NORDSTROM WILL OPEN a 3,000-square-foot service hub at 154 N Seventh St. on June 26 in Williamsburg, third location in the city.
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Day: June 18, 2025
A 15-YEAR-OLD James Madison High School student says he has been unjustly accused of sexual hazing following an October locker room incident.
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GEORGE GOUNTAS, a Brooklyn resident urged by his wife and Daily Show coworkers, won the first annual Pedro Pascal contest.
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🇮🇱🇮🇷 Israel hacked Iran’s national television and broadcast a program calling on citizens to carry out “regime change.” pic.twitter.com/tnInRqXCDK
— Megatron (@Megatron_ron) June 18, 2025
Exclusive | It may be that Khamenei is being lied to by some of his top advisers – those who have not yet been killed – and that he actually believes the Islamic Republic is doing much better than it is.@jeremybob1 https://t.co/YQ8o1uqc3e
— The Jerusalem Post (@Jerusalem_Post) June 18, 2025
A 28-year-old Brooklyn woman was arrested Wednesday in connection with the hit-and-run dragging death of a 32-year-old pregnant Queens woman after a late-night fender bender last month.
Police arrested Chaquasia Pigford of Kosciuszko Street in Bedford-Stuyvesant in connection with the death of Tiffany Cifuni just after midnight on May 24.
Cifuni apparently got out of her 2021 Toyota 4Runner to check for damage after a minor collision with a 2016 Chevy Trax at Van Buren Street and Marcus Garvey Boulevard, also in Bedford-Stuyvesant. When Cifuni exited her vehicle to check the damage, law enforcement sources said, the alleged driver of the Chevy Trax hit the gas and struck Cifuni from behind.
The victim was dragged under the suspect’s car for a distance before it sped away against westbound traffic on Lafayette Avenue, a one-way street, police said.
Police said the rampage wasn’t over as the Chevy struck a parked Volkswagen SUV while trying to get away, and then crashed into a 2024 Jeep Grand Cherokee with a 38-year-old woman behind the wheel, causing her injury.
Cifuni was rushed by EMS to Kings County Hospital, where she was declared dead from her injuries.
The Chevy Trax was found nearby, the driver having fled the scene on foot. Following an investigation, Pigford was apprehended and taken into custody.
Detectives led Pigford out of the 81st Precinct‘s Bed-Stuy stationhouse Wednesday. She told gathered media, “It wasn’t me. It was the person who owns the vehicle.”
Pigford faces a litany of charges including second-degree murder; manslaughter; murder with depraved indifference; leaving the scene of an incident without reporting resulting in death; attempting to leave the scene of an incident without reporting; causing serious injury while leaving the scene of an accident without reporting; failing to show license; unauthorized use of a vehicle; two counts of reckless driving; unlicensed operator, three counts of leaving the scene of an accident with property damage; and two counts of committing a one-way violation.
A Brooklyn judge on Wednesday moved to temporarily prevent Mayor Eric Adams from removing the Bedford Avenue bike lane.
The city is “enjoined and restrained from implementing and commencing/performing any construction or other acts related to the Removal” at least until a hearing scheduled for August, ruled Judge Carolyn Walker-Dialo.
The ruling came in response to a lawsuit against Adams and the city’s Department of Transportation by advocacy group Transportation Alternatives and Brooklynite Baruch Herzfeld.
Filed on Tuesday, the suit claims that Adams’ June 13 decision to remove part of the parking protected bike lane on Bedford Avenue and replace it with an unprotected painted bike lane was “improper,” “irrational,” and made “without proper legal notice.”
Peter W. Beadle, the lawyer representing Herzfeld and his 12-year-old son, said he was “very pleased” that the court “appears to understand the seriousness of this matter.”
“When applying for a [temporary restraining order,] one of the elements that has to be satisfied is a showing that the case is likely to succeed on the merits,” Beadle said in a statement. “While this is by no means a guarantee of success later, and this decision is only temporary, it’s fantastic that the Court agrees that our case has merit.”
A DOT spokesperson referred Brooklyn Paper to City Hall, which did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
The city had planned to begin removing the parking-protected bike lane on Bedford Avenue between Flushing and Willoughby avenues this week, days after Adams’ sudden announcement that the city would “adjust the current design.”
That decision was met with mixed reactions.
The parking protected bike lane, which stretches from Flushing Avenue to Dean Street, was only finished last year, after years of back-and-forth. The local Hasidic community has largely opposed the lane, and the United Jewish Organizations of Williamsburg last week thanked Adams for “accepting our proposal” for the bike lane.
But others slammed Adams for opting to axe the lane, especially without prior warning. Bedford Avenue is notoriously dangerous for pedestrians, cyclists, and motorists, and critics said removing the bike lane could put locals in more danger.
The lawsuit claims that DOT “did not engage in proper analysis of the effects of removing the protected bicycle lane,” and accuses Adams of failing to engage with local community boards before opting to remove it. In failing to consult with community boards and elected officials, DOT violated the city’s administrative code, the suit claims.
In an affidavit, local Council Member Lincoln Restler said he had not received notice of DOT’s plans to remove the protected bike lane.
Kevin Rizzo, assistant corporation counsel at the NYC Law Department, argued in a letter to the judge that the planned changes “follow engagement with the community to further refine recent modifications to the street,” and claimed the city would “not remove the bicycle lane but would shift its location within the street.”
The June 17 letter asked that Walker-Dialo opposed the TRO request and “wish to be heard on the matter.”
“We’re ecstatic that a judge is currently blocking the city from ripping up street safety improvements,” said Ben Furnas, Executive Director of Transportation Alternatives, in a statement. “We know that City Hall’s plans aren’t just wrongheaded, they’re illegal — and we will keep fighting for safe streets every step of the way. We won’t let anyone make our streets more dangerous. Mayor Adams, we’ll see you in court.”
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Cartoon Sketchbook: June 18
A collection of topical political cartoons from various artists curated by the Brooklyn Eagle editorial staff.
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