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‘Sex and the City’ fans fete ‘most iconic’ star’s 69th birthday with quirky NYC events

Scores of “Sex and the City” super fans are trading in their Manolo Blahniks for Nikes in Brooklyn every week to run and ...
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Hundreds of Writers Set to Mark 20 Years of Literary Magic in Brooklyn

The Brooklyn Book Festival, scheduled to take place Sept. 14 to Sept. 22, offers more than 130 free events honoring ...

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, ...

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 ...
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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 ...

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 ...

Brooklyn Man Paid Off His Mortgage-Then a $600 Water Bill Put His Home at Risk

A Brooklyn man paid off his mortgage-but a $600 water bill went unpaid, putting his $1 million home at risk under New York ...
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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.