Author: Van Tieu (Van Tieu)

The college man found in a subway with a backpack full of cyanide has been arrested. He claimed that he was suicidal and wanted to take his life, but he was also dressed as a phony track worker. More details at the Wall Street Journal.

Ulric Assee hasn’t slept soundly since his daughter Natalie was struck and killed by a hit-and-run driver last month in Dyker Heights. Assee, 66, knows his daughter’s killer is still out there and has made it his mission to find whoever crashed into the 37-year-old woman on 75th St. in the early morning of Monday,...

AriZona Iced Tea have been compelled to disclose that their company was founded and operates in Brooklyn, New York. Protesters of the strict immigration law in Arizona have called to boycott the beverage maker, under the assumption that it was a product of Arizona, reports AOL.

**We first connected you to the Associated Press about the subway terror scare, who broke the news, but the Daily News just published a thorough report on the suicidal/subway/cyanide incident. Turns out the suicidal college student was also dressed up as a phony track worker. Read more. ______ A subway terror scare today after a...

PIX 11 News has learned the Economic Development Corporation will announce Friday that three of four flight patterns that rattled residents of Brooklyn Heights will be eliminated. The EDC’s plan calls for: Total Elimination of short tours (4 – 8 minutes) which account for 15% – 20% of current traffic Eliminate tours of Central Park,...

The carriage house at 280 Hicks Street that was owned by Alfred Palmer is up for auction again on Tuesday at the Brooklyn Supreme Court with a starting big at $1.8 million, the Brooklyn Heights Blog reports. Check out their video tour of the property.

The Jewish & World News reports that two Brooklyn Teenagers were arrested for roughing up a rabbi in Borough Park on Wednesday. Rabbi Mayer Gross of the Cheder School was beaten with a big containing a teddy bear and a watergun by 16-year-old Justin Rodriguez, of Bensonhurst, and 17-year-old Shreaf Taha, who lives near the...

GE Marine and Stationary, a unit of GE Transportation, announced today that the New York City Department of Environmental Protection has reached an agreement with Skanska USA to purchase three gensets to provide backup power in case of a black out. This backup power is necessary to provide the safety and security of Brooklyn’s water...

Crains reports that Brooklyn Industries, a home-grown Brooklyn retailer, will be moving its production, finance, management, design, store design, buying and planning departments from the Brooklyn Navy Yard to to a new 11th-floor office space in DUMBO by mid-July. The company will maintain its 20,000-square-foot location at 43 Hall St. in the Brooklyn Navy Yard,...

The Department of Transportation announced “a pretty dramatic and bold, exciting plan” for Grand Army Plaza at a joint meeting with three Brooklyn community boards last night. After the presentation, DOT assistant commissioner Ryan Russo, received a round of applause from the pleased crowd. “Lots of asphalt will be reclaimed for walking and biking. Getting...