Kevin Duggan
The Brooklyn Paper
New York, United States
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Boka’s back! ‘Slope bodega kitten returned after missing for a week
Boka, the bodega kitten stolen outside its Park Slope home last week, has been safely returned to its owner. → Read More
Brooklyn takes top spot amid deadliest year on roads: Report
Last year was repeatedly on pace to be the deadliest since de Blasio came into office in 2014 and adopted his street safety policy eight years ago, but the → Read More
Brooklyn vigil mourns traffic death victims, Adams wants city to plant ‘memorial grove’
Mayor-elect Eric Adams wants the city to plant a memorial grove dedicated to victims of traffic violence, a senior rep announced at a Sunday event honoring → Read More
'Tear the BQE down': NYC construction big urges expressway's reconstruction with federal infrastructure dollars
“I get out at Fourth Avenue and I love Sunset Park… But then what happens, I walk down the block and the worst monstrosity in the United States, I have to → Read More
The story behind the quirky sculpture garden in the Columbia Street Waterfront District
Nestled between garages in the Columbia Street Waterfront District lives an eye-catching collection of statues and artworks dotting a Degraw Street driveway. → Read More
New Yorkers turnout in modest numbers for early voting
As expected, the turnout wasn’t at the fever pitch the city experienced during last year’s presidential race. → Read More
Brooklyn driver faces 25 years in prison for crash that killed 3-month-old girl
A Brooklyn man faces up to 25 years behind bars for the car crash that killed a 3-month-old girl and injured her parents last month. → Read More
Transit union unveils memorial for workers who died of COVID-19
New York City's largest public transit union unveiled a memorial dedicated to the more than 100 transportation workers who died from COVID-19. → Read More
Revelers still flock to J’Ouvert and West Indian Carnival after organizers called off events
J’Ouvert and the West Indian Day Parade returned in a scaled-back format to the streets of Brooklyn on Labor Day, Sept. 6. → Read More
To the rescue: New York’s Finest and Bravest gear up to help Hurricane Ida victims
Hurricane Ida delivered her fury to Louisiana on Sunday, and members of the NYPD and FDNY got to work. → Read More
City will cut lanes on the BQE starting Monday
The DOT is cutting the number of lanes on a section the BQE, from three to two, in each direction effective Monday, Aug. 30. → Read More
Only 0.33 percent of vaxxed NYers infected with COVID since January: Report
“Here’s the common sense bottom line: vaccines keep you alive and out of the hospital." → Read More
Mayor unveils plan to prop up crumbling BQE until 2040
“We have a very different approach we’re announcing today. It is bold, it is different, it is innovative, it is about preparing for the future in a new way,” → Read More
Vanderbilt Avenue open street gets colorful mural
A splash of color arrived at the Vanderbilt Avenue Open Street in Prospect Heights over the weekend, thanks to a new mural gracing the boulevard that has gone → Read More
De Blasio promises BQE cantilever fix soon, bypasses larger highway revamp for next mayor
The mayor said he will unveil a plan to fix the crumbling BQE’s triple-cantilever on the Brooklyn waterfront in the coming weeks. → Read More
Activists withhold gas bill payment to protest National Grid pipeline
Environmentalist launched a gas bill strike Tuesday, pledging to withhold money from their monthly utilities in protest of National Grid's controversial pipeline project beneath the streets of Brooklyn. → Read More
COVID-19 memorial returns to Green-Wood Cemetery
Green-Wood Cemetery is bringing back an interactive memorial honoring those who died from COVID-19. → Read More
Mayor pledges to fund fix for deadly McGuinness Boulevard after teacher killed in hit-and-run
The city will redesign deadly McGuinness Boulevard in Greenpoint following a hit-and-run driver who killed a beloved area teacher, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Thursday. → Read More
North Brooklynites demand city finish 16-year-old Bushwick Inlet Park
Some 16 years later, luxury high-rises dot the Greenpoint and Williamsburg skyline but less than one fifth of Bushwick Inlet Park has opened, and area activists are calling on City Hall to hold up its side of the bargain. → Read More
Greenpoint's newest park finally opens under the Kosciuszko Bridge
Under the K Bridge Park, a long-awaited greenspace beneath the Kosciuszko Bridge in Greenpoint, opened on Tuesday. → Read More