The Gowanus Canal. Photo: Rob Abruzzese/Brooklyn Eagle

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THE LEDE: Good morning. Next week's movie theater? A canoe. The Gowanus Dredgers Canoe Club is hosting a screening of documentary film “Gowanus Current” next Thursday evening on the Gowanus Canal.

The Rundown

  • Selma Blair accused of attacking 2 flight attendants and assaulting a police officer and nurse: The charges aboard the aircraft will be handled through the petty violations court in federal court in Brooklyn.

  • Watch a Gowanus documentary… on the Gowanus Canal: The evening starts at the Gowanus Dredgers Boathouse, from which moviegoers will paddle out to watch the movie on the water beneath the Ninth Street Bridge.

  • 18th Avenue Columbus Day parade celebrates Italian-American pride: “For generations, this city has been immeasurably shaped by the culture, history and remarkable innovations of the Italian and Italian-American people," wrote Speaker of the New York City Council Julie Menin on X.

  • Red Mass marks opening of judicial year at Brooklyn’s Cathedral Basilica: The Red Mass tradition dates back to medieval Europe, with the first such Mass celebrated in Paris in 1245. In England, it became associated with the opening of the judicial year during the reign of King Edward I.

  • iGMS measures the real impact of New York’s short-term rental law, finding supply 80% below where it would otherwise be: The study measures New York against what the city would likely look like without the law, modeled on eight similar U.S. counties with no new rules, using data through May 2026.

  • Man shot by ICE held in solitary without adequate food or medical care, bullet still lodged in neck, attorneys say: Oscar Belgal, 28, is being held at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Sunset Park without access to surgery that could remove the bullet lodged in his neck, attorneys say. (The City Reporter)

  • Our world in photos: Children, chancellors, ceremonies and more.

Our World in Photos

SYRIA — A young child looks through a truck’s windshield as displaced families prepare to leave al-Talayi camp in Hassakeh. Photo: Baderkhan Ahmad/AP

More Brooklyn News

  • "How the NYC Marathon has changed in the last 50 years" (Gothamist)

  • "Fare evasion investigation on Brooklyn MTA bus turns violent as passenger, agents clash" (New York Daily News)

  • "Domestic Violence Advocates Urge Hochul to Sign Bill That Would Expand Shelter Access for Single Survivors" (City Limits)

Staff Picks

The Wrap

⌛ ON THIS DAY
In 1918, the Eagle reported, "The big meeting of the Democratic campaign in Brooklyn will be held at the Academy of Music on Friday night, November 1, with Alfred E. Smith, the candidate for Governor, and probably several other nominees for State offices as the speakers, according to the announcement of County Leader McCooey today." Click here to see what else happened on this day in history. 

📔 IMPRINT
Singer-songwriter Lola Young graces the latest cover of British Vogue. 

👑 ROYAL WATCH
"Prince William and Kate Lose Crown as Most Popular Royals" (Newsweek)

🏀 SPORTS
Chris DeMarco expects to be back in 2027 (Brooklyn Eagle)

  • “Eve of Destruction” singer Barry McGuire

  • “The Affair” star Dominic West

  • Former N.Y Islanders center Brock Nelson

  • Celebrity chef Emeril Lagasse

  • Singer-songwriter Richard Carpenter


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