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  1. August 29, 2026 The city broke ground on a $36 million renovation of the 1914 Carnegie library at 1044 Eastern Parkway, adding a three-story wing on Schenectady Avenue and reopening in summer 2028.
  2. August 29, 2026 One person died in a fire at the NYCHA Albany Houses that the FDNY believes a lithium-ion battery started.
  3. August 28, 2026 The city broke ground on a $36 million renovation of the 1914 Eastern Parkway Library, expanding public space more than 50% and adding an elevator and ramps, with a pop-up branch opening this fall and the building reopening in summer 2028.
  4. August 27, 2026 A judge temporarily blocked DOT's protected bike lanes on Brooklyn and Kingston avenues, a project Mamdani restarted after the Adams administration shelved it
  5. August 18, 2026 Sofronie Hartzog, a mother of five, was fatally shot outside a Crown Heights club early Sunday; a woman was grazed by a stray bullet in Canarsie the next afternoon, the third bystander shooting in the borough within 48 hours.
  6. August 17, 2026 A stray bullet fired during a 100-person brawl outside the Ooh La La Lounge killed Sofronie Hartzog, 33, a mother of five, as she ran for help into the bar's bathroom.
  7. July 27, 2026 A developer filed permits for a 99-unit, 12-story rental building at 566 Grand Avenue near the Franklin Avenue C station.
  8. July 23, 2026 Drivers killed three pedestrians in one weekend despite the city's fifth-safest year for traffic deaths on record, and advocates demanded Mamdani's unreleased Vision Zero report.
  9. July 21, 2026 A Brooklyn developer is turning a shuttered nightclub into a 50-unit residential project.
  10. July 18, 2026 Reform-minded Brooklyn Democrats flipped eight of nine contested district leader races in June, giving them the votes this fall to oust county chair Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn.
  11. July 6, 2026 Detective Robert Karroll was shot in the back of his ballistic vest when a gunman approached an unmarked NYPD vehicle on Rogers Avenue while officers were on a July 4 security detail; an 18-year-old suspect was arrested blocks away.
  12. July 6, 2026 Permits were filed for a five-story, 100-unit rental building at 721 Lincoln Place, near the Nostrand Avenue 3 train, with developer Jacob Schwimmer of JCS Realty listed as the applicant.
  13. July 2, 2026 P.S. Weekly, the student journalism podcast from Chalkbeat and The Bell, wrapped its third season with a live event at Brooklyn Public Library's Central Branch, featuring high school reporters who investigated school mergers, admissions equity, sports access, and teacher diversity.

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