Author: Xin Hui Lim (Xin Hui Lim)

After a dispute with its landlord, Grimaldi’s, Brooklyn’s iconic pizza joint, will serve its final pie on November 28, then open one day later at 1 Front Street. This moves comes after its landlord, Dorothy Waxman, refused to renew Grimaldi’s lease, which expires at the end of this month. Last year, Waxman tried to evict Grimaldi’s for...

After two pedestrians were seriously injured in collisions with cyclists, Prospect Park and the Transport Department attempt to prevent accidents from occurring again by installing a bunch of orange barrels. But Brooklyn residents have mixed feelings towards this “temporary solution,” according to the Gothamist. Blogger Brooklyn Spoke also weighed in on this issue, pointing out that “the...

Parents, you may want to note this down on your calendar. The children’s musical group Hot Peas ‘n Butter will perform at Brooklyn College’s Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts at 2pm on January 29, 2012. The group, founded by two childhood friends in 2000, combines multicultural music such as jazz amd Afro-Caribbean rhythms into...

On November 21, 1964, the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge that connects Brooklyn and Staten Island opened. With a 4,260-foot-center span between two 693-foot towers, it surpassed San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge as the world’s largest suspension bridge, and held on to this title until 1981, when the Humber Bridge in the United Kingdom opened. Named after Giovanni da...

Liciana D’Angelo of Brooklyn launched a $16 million sex harassment suit against her former employer, hair salon Devachan in Manhattan’s Broome Street. The Borough Park resident claimed that she was sexually harassed by the salon’s male co-workers and bosses, and caused her to lose promotions, pay raises and eventually the job. But the Devachan management dismissed...

Feeling the Monday blues? Hopefully, the prospect of a yummy Thanksgiving dinner and Black Friday shopping spree will lift your spirits a little! Before we bring you today’s news, here is a summary of major events that happened in the borough over the weekend: Sri Lankan immigrant Nimala Randunu, 54, was beaten to death at a...