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Traffic safety advocates hope for completion of Brooklyn bike boulevard

NEW YORK - Underhill Avenue in Prospect Heights was in the process of a redesign project that would bring the community a connected bike lane, running half a mile from Underhill Plaza to Eastern Park...

February 16, 2024
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Therapy dogs comfort Holocaust survivors at Brooklyn community center

NEW YORK - The NYPD Hate Crimes Dashboard shows 26 confirmed antisemitic incidents between Oct. 7, 2023, and the start of this year -- that's more attacks against Jews than any other group. At a comm...

February 16, 2024
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Exclusive: New 7-acre educational campus coming to Floyd Bennett Field

NEW YORK - South Brooklyn's Floyd Bennett Field has been in the headlines lately as the site of a new controversial migrant shelter, but many people don't know that this lease between the City of New...

December 1, 2023
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A big step towards a brand-new park over the BQE in South Williamsburg

NEW YORK - It's been called a plan to build a park "out of thin air." The 3.5-acre BQ Green park is proposed to sit directly above a portion of the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway. It's the brainchild of ...

November 17, 2023
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New Brooklyn Public Library branch opens

NEW YORK - Wednesday morning was the celebration of a project five years in the making: the opening of the brand-new Sunset Park branch of the Brooklyn Public Library. "Children come in here and they...

November 16, 2023
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Partnership between ADL & Nets aims to build community bridges

NEW YORK - Early Wednesday morning, 40 high school students from across the city sat in Barclays Center, talking about what being a New Yorker meant to them. The new program is part of a partnership ...

November 15, 2023
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FDNY: Sunday's Crown Heights fatal fire caused by lithium-ion battery

NEW YORK -- Fire marshals have confirmed that a fire that killed three people inside a Brooklyn home on Sunday was caused by a lithium-ion battery. The tragedy that took the lives of three generations...

November 13, 2023
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Justin Brannan, Susan Zhuang win key City Council races

NEW YORK -- There were some key City Council races in Brooklyn on Tuesday. The latest Census results showed a large population increase among Asian Americans in New York City, including in the 43rd Di...

November 8, 2023
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NYC Marathon brings out thousands of athletes, spectators

NEW YORK -- A massive triumph for tens of thousands of athletes who have spent months training for this big day. From the start on Staten Island all the way to the finish line in Central Park, excited...

November 6, 2023
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Family mourns 79-year-old mom killed in Brooklyn hit-and-run

NEW YORK - Police are searching for the hit-and-run drivers who struck and killed 79-year-old Yvonne Sandiford on Thursday evening in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. CBS New York's Hannah Kliger spoke w...

November 3, 2023
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Brooklyn doctors head to train medical professionals in Ukraine

NEW YORK - There's a set of skills that only decades in the emergency room can teach you. Dr. Joshua Schiller, Director of Social Emergency Medicine at Maimonides Health, will be leading a team of se...

November 2, 2023
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Who is running for New York City Council's 43rd District?

NEW YORK - For an election on an off-year, a lot hangs in the balance in Southern Brooklyn. The 43rd City Council district runs through parts of Sunset Park, Borough Park, Bath Beach, Bensonhurst and...

October 19, 2023
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Trailblazing Brooklyn judge recounts return home from Israel

NEW YORK -- Acting New York Supreme Court Judge Rachel Freier is believed to be the first Hasidic Jewish woman to sit on the bench. She is also the Director of Ezras Nashim, the first and only all-wom...

October 16, 2023
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Demonstrators across Tri-State call for peace in Israel & Gaza

NEW YORK -- People amplified their voices in support of Palestinians and Israelis at two different rallies in New York and New Jersey on Sunday. Supporters of Palestinians gathered on Long Island and ...

October 16, 2023
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Drivers say street safety redesign has made it more dangerous for them

NEW YORK -- Drivers in East New York, Brooklyn, say a street redesign meant to improve safety has made it dangerous for them to pull out of their driveways. CBS New York saw what they meant Thursday o...

October 12, 2023