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Rachel Holliday Smith

Reporter/Producer @rachelholliday Contact

Rachel Holliday Smith is a reporter/producer for DNAinfo New York covering Crown Heights and Prospect Heights.

Before joining our team, Rachel worked at NY1 News as a videographer, writer and breaking news hound. She also produced the "New Yorker of the Week" segment, which regularly restored her faith in humanity.

Rachel is a native upstate New Yorker, but lived near Boston before coming to the city. There, she read the Phoenix while it was still in print and listened to the Dresden Dolls while they were still making music.

She attended the school of the Washington Square News, where she served as editor in chief in 2009. At the same time, she somehow got a degree from New York University. She is a proud Gallatin alum.

Rachel lives in Fort Greene close enough to the Barclays Center that she once heard the screaming of Justin Bieber fans.

Fun fact: Rachel is from so far upstate that she had glass bottles of milk delivered to her childhood home by a milkman every day.
 

Crown Heights, Prospect Heights & Prospect-Lefferts Gardens »

September 5, 2017

The man asked the woman "Do you want me to blow your head off?" in the road rage incident, police said.

Fort Greene and DUMBO »

September 5, 2017

To qualify, you must make between $34,355 and $57,240, according to a city listing.

Crown Heights, Prospect Heights & Prospect-Lefferts Gardens »

September 4, 2017

The Caribbean celebration started in daylight hours for the first time in Brooklyn this year.

Crown Heights, Prospect Heights & Prospect-Lefferts Gardens »

September 1, 2017

Following years of deadly violence at the event, the NYPD is locking down the J'Ouvert parade route.

Fort Greene and DUMBO »

August 30, 2017

The former presidential candidate will visit Greenlight Bookstore two weeks after a stop in Union Sq.

Crown Heights, Prospect Heights & Prospect-Lefferts Gardens »

August 30, 2017

The 90-person band Despers practices for Labor Day weekend in an empty lot in Crown Heights.

Crown Heights, Prospect Heights & Prospect-Lefferts Gardens »

August 29, 2017

The incident closed Brooklyn Wing House on Friday, three weeks after its grand opening in Crown Heights.

Upper West Side & Morningside Heights »

August 28, 2017

Amid an uproar from Italian-Americans, Mayor Bill de Blasio says he understands pride for the landmark.