Court: NY can seize property for new NJ Nets arena

New York's top court ruled Tuesday that the state can use eminent domain to force homeowners and businesses to sell their properties for a massive development in Brooklyn that includes a new arena for the New Jersey Nets.

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NYC owners: Arena land-taking is unconstitutional

Homeowners and businesses resisting the forced sales of their properties for a massive development in Brooklyn told New York's top court Wednesday that it's unconstitutional for a state agency to use eminent domain to get them out.

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New design unveiled for NBA arena in Brooklyn

With just months to go until a critical financing deadline, the developer trying to move the New Jersey Nets to Brooklyn unveiled a revamped design for the team's new arena Wednesday.

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Land deal reworked for NBA arena in Brooklyn

The New York developer trying to bring the New Jersey Nets to Brooklyn has gotten approval for a land deal he said was necessary to keep the project on track.

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NYC ultra-orthodox Jews give Amish walking tour

The city's ultra-Orthodox Jews took the Pennsylvania Amish on a walking tour of their world Tuesday, saying their communities are naturally drawn to each other with a commitment to simpler lifestyles.

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Former 'Real World' member running for Congress

A longtime Brooklyn congressman who has gone most of his career without ever facing much of a re-election challenge is facing an aggressive fight this year from a former "Real World" cast member.

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Brooklyn commemorates battle America lost

It was the dog days of August when the British launched a massive attack to smash the rebellion spreading through the colonies. Landing from ships on the Brooklyn shore, 15,000 redcoats and Hessian mercenaries outflanked and then routed Gen. George Washington's amateur army in what would be the biggest battle of the American Revolution.

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Late Author Honored With Brooklyn Tree

Another tree will soon grow in Brooklyn.

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Appeals Court Backs Brooklyn Development

A federal appeals court gave a green light Friday to a $4 billion project that would bring pro basketball and new skyscrapers to Brooklyn but is bitterly opposed by some local residents.

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NYC Whale Beaches Itself, Dies Suddenly

A young whale that swam aimlessly for two days in a small bay off an industrial section of Brooklyn beached itself at an oil depot dock Wednesday and died suddenly. Animal activists said the minke whale, about a year old, was too young to survive on its own.

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Experts Watch N.Y. Whale for Second Day

Experts kept a close eye on a young minke whale that continued to tool around in a small bay off industrial Brooklyn for a second day, hoping the wayward animal would decide to head for open water and ease the worries of marine biologists, conservationists and amateur whale fanciers.

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Huge Development, Arena Plan Roils NYC

When Jill Baroff steps through the gate of her little yellow townhouse, she sees the Brooklyn of storybooks.

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Brooklyn Blackout Cupcakes

Hi, Mr.ChollyHudnall and Lady Bug. Here is that recipe on the "muffins" Mr.ChollyHudnall mentioned. These sound scrumptious. This is the website that I used: Brooklyn Blackout Cupcakes

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New York City's health department today confirmed a mumps outbreak in Brooklyn. The disease spread among children attending a summer camp in upstate New York and has affected at least 57 people ages 1 to 42, with the majority ranging in age from 10 to 15 years.

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Members of a brazen Brooklyn crack gang raked in more than $500,000 in taxpayer money by repeatedly suing the city for civil rights violations, records show.

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It took authorities more than seven hours to draw blood from an accused drunken cop who killed a preacher's daughter while driving back to a bar for more booze, the Daily News has learned.

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The cellphone would not stop ringing. "Ronny, you're 10 minutes late," one caller whined.

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Three scathing pages --- a "must read" article.

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A few hours before dawn, when most New Yorkers are fast asleep, a middle-aged man rolls out of bed in Brooklyn, dons a billowy red outfit and matching turban, climbs into his Lincoln Town Car, drives 15 minutes, pulls out a big drum and — there on the sidewalk of a residential  …

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In 1989, after a white mob attacked and killed a black teenager in Brooklyn, the Rev. Al Sharpton led black demonstrators down streets where angry whites confronted them, yelling obscenities and throwing bricks and watermelons their way.

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On an industrial lot in Brooklyn, N.Y., three garbage bins have been transformed into swimming pools. They're set in what looks like an urban country club — with tent cabanas, barbecue grills and a dozen plastic beach chairs.

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Hoboken mayor, Secaucus mayor, Jersey City deputy mayor, Jersey City city council president, an assemblyman and a host of rabbis get nabbed by the FBI for money laundering. Just in time for a couple of special elections for November.

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he internet's been buzzing over a Brooklyn company's plan to convert discarded dumpsters into swimming pools, and now that they've successfully conned doltish hipsters into swimming inside of dumpsters, the owners want to expand their evil empire into suburbia.

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DESPITE the admonition not to arrive before 7 a.m., 50 people were already lined up before the Brooklyn Courthouse reception. It was 7:05. I had flown to New York from Los Angeles the night before and was to fly back at 4:00 p.m. I was about to take my oath of citizenship.

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The Canadian coffee shop, Tim Hortons, opens up in NY and is proving popular amongst the residents.

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Police are looking for a man who they say has been going up to women in Brooklyn and slapping them on the buttocks.

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Specifically, Wednesday's vote and subsequent new MTA payment schedule allows the developer to spread out payments until 2031. The new terms compare to FCRC's 2005 original offer of $100 million up front.

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Selling the name of a subway station has been a goal of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority for nearly five years. But interest has been low, even for a piece of real estate so recognizable to the public.

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It's late Sunday morning inside a cavernous Salvation Army Church in Soweto, South Africa.

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Bed bugs are in bedrooms, hotelrooms, dormrooms -- but they may also be lurking in mattresses you buy at the store.

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In response to GlobeSt.com's question as to whether FCRC would use the original Frank Gehry design for the arena or perhaps another architect altogether, ESDC says GlobeSt.com that was a question best answered by FCRC.

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Brooklyn New York

I made quite a few deliveries in Brooklyn, New York as a steel hauler. I would like to tell you a little bit about this experience.

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The city shut down three more schools because of swine flu Friday as the wife of a deathly ill assistant principal ripped officials for keeping his school open too long.

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Mayor Bloomberg's campaign team says he isn't trying to buy the election - but new records show he has put an $18.7million down payment on a bid to acquire a third term.

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A Brooklyn man who stabbed his toddler in the head with a butter knife yesterday apparently impaled the tot by accident -- as he was lunging for they boy's mother.

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QUEENS---Eight alleged members of an auto theft ring, including a public school assistant principal, have been indicted on charges involving the theft of 16 late model, high-end automobiles with a total value exceeding $400,000 mostly from dealership parking lots in Queens County …

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From the restaurant's perspective, the name change grew out of pride in the new president and a keen sense of commerce. From other perspectives, it was tone-deaf at best, and racist at worst

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