A Brooklyn vet with a wild bird path: Most veterinarians come to the job with a love of dogs and cats. Canarsie local Shannon Brathwaite started from a different place: wild birds.

Brooklyn Heights Designer Showhouse mansion hits the market for $15 million: One Monroe Place, originally built in 1852, has been meticulously renovated by NV Design Architecture, with restored details including brownstone lintels and a mansard roof.

‘Montague Open’ Pickleball Tournament returns for third year: It was the ultimate pickleball showdown: The Third Annual “Montague Open” Pickleball Tournament returned to Brooklyn Heights on Sunday as part of the Montague Open Streets celebration.

Music rings out across Downtown Brooklyn on ‘World Singing Day’: Cheerful tunes rang out across Borough Hall Plaza on Saturday as neighbors joined World Singing Day, an annual global event which brings together people of all ages and backgrounds to sing songs, just for fun.

Brooklyn artist who died taking risky photos remembered at exhibition: Christopher Serrano, 25, died while trying to take photos on top of the F train at the Fourth Avenue/Ninth Street station on Oct. 5, 2016.

Selma Blair’s representatives say she didn’t intend to hurt anyone on flight that led to her arrest: Actor Selma Blair did not intend to harm anyone during a flight and its aftermath where she is alleged to have assaulted two flight attendants, a police officer and a nurse, according to a statement Friday from her representatives.

Why the Paramount‑Warner merger is a problem for democracy: The same market pressures pushing media companies toward greater scale and efficiency can undermine the independent reporting and diversity of voices that democracy depends on. (The Conversation)

Our world in photos: Mannequins, models, mobs and more.

"Do These Brooklyn Halloween Decorations Even Grasp Our Mortality?" (Hell Gate)

"School bus with 6 autistic students went missing for hours in Brooklyn, report finds" (CBS News)

"Brooklyn Street Named After Late Baby’s All Right Co-Founder Billy Jones" (Pitchfork)

READ: "The Doxing of Jane Doe" (The New Yorker)

DRINK: "A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens is being turned into a boozy event in Brooklyn this December. (Secret NYC)

CARTOON: Modern day Pinocchio. (Brooklyn Eagle)

LIVE: "Couple Who Bought Abandoned N.Y.C. Property from the 1800s Make ‘Extraordinary’ Discovery in Basement" (People)

Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Wanda Jackson

Baseball Hall of Famer Juan Marichal

Model and philanthropist Candice Swanepoel

Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Al Greenwood (Foreigner)

Broadcaster and former N.Y. Mets first baseman Keith Hernandez

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