Footage from Coney Island History Project director <a href="http://youtu.be/VKFJp56lqq0" target="_blank">Charles Denson</a> of Sandy hitting the Brooklyn coast.
Just minutes before we arrived, an elderly woman living on the second floor tumbled down the stairs, back first, after tripping over her cane while bringing groceries into her apartment.
A 2000 BMW for $1,900. A 1993 Volvo for $150. When a city marshal auctions off seized autos, buyers take their chances, and the cars’ former owners take their lumps.
A trip to six Brooklyn branch libraries in low-income neighborhoods found that many classic novels are not on the shelves. As budgets tighten and many readers go digital, do these missing titles represent A Brave New World or Darkness at Noon?
Opponents of Atlantic Yards feel vindicated by the challenges facing the development. Business owners in the area express a mix of concern and optimism.
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