The New York Knicks have hung up a giant billboard of Amar’e Stoudemire near the construction site of the new Nets arena in Brooklyn. The 20foot tall billboard, which also says “Brooklyn Represent” was labeled a “defensive meaneuver” by Nets CEO Brett Yormark. “I’m glad to know they know where Brooklyn is” he told the...
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October 21, 2010October 21, 2010Live Wire
Kensington family grows 500 pound pumpkin
The Daily News says a 520 pound pumpkin is currently on display outside a house on McDonald avenue in Kensington. Local resident John Zambito nurtured the monstrous pumpkin by mixing its seeds with fish fertilizer and donkey manure. His wife told the newspaper that before she wrote a sign on the pumpkin that says “its...
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October 21, 2010October 21, 2010Live Wire
Brooklyn Council Members graded on human rights record
Brooklyn’s representatives in the City Council fared modestly in a report released by the Human Rights Project today. The non-profit evaluates New York Council Members’ voting record on issues like legislation for tenants and landlords, workers rights and support for public health initiatives. Jumanee Williams from the Flatbush area was the only Brooklynite awarded an...
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October 21, 2010October 25, 2010Live Wire
Police seek missing woman in East New York
Officers at the 74th precinct are requesting information on Myra Sosa, a 29-year-old woman who was last seen on October 19 as she left her home on Sunnyside Avenue. Sosa is 5 feet tall with brown hair and brown eyes and weighs about 140lbs. Anyone with information about this incident can call the confidential Crime...
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October 21, 2010October 21, 2010Live Wire
Sex in the city diva leads anti sex-trafficking campaign
Brooklyn District Attorney Charles Hynes has recruited Sarah Jessica Parker and Gabourey Sidibe from the movie ¨Precious¨ to participate in a new campaign against sex trafficking. The campaign which was launched today by the DA will include radio ads on New York city stations and postersin Brooklyn streets. The DA has been focusing on sex...
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October 21, 2010October 21, 2010Live Wire
Penthouse founder dies at 79
Penthouse Magazine’s Bob Guccione died from throat cancer this morning. The Brooklyn born artist and impresario founded Penthouse in 1965 while he worked as a cartoonist in London, selling it as the “magazine of sex politics and protest.” Penthouse made an estimated $4 billion dollars with Guccione in charge says the Daily Finance and “the...
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October 21, 2010October 21, 2010Live Wire
Prospect Park residents clash over bike path
Opponents and supporters of a Prospect Park bike path are expected to stage competing rallies in Grand Army Plaza this morning, reports the Daily News. The two way bike path was built over the summer along 19 blocks of Prospect Park West, replacing one of the street’s traffic lanes. But critics say it generates safety...
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October 15, 2010November 30, 2010Brooklyn Life
Bushwick Hospital Makes Extra Room for Asthma Patients
By Manuel Rueda Before the childrens´ emergency room at Wycoff Heights Medical Center was renovated, Dr Sol Gourji and his staff had to improvise to treat the growing number of asthma patients here, hauling around oxygen tanks that were kept in a room at the back of the ER. “If I knew I had a...