Dexter Park and Max Rosner to be Honored in Street Renaming
June 28, 2023
By Ed Wendell From playing host to many of the greatest players in Major League Baseball and the Negro Leagues, to being the
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Inside prison, the tallies marked the months spent incarcerated. Now, in Williamsburg, it represents the continued punishment seen after people are released. On the corner
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By Ed Wendell From playing host to many of the greatest players in Major League Baseball and the Negro Leagues, to being the
By Ed Wendell This past weekend, the kids of Woodhaven came out to celebrate the 100th birthday of Mary Whalen Playground, at 79th Street and
By Matthew Fischetti mfischetti@queensledger.com “Those who have a ‘why’ to live, can bear with almost any ‘how’.” This quote is how coach K.M. DiColandrea would
By Matthew Fischetti mfischetti@queensledger.com Steve Donziger is doing all right. After 993 days under detention, Steve Donziger can celebrate freedom. Donziger, an environmental lawyer, was
He was many things—the family archivist, a regular at Kitty Kiernans, a native son of Bay Ridge, devoted caregiver for his mother, and an often
Inside prison, the tallies marked the months spent incarcerated. Now, in Williamsburg, it represents the continued punishment seen after people are released. On the corner
By Mattthew Fischetti mfischetti@queensledger.com Robert Valle knows you need the right ingredients to make something special. He first started flipping burgers at 17-years-old and from
By: Matthew Fischetti Mfischetti@queensledger.com Darlene Okpo always had the idea of opening up a bookstore in the back of her head since her early
By Daniel Offner doffner@queensledger.com The memory of Brooklyn’s own Christopher “Notorious B.I.G.” Wallace remains very much alive in Bed-Stuy. Wallace, a.k.a. Biggie Smalls, was
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