Browse all posts published in 2026.
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Brooklyn Public Library's free Sips & Scholars series hosts seven talks at Brooklyn cafes, gardens, and park houses, including The...
Eight intersections along Frost Street in East Williamsburg will see pedestrian ramps torn out and rebuilt from July 20–25, with...
The NYC City Council approved the Monitor Point rezoning July 17, clearing the way for 1,324 Greenpoint waterfront apartments, with...
The NYC Rent Guidelines Board froze rent on roughly a million stabilized apartments, but Bushwick tenants in unregulated units still...
After 30 years, Rep. Nydia Velázquez is stepping down, opening NY-7 to four major candidates debating commercial rent, G train...
The NYC Council approved Monitor Point, a 1,324-unit mixed-income complex on Greenpoint’s waterfront, with 662 permanently affordable homes after Lincoln...
H0L0 in Ridgewood hosted four electronic music events last week and returns this Thursday, July 23, with Binary Shift at...
The 70-foot Giglio tower, adorned with saints and flowers, has been lifted in Williamsburg for the 139th annual Our Lady...
The MTA is setting up pop-up workshops this summer in subway stations along the proposed Interborough Express route to collect...
Bark Barbecue in Bushwick has received its SLA license and now serves wine-based cocktails like the Tamarindo Fizz alongside smoked...
NYC Parks is offering free overnight camping trips across all five boroughs this fall, tents provided. Brooklyn's next session is...
Council Member Jennifer Gutiérrez introduced a bill to create official nightlife districts in NYC, allowing neighborhoods like Bushwick to request...
London club fabric hosts its first-ever New York party at Brooklyn’s Under the K Bridge on September 5 with Jeff...
Bushwick and all of NYC faced 'Unhealthy' air quality on July 16 due to Canadian wildfire smoke and high heat,...
Woodhull Hospital in Brooklyn has launched a trauma-informed chaplaincy program to support pregnant and postpartum patients facing pregnancy loss, domestic...
Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced a major overhaul of NYC's housing code enforcement, digitizing paper-based systems and launching a 'Fix the...
A three-story building at 1098 Manhattan Avenue in Greenpoint will be redeveloped into a six-story residential building after 355 tons...
Comedian Judah Friedlander, known for his role on 30 Rock, headlines a 10 p.m. Saturday set at Bushwick Comedy Club...
The 90th Precinct will host National Night Out 2026 at Rodney Park in Williamsburg on August 4, featuring crafts, sports,...
Mayor Mamdani and Gov. Hochul unveiled an $882 million plan to speed up NYC buses 20 percent, but the free...
Fagan Kuhnmuench, a stage-diving Brooklyn teacher, hand-carved 50 woodblock prints for his Bushwick novel 'Blowing Up Bushwick,' blending punk history...
Donna Siafakas ran Greenpoint's Peter Pan Donut and Pastry Shop for 33 years. She died June 30 at 69, and...
A Swiss watch brand, Breitling, and Gary Vaynerchuk's VCR Group are converting Urban Outfitters on North 6th Street in Williamsburg...
A four-unit walkup at 170 South 2nd Street in Williamsburg sold for $4.2 million, equating to $1.05 million per unit,...
Bushwick-born comedian Kristen Gonzalez, aka Krisaygon, brings her genre-bending 'Eat Improv Love' show to Brooklyn Comedy Collective on July 26...
Ample Hills and Heatonist launch Sweet Regret, NYC’s spiciest ice cream made with Carolina Reaper pepper, requiring a waiver—finish it...
The Bushwick Starr is hosting free music, markets, and performances all August at 419 Eldert Street, bringing neighbors together and...
A three-alarm fire tore through three houses on Covert Street in Bushwick early Sunday, forcing FDNY to rescue one of...
Ten bars and restaurants across Bushwick and Ridgewood are applying for or renewing liquor licenses, with Brooklyn Community Board 4...
Bushwick High School offers Swim Strong Foundation swim classes every Monday through August 31 for ages 6 to adult, covering...
Greenpoint’s Kubuś Photo Service is at risk of closing, according to local outlet Greenpointers, which is urging community support to...
Synesthesia gallery in Bushwick hosts Anne Katrine Senstad’s neon exhibition VEIEJA ESCUELERA, using deliberate misspellings to critique capitalism and its...
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...
Saint Vitus, the Brooklyn metal bar the city shut down mid-show in 2024, reopens this fall at 428 Troutman Street...
Con Edison deliberately shut off power to 9,800 customers in Southwest Queens during a heatwave to prevent wider outages, then...
A Brooklyn family is suing NYC and NYPD over a fatal 2024 Bushwick police chase crash that killed a 71-year-old...
DSA-backed David Orkin unseated incumbent Jenifer Rajkumar in Assembly District 38, with Ridgewood’s 'Commie Corridor' delivering over 1,500 votes to...
A Greenpoint condo project has secured a $21 million loan from Northwind Group, according to Crain's New York Business, though...
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...
Council Member Phil Wong secured $22.7 million in the FY2027 city budget for Queens District 30, including $6.5 million for...
Con Edison activated its Emergency Response Center ahead of extreme heat hitting NYC, urging residents to reduce power use between...
New York's student aid agency launched a 250th-anniversary campaign highlighting $900M in annual grants to 300,000 students, veterans, and first...
A 93-year-old retired nurse was fatally struck by a motorcyclist who fled the scene at White Plains Road and East...
NYC venues are selling America 250 Fourth of July party tickets this Saturday, from $108 at Westlight in Williamsburg to...
Nearly 200,000 Medicaid-funded home health aides across New York, including Brooklyn, won a $162 million wage theft settlement against PPL...
Starting this summer, NYC building owners can buy renewable energy credits to offset Local Law 97 emissions instead of retrofitting,...
Mayor Mamdani and Speaker Menin struck a $125.8 billion budget deal adding $175 million in rental assistance and expanding NYC's...
Thomas Jefferson’s handwritten draft of the Declaration of Independence is on free public display at the New York Public Library...