Tag: Brooklyn
The finalists to host the Democratic National Convention were announced on Monday and Brooklyn is in the running. Rounding out the shortlist is Columbus, Ohio and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. According to the Wall Street Journal, it’s all about Brooklyn: New York’s bid for the Democratic convention would use Barclays Center in Downtown Brooklyn as the main venue. […]
Friday morning’s 50th anniversary celebration for the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge, which connects Staten Island to Brooklyn, has been overshadowed not just by recent news that its toll may increase, but also by the work of activist group Right of Way. The organization ran a banner that read “50 YRS & NO BIKE/PED PATHS? OPEN THE VERRAZANO […]
Just like St. Patrick’s Day, SantaCon is an annual event that attracts a lot of annoying people who commit deplorable acts on the streets of New York City, except they wear red, not green. Yet for some reason, it’s the latter spectacle that turns so many New Yorkers into modern-day Grinches. After it was reported […]
To some, the idea of a gang of crooked cops gone rogue may sound like fiction, but it was a reality in the late ’80s and ’90s in New York City. On Friday, the premiere of documentary The Seven Five will reunite disgraced NYPD officers Michael Dowd and Kenneth Eurell and their gang, known as […]
The two NYPD officers who pistol-whipped and punched a Brooklyn teenager in August have been charged as criminals in Brooklyn Supreme Court. Officer David Afanador (pictured above, on the right) has been charged with felony assault of the 2nd degree, criminal possession of a weapon of the 4th degree, and official misconduct, while Officer Tyrane […]
In late October, several businesses in Harlem and Fort Greene began posting controversial signs on their doors warning potential customers that the wearing of either hoodies or masks in their store would result in trespassing. A few days later, ANIMAL went to Harlem and found that the stores took down the signs, with one store […]
Squatter’s rights are a murky issue in New York but there’s one thing pretty much anyone can agree on, they have the right to not be burned to death in their sleep. According to Brooklyn District Attorney Kenneth Thompson, that’s exactly what one Bed-Stuy landlord was conspiring to do to the two illegal tenants in his […]
Controversial signs banning hoodies from stores, first spotted in Harlem, are now cropping up in shops in Fort Greene, reports DNAinfo. The signs, pictured above, read: “DO NOT ENTER WITH HOODIE OR MASK/IF SO YOU ARE NOW TRESPASSING.” They are intended to deter masked shoplifters or robbers — who are often difficult to identify because […]
A home at 2336 National Drive in Mill Basin. Number cruncher Ben Wellington of I Qaunt NY, used the same data points he used to determine which apartment in Manhattan is farthest from the subway (0.8 miles), to figure out the same for Brooklyn. According to his math, the property is “about 2.2 miles from the nearest […]
Scientists searching for the cause of death for an ancient woman found in the Altai Mountains in 1993 believe she may have been self-medicating with pot. The mummified remains of the woman, who is believed to have lived in the 5th Century BC, revealed well-preserved tattoos. The exact circumstances surrounding her death have remained shrouded […]
