Kings County News

New York City's Memorial Day observances included both parades and solemn ceremonies.

A 1. You need music. Head to The Way Station A for Jim Greene's Americana Showcase , where this week,A Thomas Bryan Eaton A andA Bucky Hayes A perform.

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A Brooklyn thug who fatally pushed a police officer last year was in court today, where was hit with a 28 1/2-year prison sentence.

Brooklyn District Attorney Charles Hynes is coming under fire for treating child sex-abuse cases differently when they involve members of Brooklyn's ultra-Orthodox Hasidic Jewish community.

According to the Brooklyn Paper, organizers of the 145-year-old Kings County Memorial Day Parade -- now that the cashflow crisis has eased somewhat -- are trying to get more Iraq and Afghanistan-era veterans to join the parade.

WHAT: Barbeque Fundraiser Backyard Party WHEN/WHERE: Friday, May 18, 7:30 p.m., One Last Shag, 348 Franklin Avenue, Bklyn, NY WHY GO: Put on your party pants and come get sassy this Friday at One Last Shag's first BBQ of the Season.

Earlier this year, we wrote about Kings County Beef Jerky, an artisanal jerky company in Brooklyn .

The District Attorney of Kings County went on the defensive Wednesday, writing an Op Ed piece in the New York Daily News, insisting his office works hard to protect children from sexual abuse in the ultra-Orthodox Jewish communities of Brooklyn .

Kings County Republican chairman Craig Eaton announced the unanimous endorsement of Ms.

Yesterday, the New York City Department of Transportation released the initial 420 bike share station locations for the program that will unleash 10,000 bikes onto the already crammed streets of New York by 2013.

Local heroes: The Brooklyn Memorial Day Parade - a 145-year-old cavalcade honoring fallen American soldiers - is running thin on veterans, according to worried members of the Kings County Memorial Day Parade Committee.

Local heroes: The Brooklyn Memorial Day Parade - a 145-year-old cavalcade honoring fallen American soldiers - is running thin on veterans, according to worried members of the Kings County Memorial Day Parade Committee.

The artists of 269 Douglass Street , a commercially-zoned building in Gowanus, are making history.

"We believe that she is a superior candidate who understands and clearly articulates the issues we face, and we look forward to giving her our full support in the months ahead," said party chair Jerry Kassar.

Law enforcement data indicates that the borough has a disproportionately large number of the city's guns.

State Senator Martin J. Golden today is alerting local residents to two scam attempts brought to his attention which sought to obtain personal information for the purposes of fraud.

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The new Pok Pok Ny isn't exactly in Red Hook, but it's close enough to have brought some attention to the out-of-the-way area of late.

In March, we first learned the official water of the new Barclays Center in Brooklyn would be produced by the Original Brooklyn Water Bottling Company ... which is based in Boca Raton, Florida.