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Church that hosted Al Capone's wedding, 20 other sites by Gowanus Canal test positive for dangerously unsafe air: 'Our Lady of Toxicity'
A famous church that once hosted notorious gangster Al Capone’s wedding and at least 20 other sites near Brooklyn’s toxic Gowanus Canal are in need for one hell of a...
100 blocks by toxic Gowanus Canal being tested for cancerous vapors — residents demand answers
NY is quietly investigating roughly 100 blocks in and around Brooklyn’s toxic Gowanus Canal to determine how many are contaminated with hazardous substances.
Gowanus residents fight 400-bed migrant shelter inside 'toxic building' — and say it's for asylum seekers' own good: lawsuit
Residents who reside near the toxic Gowanus Canal have filed a lawsuit attempting to block the city from opening a migrant shelter along the waterway — because it's not environmentally safe...
NYC teacher bizarrely brags about sex lives of swinging parents at 'cool' elementary school
Not everyone was in the mood for the sexy disclosure from the kid's educator.
Hochul's wrongheaded plan to replace a vital affordable-housing tool
With the Legislature refusing to replace the expired 421-a tax break, Gov. Hochul has announced a constitutionally dubious end-run — an executive order — to push her own tax break...
Construction to begin on 193-unit rental tower at 204 Fourth Ave. in Gowanus
The development juggernaut in Brooklyn’s resurgent Gowanus neighborhood gained more momentum with a crucial construction loan this week -- but the state’s refusal to extend the 421A tax-abatement program could spell...
Agency under fire for not notifying residents of toxic vapors at shuffleboard club
The Department of Environmental Conservation waited two years to alert residents that toxic vapors were inside a neighborhood shuffleboard club.
Brooklyn soup kitchen overwhelmed by 'heartbreaking' migrant influx
“It’s really heartbreaking to see that these migrants are coming on the line and we’re seeing the kids with no shoes, no jackets on. It’s heart wrenching — we try...
Citi Bike rider, 37, killed after colliding with box truck in NYC: cops
Tuesday's crash marks the second time a bicyclist was killed on the streets of NYC this year.
32-year-old man killed during freak accident on Gowanus Expressway: cops
Thapa was pronounced dead at the scene, cops said
NYC man stabbed to death in clash with man who didn’t say ‘thank you’
The 37-year-old victim – whose name has not yet been released pending family notification – held the door open for another customer who was walking into the 4th Ave. Tobacco...
City Council approves plan to bring 8,500 new apartments to Gowanus
The City Council approved the redevelopment of Brooklyn's Gowanus neighborhood, in a plan that will bring 8,500 new apartments to the area.
'Today is a good day': Teen shot in head at NYC park out of coma, mom says
Kyla Sobers, the teenage girl hit by a stray bullet in a Brooklyn park, opened her eyes Tuesday for the first time since undergoing brain surgery.
Sensible court rulings enable NYC recovery
Common sense has broken out as loony anti-development "logic" lost in a key pair of court cases. Brooklyn Supreme Court Justice Katherine Levine ruled that the city can move ahead...
Judge allows City Hall to move ahead with Gowanus rezoning plan
A Brooklyn Supreme Court judge allowed City Hall to move ahead Monday with controversial plans to build thousands of apartments near the Gowanus Canal, the site of one of the...
Gotham mustn't let the Gowanus building projects get shot down
If the city is to get growing again post-pandemic, major building projects need to be part of the picture. But the built-in favoritism for anti-development forces is so strong that...
NYC woman killed after drunk friend crashes into truck, cops say
A 30-year-old BMW passenger was killed when her friend behind the wheel drunkenly crashed into a truck on the Gowanus Expressway in Brooklyn, police said. Karen Diaz died when pal...
Brooklyn couple gets engaged on Gowanus Canal
They found love in the muck. Despite its notorious reputation for being a polluted pool of stagnant filth, the Gowanus Canal was recently the site of a marriage proposal —...
Gowanus Canal — yes, that one — now a fun venue for the summer of COVID-19
Ahoy! From this famously filthy canal.
NYPD releases chilling body-cam footage of fatal Brooklyn police shooting
"Get the f–– down!" screams one of two plainclothes officers involved in the gunfight with the suspect in front of the Gowanus Houses in Gowanus on Oct. 15.