A two-alarm fire at 590 Grandview Ave. in Ridgewood displaced 14 adults from eight households; Council Member Phil Wong and...
Betty Lui waters hundreds of plants each morning in her Williamsburg apartment before commuting to Manhattan, part of a growing...
Brooklyn Public Library and the Brooklyn Institute for Social Research are hosting seven free summer lectures across Brooklyn, including one...
The 70-foot Giglio tower, adorned with saints and flowers, has been lifted in Williamsburg for the 139th annual Our Lady...
NYC Parks offers free overnight campouts with tents and s'mores at Salt Marsh Nature Center in Marine Park on August...
Woodhull Hospital in Brooklyn has launched a trauma-informed chaplaincy program to support pregnant and postpartum patients facing pregnancy loss, domestic...
A citywide Journalism for All Summer Newsroom Internship placed NYC high schoolers in real newsrooms, including Bushwick Daily, where interns...
The 90th Precinct will host National Night Out 2026 at Rodney Park in Williamsburg on August 4, featuring crafts, sports,...
Bushwick High School offers Swim Strong Foundation swim classes every Monday through August 31 for ages 6 to adult, covering...
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...
Con Edison deliberately shut off power to 9,800 customers in Southwest Queens during a heatwave to prevent wider outages, then...
Brooklyn celebrated Haiti’s World Cup return after 52 years, with fans partying in Bushwick and Crown Heights, even as the...
A Bushwick resident wants to know the story behind soccer teams at Maria Hernandez Park — team names, rivalries, schedules....
Transportation Alternatives canvassed Bushwick residents near Maria Hernandez Park, collecting 50 responses about safer crossings on Knickerbocker Avenue.
Brooklyn Paper launches a 10-stop self-guided tour tracing the 1776 Battle of Brooklyn, starting at Fort Greene Park’s Prison Ship...
Wimbledon installed a temporary grass court at Wollman Rink in Central Park on Sunday, letting 24 NYJTL youth players experience...
Mayor Zohran Mamdani expands NYC's emergency heat plan as temperatures near 112°F this July 4th weekend, targeting outdoor workers in...
Ridgewood Care Clinic brings a free and donation-based community health pop-up to Ridgewood Commons on July 12, offering ear acupuncture,...
NYJTL's free Community Tennis Program launches this summer at parks across NYC, offering instruction and on-site gear for young players...
Forty-one historic tall ships from over 20 countries are docking in New York Harbor for Sail 4th 250, with free...
Around 500 people gathered in Manhattan for the NY Jewish Mah Jongg Festival, where historians explored how mahjong became an...
Corona Plaza in Queens hosts a free World Cup viewing party on July 15 with live dance performances and NYC...
About 200 runners completed the tenth annual Brooklyn Queens Brewery Express Half Marathon through Bushwick and Ridgewood in 85-degree heat,...
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...
Manhattan's Morris-Jumel Mansion hosts Tavern Night July 25 in Washington Heights, a 21+ fundraiser reviving the site's post-Revolutionary tavern history.
CitizensNYC partnered with Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs volunteers for community garden service days at Tompkins Square Park and Electric...
New York City opened two free public health vending machines in Port Richmond, Staten Island, stocked with naloxone and free...
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...
The ASPCA is urging NYC Council to fund pet food, vet care, and spay/neuter services, citing data that 6 in...
Brooklyn's Norwegian soccer institution Sporting Club Gjøa packed its Sunset Park clubhouse for a watch party as Norway reached the...
Macy's 50th July 4 fireworks show launches from Brooklyn Bridge, East River, and Hudson River sites; Bushwick residents can watch...
Bronx Borough President Vanessa Gibson hosted a World Cup watch party in Fordham Manor, as Norwood fans cheered for Mexico,...
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 one million people marched in the 2026 NYC Pride March, with Heritage of Pride citing global attacks on...
Governor Kathy Hochul awarded East Williamsburg $20 million through the Downtown Revitalization Initiative, doubling the usual grant to address Brooklyn's...
Mayor Zohran Mamdani presented Toñita Cay, who turned down millions to keep her Williamsburg Caribbean Social Club open 52 years,...
In 1941, a Ridgewood newspaperman joked a 1-year-old boy would become president by 1996. A columnist now seeks to uncover...
Aqueduct Racetrack held its final live race on June 28, 2026, closing a 132-year chapter in Queens horse racing and...
The Department of Homeless Services has taken over Building 3 at the former Greenpoint Hospital site, halting 107 affordable senior...
A Bushwick community garden hosted free Latin jazz and homemade ice cream as part of Make Music New York’s 20th...
The Barasch & McGarry Foundation awards five $25,000 college scholarships to seniors who lost a family member to a 9/11-related...
Facing a shortage of green space, Woodside’s Filipino-American community built Little Manila Park on an idle lot at 70th St...
The South Bushwick Reformed Church, a 173-year-old NYC landmark at 855 Bushwick Avenue, burned Friday in a three-alarm fire, leaving...
Brooklyn will celebrate its 250th anniversary with $350,000 in state funding for free public events including Battle of Brooklyn reenactments,...
For the first time in 30 years, an apartment-building block — Crown Heights Keepers on Eastern Parkway — won Brooklyn...
A three-alarm fire destroyed the steeple and roof of the historic South Bushwick Reformed Church on Juneteenth, just years after...