

Mercury rise over Liberty in Phoenix

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