
Kirstyn Brendlen
Digital Editor at Brooklyn Paper
Digital editor @brooklynpaper. Former fellow @Poynter. Formerly @RiverdalePress. Email me at [email protected].
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brooklynpaper.com | Kirstyn Brendlen
A Brooklyn man was indicted Wednesday for an East New York hit-and-run that left his passenger dead and another driver injured. Tyree Epps was charged on April 9 with second-degree manslaughter, criminally negligent homicide, second-degree assault, speeding, driving without a license, disobeying stop signs, and leaving the scene of an accident without reporting. Brooklyn Supreme Court Judge Dineen Riviezzo ordered him to be held without bail until his next court appearance in June.
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brooklynpaper.com | Kirstyn Brendlen
For 70 years, the holiness of Palm Sunday has extended well beyond church walls in Brooklyn. That’s because the day marks the “Blessing of the Rides” and the official season opening of Deno’s Wonder Wheel Amusement Park in Coney Island. The tradition continues this coming Sunday, April 13.
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brownstoner.com | Paul Frangipane |Kirstyn Brendlen |Brooklyn Paper
By Paul Frangipane and Kirstyn Brendlen, Brooklyn PaperHow much can a water tower mean to a neighborhood? Quite a bit, according to the artists of Gowanus. In March, Arts Gowanus opened its fourth annual “Tower Show,” featuring nearly 170 individual works of art all depicting the same object: the old water tower that serves as the org’s logo. Close Brooklyn in Your InboxStay up to date with more great news and articles like this one.
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politicsny.com | Kirstyn Brendlen
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brooklynpaper.com | Kirstyn Brendlen
Criminal charges filed against southern Brooklyn Council Member Susan Zhuang after she bit a police officer last year were dropped on Tuesday, after she finished a restorative justice program. Zhuang was arrested last summer after she assaulted an officer during a protest against a proposed homeless shelter in Gravesend.
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