NYPD Urges Folks Not to Drive
Bridges and tunnels are closed.
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August 23, 2025
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“Superstorm” Sandy Floods Manhattan
Hurricane Sandy left Manhattan south of 39th Street without power as the evening deluge flooded over seawalls. Police are urging folks to stay indoors and not drive.
Worries About Sandy in Gowanus
The ocean is already surging into Gowanus...
Update: Hurricane Sandy. Calm Before the Storm.
Best place to get updates and maps.
Seniors Get Space, Sort Of
Landlord renovates basement.
Blue Marble Robbed at Gunpoint
AOL gets story from Facebook. Police sound displeased.
The last slot car racing joint in NYC
Local filmmakers spotlight Buzz-A-Rama, in Kensington, Brooklyn. Totally rad.
Tickets, Sex, Drugs in Cobble Hill?
Shocking reports lead cops to $250 curfew tickets at park on Verandah Place.
Controversial Homeless Shelter
Proposal for W. 9th and Court gets spotlight by Capital New York, then NY Times.
Support Invisible Dog’s 4th Season
Get cool loot and support our international art center with Invisible Dog, a truly remarkable Boerum Hill art gallery.
Times Spotlights Cobble Hill
... The land for Manhattanites looking for grand, poetic single family homes.
Police Capt: Gangs in Play
Red Hook gangs order robberies in CG, CH.
Suspect Shot and Killed at W. 9th
Suspect aimed automatic gun at police. Officer kills suspect.
Christ Church Steeple Dismantled
After it was hit by lightening.
Brooklyn Artists Open Studios
"Go" Studios, this weekend. Here, Rachel Barrett's "Kale Road," showing at Invisible Dog Gallery on Bergen near Smith.
Pedestrian Killed on Clinton
Scaffolding around the scene closes Clinton at Kane to cars and pedestrians.
Spike Lee: Cobble Hill Was Great
Moviemaker grew up on Warren Street. Read this great interview with New York Magazine.