Author: Michaelle Bond (Michaelle Bond)

Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz bypassed Bill de Blasio and Bill Thompson, who have ties to the borough, to endorse Manhattan resident Christine Quinn. Markowitz said he thinks it’s time for a woman to be the city’s mayor. He is the first borough president to endorse a mayoral candidate. Read more at The New York...

Investigators have found a ripped up suicide note written by Officer Rosette Samuel in a toilet in her East Flatbush apartment. Samuel, 43, fatally shot her boyfriend, 33-year-old Dason Peters, and her son, 1-year-old Dylan Samuel Peters. Read more at The New York Daily News.

A group born out of the Occupy Wall Street movement projected inspirational messages on the side of the Brooklyn Academy of Music last night in solidarity with the people of Boston who were reeling from the bombings at the marathon earlier in the day. Read more and see pictures at The Atlantic Wire.

Brooklynites will soon be able to rent bicycles through the city’s bike share program. The city has been installing stations throughout Brooklyn, Midtown and Lower Manhattan to be ready when the program launches next month. Thousands of New Yorkers signed up for the program after registration opened yesterday. Read more about the city program at...

The Brooklyn Nets’ game against the Washington Wizards went on as planned today, with the Nets winning 106-101, hours after a pair of explosions at the Boston Marathon killed at least three people and injured dozens. In a statement earlier today, NYPD Deputy Commissioner Paul J. Browne said, “We’re stepping up security at hotels and...

Philadelphia will soon get its own version of the Brooklyn Flea. The Flea’s founders are launching the Brooklyn Flea Philly in June. But don’t worry. The Fort Greene and Williamsburg locations are here to stay. Read more at The Philly Post.

The New York Daily News is reporting that an off-duty NYPD cop fatally shot her boyfriend and 1-year-old child in an East Flatbush home before shooting herself to death. Read more at New York Daily News.

State police charged a Brooklyn woman with two felonies after she tried to sneak drugs to her boyfriend, who is serving a six-year sentence at the Fishkill Correctional Facility for criminal possession of a controlled substance. police said. Read more at Poughkeepsie Journal.