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Top row, from left: Dawn Hill-Kearse, Hon. Carmen Pacheco and Michael Gallo. Bottom row, from left: Dawnella Hill, Anthony Gallo, Lorenzo Gallo and Carmine Gallo. Photo by Wayne Daren Schneiderman

Kings County Civil Court hosts ‘Take Your Child to Work Day’

April 25 | Wayne Daren Schneiderman

Take Your Child to Work Day — a national day that gives children...

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Officials from the Brooklyn Supreme Court cut the ribbon to officially open the new Uncontested Divorce Clinic on April 23, 2025. The clinic will provide free legal help and document preparation to unrepresented litigants filing for uncontested divorces. Brooklyn Eagle photo by Rob Abruzzese

Uncontested Divorce Clinic to expand access for Brooklyn litigants

April 25 | Robert Abruzzese

The Office for Justice Initiatives, in collaboration with the City Bar Justice...

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A vlogger who dressed up to look like a humanoid robot poses at the Shanghai auto show on Thursday, April 24, 2025.

Our world in photos: April 25

April 25 | Brooklyn Eagle Staff

The Brooklyn Daily Eagle editorial staff highlights images from around the world...

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This image provided by the Office of the New York Mayor shows the scene, Saturday, March 29, 2025, in the Brooklyn borough of New York, where a woman driving on a suspended license was speeding and failed to yield after stopping at a red light, collided with another vehicle and then into a family walking in the crosswalk. Photo: Mayoral Photography Office/Justin Persaud via AP

Driver indicted for manslaughter, criminally negligent homicide in crash that killed mother, 2 children

April 22 | Jaime DeJesus

Miriam Yarimi, 32, was arraigned during her first in-court appearance on...

Three people broke into a home on 85th Street between 11th and 12th avenues. Image via Google Maps

Crooks break into Bensonhurst home, steal cash

April 15 | Jaime DeJesus

Two crooks broke into a Bensonhurst home, attacked a man inside and...

Police & Fire

Firefighters and National Grid are on scene following the main gas rupture in Bay Ridge. Image via Citizen App

Gas main rupture in Ridge Boulevard injures one

April 25 | Jaime DeJesus

One person was injured during a main gas rupture in Bay Ridge...

In a June 20, 2014, file photo, the Rikers Island jail complex stands in New York with the Manhattan skyline in the background. Photo: Seth Wenig/AP

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Spotlight: The strange history of Rikers Island part two: The crash

April 22 | Jesse Goodman

From its humble beginnings as a dumping ground for the city’s...

Sports

Scholastic Roundup: For the PSAL, a day of outdoor track and field

April 25 | Andy Furman

The Outdoor Track and Field Day of Events – contested earlier this month...

Nets not willing to go ‘all-in’ just yet

April 24 | John Toreni, Sports Editor

The last time Sean Marks went "all-in" for a Brooklyn rebuild...

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John Abi-Habib founded a number of civic organizations in Bay Ridge.Photos: Wayne Daren Schneiderman/Brooklyn Eagle

Faces of Bay Ridge: John Abi-Habib, a mover and a shaker

January 22 | Wayne Daren Schneiderman

BAY RIDGE – John Abi-Habib is all about foresight and being on...

Staten Island Man With History of Hate Indicted For Firefighter’s Murder

December 18 | Christina Carrega

A Staten Island man pleaded not guilty on Tues., Dec. 18 for...