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In basketball, the first day of the draft for the National Basketball Association is held at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York, U.S., with the Atlanta Hawks selecting French player Zaccharie Risacher with the first overall pick.
2024-06-26

In basketball, the 76th NBA draft is held at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York, U.S., with the Orlando Magic selecting former Duke University player Paolo Banchero with the first overall pick.
2022-06-23

The COVID-19 infection rate in New York drops to its lowest in two weeks for the first time since September 24. However, the state continues to battle COVID-19 clusters in Hasidic Jewish communities in Orange County, Rockland County, Brooklyn, and several areas in the Queens borough.
2020-10-11

New York state will reinstate restrictions on businesses, houses of worship and schools in and near areas where coronavirus cases are spiking, governor Andrew Cuomo said. The new rules will affect parts of Brooklyn and Queens in New York City, sections of Orange and Rockland counties in the Hudson Valley, and an area within Binghamton in the Southern Tier. This restrictions will take effect no later than Friday.
2020-10-6

A commuter train from the Long Island Rail Road derails during the morning rush hour in Brooklyn, New York, injuring 103 people.
2017-01-4

Lennart Anderson died at age 87 in Brooklyn, New York. Also a teacher at several notable institutions such as Pratt Institute, the Art Students League of New York, Yale, Princeton, Columbia, and Brooklyn College, Anderson’s influence was felt by generations of artists.
2015-10-15

After shooting and wounding his ex-girlfriend in Baltimore, Ismaaiyl Brinsley shoots and kills two policemen execution style in Brooklyn, New York, supposedly in revenge for the deaths of two black men in the U.S. reportedly caused by police officers during the summer of 2014, Eric Garner and Michael Brown. The gunman is later found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound in the subway.
2014-12-20

Three members of the Iranian rock band The Yellow Dogs are shot and killed in Brooklyn, New York by a member of a different band. The shooter then commits suicide.
2013-11-11

A 37-year-old woman and four children are stabbed to death in Brooklyn, New York City, New York. A man is arrested in connection with the murders.
2013-10-27

Aaron Swartz was found dead in his Brooklyn, New York apartment, where he had hanged himself.
2013-01-11