Author: Xin Hui Lim (Xin Hui Lim)

Here are the latest updates on the collapse of the five-story building under construction at Brighton Beach: At least two workers were brought out on stretchers after a five-story building under construction at Brighton Beach collapsed. One worker may have been in cardiac arrest when he was pulled out, another worker was moving his head...

Brooklyn Bridge Park recorded a new high in visitor count this summer with more than 60,000 visitors on an average weekend, and around 11,500 on weekdays, reported The Brooklyn Eagle. Over the summer, the park has also included new sand volleyball clinics, exercise classes with the Dodge YMCA, kayaking program, astronomy nights and the SyFy...

A five-story building under construction in Brighton Beach collapsed, and people may be trapped inside it. At least one worker was seen being brought out on a stretcher, reported CBS. Two other workers are believed to still be trapped. The CBS report said that the fourth story collapsed and sent the lower floors cascading down. NBC...

The jurors heard the closing arguments of the corruption trial of Assemblyman William Boyland Jr today. Prosecutors said the lawmaker took $175,000 in bribes from a hospital, but Boyland’s lawyer insisted that the money was legitimate compensation for his community outreach efforts. According to the New York Post, the Brooklyn Democrat has pleaded not guilty to...

Rivaling street gangs in the impoverished neighborhood of Brownsville will meet later this month to stop violent turf wars, according to a report by New York Daily News. Anthony Neweris, founder of the Brooklyn Blizzards Youth Organization, said that at least five gangs have agreed to meet at a secret location for the truce negotiations. Brownsville’s city...

The Brooklyn chapter of the Occupy movement is rallying people to join it in a series of protests and sit-ins to support the Occupy Wall Street movement. According to the Prospect Heights Patch, the weekend rallies will also “underscore the economic struggles facing Brooklyn’s residents.” Date: Saturday Nov. 12, and Sunday Nov. 13 Time: 10:00am –...

Paris Burlesque Club on Commerce Street promised to feature live jazz, comedians, mimes and jugglers, but The Brooklyn Paper discovered that it is merely a front for “sleazy poles, lap dances, thumping hip hop and soft-core porn on screen.” Back in January, a group of Red Hook residents protested against the it at a Community Board hearing,...

In response to a series of graffiti on public properties along Third Avenue, Bay Ridge Senator Martin Golden is posting photos of the graffitis on his Facebook page. He hopes that the community can spread the word so anyone who recognizes the graffitis can report it and help bust the vandal. But graffiti experts whom New...

The United States attorney’s office in the Eastern District of New York has named Marshall L. Miller as the new criminal division chief. Miller, an experienced federal prosecutor, will assume the new post on Friday, according to a report by the New York Times. Prior to this appointment, he has served as the deputy chief of the...

The former principal of Brooklyn Theatre Arts HS in Canarsie, Martin Coren, is demoted to teacher after failing to report and handle problems in the school. Coren, who spent two years in the high school, sent an intoxicated girl back to class and stopped teachers from contacting security when students foughts, according to a New York Post...