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October 12, 2026 The FDNY evacuated a building on Cortelyou Road between Ocean Avenue and East 21st Street after a manhole fire pushed carbon monoxide levels up; no injuries.
September 22, 2026 Police and volunteers pulled nearly 300 live chickens from two abandoned U-Haul trucks on Winthrop Avenue during Kaporos week.
September 20, 2026 Activists said they pulled 83 live chickens from an abandoned U-Haul marked "Kaparos To Go," with dozens more dead in crates in the truck bed, and the NYPD is looking for whoever left it there.
September 8, 2026 Haitian marchers took Eastern Parkway weeks after work permits tied to Haitian TPS expired July 27, a status roughly 163,000 Haitians in the metro area had relied on.
September 7, 2026 A 58-year-old man was killed when he stepped off the curb near Nostrand Avenue and Clarendon Road and was run over by the rear wheels of a departing B44 bus; the driver did not know she had hit him.
August 28, 2026 The NYPD denied a permit for what would have been the city's first Trinidad and Tobago Independence Day Parade this Sunday, saying the Church-and-Flatbush route would unreasonably interfere with traffic; the denial notes alternate routes and dates can still be discussed.
August 2, 2026 A housing lottery opened for three studios at 729 Rogers Avenue renting from $2,022 a month, open to households earning up to $108,560.
July 11, 2026 A federal court order keeps Haitian TPS holders' work permits valid through July 24 while litigation over the Supreme Court's ruling continues.
June 30, 2026 Empire State Development pitched a $5 billion plan to finally deck the Pacific Park railyards on Atlantic Avenue and complete the project, adding 5,600-plus units including 1,200 income-restricted homes; the Atlantic Yards plan was first announced in 2003 with Frank Gehry and Jay-Z.
June 29, 2026 Mikal Bridges, the Knicks acquisition that cost a record-setting draft pick haul and drew years of scrutiny, is an NBA champion. A Posting and Toasting profile traced his path from Phoenix to Brooklyn to the title, noting he absorbed pressure that would have broken most players.

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