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Browse all posts published in June 2026.
272 storiesBrooklyn two- to three-family homeowners saw a median $439,000 resale gain over 20 years, the highest return citywide, driven by...
Governor Hochul gave East Williamsburg $20 million in state funds to revitalize its downtown, doubling the usual DRI award by...
City Council committees unanimously approved Monitor Point, a Greenpoint waterfront project with 1,324 apartments, half of which are permanently affordable.
Nduka Ekpenyong, owner of Duke Medical in Brownsville, was indicted for billing Medicaid $2.5 million for children's formula he largely...
The ASPCA is asking the NYC Council to fund animal shelter operations, affordable vet care, and a pet food assistance...
New York Harbor will host the largest maritime and aerial gathering in American history this July 4th, with 80 vessels...
An NYPD surveillance drone malfunctioned and caught fire in Brooklyn Bridge Park near the FIFA World Cup Fan Zone in...
A federal judge dismissed with prejudice a lawsuit challenging New York's Even Year Election Law, citing lack of standing and...
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;...
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 has yet to restore a protected bike lane on three blocks of Bedford Avenue in Williamsburg, despite...
With 55 percent of New Yorkers on free public Wi-Fi monthly, security guides explain how to spot browser hijackers and...
NYC's July sky offers Manhattanhenge on July 11, Milky Way views from Floyd Bennett Field in Brooklyn, Venus and Jupiter...
More than a million people marched through Lower Manhattan on June 28 for NYC Pride 2026 under the theme 'For...
On June 23, Mayor Zohran Mamdani went 8-for-8, with every candidate he endorsed winning, making him the most effective progressive...
The Sparrow is a new French brasserie at 185 Broadway in South Williamsburg, with a 25-foot mahogany bar, nearly 1,000...
In 1941, the Ridgewood Times published a gag press release predicting 1-year-old Robert John Kurtz would become the 42nd president...
Bushwick's Saratoga Library is open as a cooling center through July 5 and Bushwick Pool has extended hours as NYC...
100,000 free tickets to the Macy's July 4 fireworks are up for grabs at Brooklyn Bridge Park and the Seaport,...
Aqueduct Racetrack held its final live race on June 28, 2026, closing a 132-year chapter in Queens horse racing and...
The MTA will fly a massive American flag from the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge this Fourth of July weekend to mark the...
The Department of Homeless Services has taken over Building 3 at the former Greenpoint Hospital site, halting 107 affordable senior...
Mel Brooks, the Williamsburg-born comedy legend who turned childhood trauma into groundbreaking satire, celebrates his 100th birthday with tributes and...
A 37-story tower is topping out at The Riverie, an 834-unit rental complex on Greenpoint’s waterfront at 18 India Street,...
Bushwick-based scenic designer Jiaying Zhang explains how stripping down sets for Heartbeat Opera’s 2026 Vanessa deepens emotional storytelling, reflecting her...
Ridgewood’s Low Cinema hosted a film series spotlighting veteran location scouts, the unsung heroes who find New York’s cinematic backdrops,...
Eric McMichael, 28, of Greenpoint was sentenced to 18 years in prison after pleading guilty to raping a 12-year-old girl...
NYC's Mamdani administration is launching a $100M insurance program for rent-stabilized buildings, aiming to cut premiums by at least 20...
Marco DaSilva opens mosaic assemblage solo show 'A Light for a Feather' at Tappeto Volante Projects in Gowanus this Saturday,...
The Rent Guidelines Board froze rent on roughly a million stabilized apartments in NYC. If your Bushwick unit isn't one,...
Brooklyn's Tappeto Volante Gallery celebrates five years with 'In Case You Missed It,' a 27-artist group show opening July 10...
SDNY Judge Margaret Garnett delayed Luigi Mangione's federal trial to January 2027, while his state murder trial in Manhattan is...
Congresswoman Grace Meng won the June 23 Democratic primary in NY-6 by 14 points, with Orthodox neighborhoods in Kew Gardens...
Reuters Connect, an international photo wire, has labeled Bushwick a global street art hub based on a single image of...
Six weeks after Avrumie Itzkowitz was killed in Kissena Park, his family is offering a $20,000 reward for information as...
Queens DA Melinda Katz charged Forest Hills City Council candidate Jonathan Rinaldi with using AI to forge endorsements and fake...
Council Member Phil Wong filed a FOIL request demanding MTA data on overcrowded QM25 and QM34 express buses serving Ridgewood...
Poetica Coffee in Williamsburg barred Rep. Dan Goldman over his stance on Gaza, prompting a Trump-era DOJ civil rights investigation...
Mayor Zohran Mamdani hit Bushwick and Ridgewood nightclubs to campaign for DSA congressional candidate Claire Valdez ahead of the June...
Make Music New York celebrated its 20th anniversary on June 21 with free performances across all five boroughs, including a...
New York City is streaming the 2026 World Cup for free in Spanish on 200 LinkNYC kiosks across all five...
The Barasch & McGarry Foundation awards five $25,000 college scholarships to seniors who lost a family member to a 9/11-related...
Fourteen Sunset Park residents are suing the city to block a new 200-bed homeless shelter, arguing the neighborhood already hosts...
Journalist Matthew Russell Lee's Centra Tech fraud coverage was repeatedly delisted from Google via fake DMCA notices filed under false...
Williamsburg's 42 Hotel, family-owned and opened in 2022 near the neighborhood's waterfront, has been named one of Time Out's Top...
Shalisha Jackson, director of P.S. 146’s after-school program, is accused of stealing $111,000 over six years to fund personal expenses...
On the last day of early voting, two days before the June 23 Democratic primary, City Council Member Sandy Nurse...
Brooklyn's NY-7 Democratic primary on June 23 pits Borough President Reynoso against DSA-backed Valdez in a race fractured by real-estate...
Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso's NY-7 platform includes a wealth tax on billionaires, abolishing ICE, and a new endometriosis insurance...