Visitors flock to New York botanic garden for a whiff of a flower that smells like a rotting corpse
One by one, visitors to the Brooklyn Botanic Garden pulled out their phones snap pictures of the rare blooming plant before leaning in to brave a whiff of its infamously putrid scent, which resembles that of rotting flesh.
Rare corpse flower blooms at Brooklyn Botanic Garden, drawing crowds to sniff its "stinky cheese, foot smell"
A rare corpse flower bloomed at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden this weekend, and people waited in line for hours to get a whiff of its unique scent.
A plant in the ‘corpse flower’ family is blooming in Brooklyn: What does it smell like?
The Amorphophallus gigas, a cousin to the infamous "corpse flower," is beginning to bloom at the Aquatic House in the Brooklyn Botanical Garden.
Rare ‘Corpse Flower’ blooms at Brooklyn Botanic Garden, draws brave visitors to smell Its stench
Brooklyn Botanic Garden’s rare Amorphophallus gigas, native to Sumatra, bloomed for the first time since 2018 on January 24, attracting visitors eager to experience its towering height and infamous carrion stench.
‘Rotting' corpse flower in rare bloom at Brooklyn Botanic Garden for a limited time
Usually, people try to avoid anything considered “rotting.” But a rare flower on display in Brooklyn is expected to attract large crowds this weekend. The infamous flower known for its rotting, putrid smell started blooming on Friday.
‘Stinky cheese, some poop smells’: See why New Yorkers are flocking to this rare ‘corpse flower’
It’s not a flower you’d likely buy on Valentine’s Day but the Brooklyn Botanic Garden’s rare amorphophallus gigas plant is in bloom and visitors want a whiff – even if it does smell “like a rotting corpse.
Fire tears through three Brooklyn apartment buildings, displaces 10 families
The four-alarm fire started about 10:30 p.m. Saturday in an apartment building on Graham Ave. near Metropolitan Ave. in ...
Ukrainian woman who survived Nazi occupation, Chernobyl disaster struck and killed by car in Brooklyn
A 95-year-old woman who weathered tragedies like Nazi occupation and the Chernobyl disaster in Ukraine was struck and killed by a car while crossing the street near her Brooklyn home on Thursday.
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Brooklyn Israeli restaurant vandalized with antisemitic graffiti
A long-standing Israeli restaurant in a Brooklyn neighborhood was vandalized and defaced with anti-Israel messages on Sunday, police said.
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Popular Israeli restaurant Miriam targeted by vandals in Brooklyn
Congressman Richie Torres showed up to Miriam in Park Slope on Sunday to call out the vandals. Mayor Eric Adams and Senator Chuck Schumer spoke out about the vandalism as well.
Brooklyn’s Our Wicked Lady in danger of becoming latest DIY music venue to close: ‘You’ll lose what New York is’
The pandemic only accelerated the withering industry: both the Wick and the Well and the Pyramid Club shut down in 2020, ...
Parents rally to save Brooklyn child care centers from shutdowns
Parents in Brooklyn are outraged after the city announced it will close multiple child care centers in the borough.
Men run down, fatally stab 24-year-old man in Brooklyn
Around six men attacked the victim outside a Central Ave. deli near Schaefer St. in Bushwick , and he ran for his life around ...
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Plans for new ‘Interborough Express’ Brooklyn-to-Queens train back on track as congestion pricing rolls on
As congestion pricing chugs along, another big MTA project stands to move forward with financial support from the Manhattan ...