The former Bentley's shoe store at 144 Montague St., where Alison Roman is rumored to be opening her shop. Photo: Mary Frost/Brooklyn Eagle
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The Lede: Good morning. Cookbook author and chef Alison Roman is set to open an outpost of her boutique grocery/cafe concept store First Bloom in Brooklyn Heights this fall, expanding from its first location in the Catskills.
The Rundown
Local voter engagement in NYC at 50-year high in 2025, says Campaign Finance Board: According to a Campaign Finance Board report, voter turnout in the general election, which elected Zohran Mamdani, was at 41.6% of registered voters — higher than it has been for the last 50 years. Voter registration was highest in Brooklyn, where 97.3% of eligible voters were registered.
Chef Alison Roman to open cafe/grocery in Brooklyn Heights: Roman did not confirm the store’s location, although Curbed speculated that the former site of the Bentley’s shoe store at 144 Montague St., where a for-rent sign recently came down, could fit the bill.
2 men charged with creating AI-generated porn under new law targeting ‘deepfakes’: Federal prosecutors in Brooklyn have charged two men with using artificial intelligence to create nude videos and photos of female celebrities under a newly enacted law meant to halt the spread of deepfake pornography.
Mayor honors firefighter who saved principal from flood: A Crown Heights firefighter was honored on Friday at the Fire Department’s Brooklyn Commons headquarters for running into a flash flood to rescue a Bedford-Stuyvesant principal during last week’s heavy rainfall.
Fare-cutter gets 15 years for shooting at MTA staff: A Starrett City man on Tuesday was sentenced to 15 years in prison for shooting at four Metropolitan Transportation Authority inspectors after they asked him to pay his bus fare, Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez said.
Memorial Day ‘Ruck March’ honors veterans, feeds the hungry: On Sunday, veterans, military family members and residents gathered in the rain at the Brooklyn War Memorial in Cadman Plaza Park for the inaugural 5-mile Memorial Day Ruck March, sponsored by Five Borough Veterans.
Testing the water: Meet the team who checks NYC’s beaches for sewage: Donning waist-high waders, they take ocean samples to determine if waterways are clean enough for swimming. (THE CITY)
Our world in photos: Mangoes, soldiers, pilgrims and more.
Our World in Photos
BENIN — Women sell mangoes on the side of a road in Bohicon. Photo: Sunday Alamba/AP
More Brooklyn News
“Zohran Mamdani, Spike Lee, Jason Sudeikis… meet the Brooklyn Invincibles, NYC’s Arsenal supporters’ club” (The Athletic)
"The city just approved plans for a new $11 million skate park in Brooklyn" (Time Out)
"Mamdani administration faces backlash over 2 new Brooklyn hotel homeless shelters" (Gothamist)
Staff Picks
READ: "Short Naps, Long Hours: How Autism Clinics Squeeze Medicaid Dollars Out of Preschoolers" (NYT)
EAT: Better than Restaurant Week? New York City has launched $26 dining deals for the World Cup. (Eater)
CARTOON: An election autopsy. (Brooklyn Eagle)
LIVE: "The 36 Most Powerful Real Estate Brokers in New York" (The Hollywood Reporter)
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In 1906, the Eagle reported, "The Staten Island Cricket and Tennis Club has made a fixture with the famous Corinthians of England, who will play ‘socker’ on this side in the fall, for September 6, at their grounds at Livingston." Click here to see what else happened on this day in history.
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