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Activists sat in the Brooklyn-bound lanes on the Manhattan side Oct. 28 to demand Belgal's release and an end to NYPD cooperation with ICE. ICE agents shot Belgal in the neck in Marble Hill Oct. 8 with his 5-year-old son in the car. DHS says its agents acted in self-defense.
Activists sat in the Brooklyn-bound lanes on the Manhattan side Oct. 28 to demand Belgal's release and an end to...
Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced $1.6 million for The Wick Against Violence, a Bushwick group that deploys credible messengers to defuse...
Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso has reopened applications for his $50,000 Community Baby Shower Fund, offering Brooklyn nonprofits up to...
Raw sewage is overflowing onto sidewalks outside Borinquen Plaza, a NYCHA complex in Williamsburg home to nearly 2,000 people who...
Knickerbocker Avenue in Bushwick will be temporarily co-named "Alvarado Ave" for one year to honor New York Knicks guard Jose...
The free flood-resiliency comedy "Please Don't Flush!" closes its multi-borough Climate Week NYC run with a final performance Sunday, September...
Bushwick Yacht Club opens a one-week presale on a four-piece clothing collection September 24, with 100 percent of profits going...
New York State awarded East Williamsburg a $20 million Downtown Revitalization Initiative grant, with a public workshop set for September...
brooklyncb5.org has been hijacked and redirects visitors through multiple compromised domains to PGBET888, a Thai slot-machine site served from a...
Union Square Partnership's 28th annual Harvest benefit will be held November 10 at Civic Hall, featuring tastings from Gramercy Tavern,...
A housing lottery closing September 3 offers 16 affordable co-op apartments for first-time buyers at two new Bushwick buildings on...
A two-alarm fire at 590 Grandview Ave. in Ridgewood displaced 14 adults from eight households; Council Member Phil Wong and...
Young New Yorkers, including a Williamsburg resident, are turning apartments and rooftops into gardens for mental health and sustainability since...
Brooklyn Public Library's free Sips & Scholars series hosts seven talks at Brooklyn cafes, gardens, and park houses, including The...
Woodhull Hospital in Brooklyn has launched a trauma-informed chaplaincy program to support pregnant and postpartum patients facing pregnancy loss, domestic...
The MTA is setting up pop-up workshops this summer in subway stations along the proposed Interborough Express route to collect...
The 70-foot Giglio tower, adorned with saints and flowers, has been lifted in Williamsburg for the 139th annual Our Lady...
NYC Parks is offering free overnight camping trips across all five boroughs this fall, tents provided. Brooklyn's next session is...
The 90th Precinct will host National Night Out 2026 at Rodney Park in Williamsburg on August 4, featuring crafts, sports,...
BKROT, Bushwick’s bike-powered composting collective, will sell its hyperlocal 'black gold' compost and merch at the Bushwick Starr’s free summer...
A Greenpoint couple who have run Chasing Tailor for 30 years lost their apartment in a fire; the longtime neighborhood...
Bushwick High School offers Swim Strong Foundation swim classes every Monday through August 31 for ages 6 to adult, covering...
Con Edison deliberately shut off power to 9,800 customers in Southwest Queens during a heatwave to prevent wider outages, then...
A Bushwick resident wants to know the story behind soccer teams at Maria Hernandez Park — team names, rivalries, schedules....
Brooklyn celebrated Haiti’s World Cup return after 52 years, with fans partying in Bushwick and Crown Heights, even as the...
New York State has distributed $189 million in Summer EBT benefits to 1.6 million low-income children, with families able to...
North Brooklyn Parks Alliance holds its Rebuild North Brooklyn fall gala October 1 at Under the K Bridge Park in...
Brooklyn Paper launches a 10-stop self-guided tour tracing the 1776 Battle of Brooklyn, starting at Fort Greene Park’s Prison Ship...
Mayor Zohran Mamdani expands NYC's emergency heat plan as temperatures near 112°F this July 4th weekend, targeting outdoor workers in...
Ridgewood yoga teacher Jackie Garbe offers donation-based classes at Baby Cobra Yoga in Bushwick and free NADA ear acupuncture at...
Transportation Alternatives canvassed Bushwick residents near Maria Hernandez Park, collecting 50 responses about safer crossings on Knickerbocker Avenue.
Forty-one tall ships from more than 20 countries sail into New York Harbor July 3–8 for Sail 4th 250, with...
Around 500 people gathered in Manhattan for the NY Jewish Mah Jongg Festival, where historians explored how mahjong became an...
Wimbledon installed a temporary grass court at Wollman Rink in Central Park on Sunday, letting 24 NYJTL youth players experience...
Corona Plaza in Queens hosts a free World Cup viewing party on July 15 with live dance performances and NYC...
As New York City marks the 400th anniversary of New Amsterdam, local historians say the Dutch colony still shapes the...
CitizensNYC partnered with Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs volunteers for community garden service days at Tompkins Square Park and Electric...
Five 24/7 turf soccer fields across New York City's five boroughs are open for World Cup pickup games through July...
The NYC Mayor's Office and MTA launched a 'Catch Them All' challenge for World Cup wrapped subway trains, with riders...
Notify NYC warns of life-threatening rip currents at Brooklyn and Queens beaches July 1, urging swimmers to stay out of...
Macy's 50th July 4 fireworks show launches from Brooklyn Bridge, East River, and Hudson River sites; Bushwick residents can watch...
A growing sinkhole in Riverside Park beside the Upper West Side's 87th Street Dog Run has swallowed fence, a tree,...
Bronx Borough President Vanessa Gibson hosted a 2026 World Cup watch party at One Fordham Plaza in Fordham Manor, co-organized...
About 150 members of Brooklyn's Sporting Club Gjøa packed their Sunset Park clubhouse on June 26 to watch Norway face...
A Rye Youth Council panel warned that teen sports betting, easier since New York legalized it in 2022, can be...
New York and Massachusetts officials vowed to fight in court and Congress the Supreme Court's 6-3 ruling letting Trump end...
Mayor Zohran Mamdani presented Toñita Cay, who turned down millions to keep her Williamsburg Caribbean Social Club open 52 years,...
Queens celebrates America's 250th birthday with tall ship parades, free family concerts, LED bike rides, and Macy's fireworks July 3–4;...
More than a million people marched through Lower Manhattan on June 28 for NYC Pride 2026 under the theme 'For...
NYC's July sky offers Manhattanhenge on July 11, Milky Way views from Floyd Bennett Field in Brooklyn, Venus and Jupiter...