News from across Brooklyn, beyond the L train.
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Knickerbocker Avenue in Bushwick will be temporarily co-named "Alvarado Ave" for one year to honor New York Knicks guard Jose...
State Senator Julia Salazar will hold a "State Budget 101" town hall on October 1 from 6 to 8 p.m....
Households of one to three people earning $78,960 to $122,160 can apply through NYC Housing Connect until Thursday, Oct. 1.
Greenpointers has opened vendor and performer applications for its free Holiday Market on December 6 at Greenpoint Loft, 67 West...
The Friends of Greenpoint Library will hold their annual Fall Book Sale at 107 Norman Ave. on Saturday, September 26...
Bushwick Yacht Club opens a one-week presale on a four-piece clothing collection September 24, with 100 percent of profits going...
New York City Transit will suspend L train service between Lorimer Street in Brooklyn and Eighth Avenue in Manhattan on...
Molière in the Park is presenting free outdoor performances of Molière's "Don Juan" at the LeFrak Center at Lakeside in...
Artist and fashion designer Amanda Mehl is staging Carnaval NYC, an outdoor fashion show and Carnaval-style procession with more than...
New York State awarded East Williamsburg a $20 million Downtown Revitalization Initiative grant, with a public workshop set for September...
Nearly 100 independent films, series and podcasts screen across Brooklyn from October 7 to 11, in the festival's biggest lineup...
A one-mile timed race through Bushwick on September 27 will donate all registration proceeds to rebuilding South Bushwick Church, destroyed...
The Local Development Corporation of East New York received a $100,000 Merchant Organizing Grant from the NYC Department of Small...
A Bushwick painter is opening a gallery in her own apartment, a free cumbia festival takes over a community garden,...
The independent screening series nuclear cinema will show Ondi Timoner's 2009 documentary "We Live in Public" at Signal, 175 Morgan...
Wilfred La Salle left an 18-year NYC career to make films with no budget. His seventh, The Veteran, shot at...
Borough President Antonio Reynoso and KidSuper founder Colm Dillane are bringing The People's Runway back to Brooklyn Borough Hall Plaza...
A housing lottery closing September 3 offers 16 affordable co-op apartments for first-time buyers at two new Bushwick buildings on...
FORMAT, a new natural wine fair, launches at Honey's in Bushwick on August 9, featuring Finger Lakes and Hudson Valley...
Permits have been filed for a 15-story mixed-use building at 23 Spencer Street in Bedford-Stuyvesant, near the Flushing Avenue G...
The New York Blood Center is holding a blood drive at NYPD Patrol Borough Brooklyn North in Bushwick on July...
Heyward Street between Wythe and Bedford Avenues in Williamsburg will close weekdays from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. starting July...
Mesiba, the Levantine restaurant inside Williamsburg's Moxy Hotel, has closed permanently. The Eastern Mediterranean spot served its final tables on...
The MTA says shutting down the G train is necessary to modernize its signals, promising improved reliability for Bushwick, East...
Comedians in full Broadway character face audience Q&A at Eris in East Williamsburg for Musical Theatre Foolishness, a talkback-turned-improv spectacle...
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...
The NYC Rent Guidelines Board froze rent on roughly a million stabilized apartments, but Bushwick tenants in unregulated units still...
The NYC City Council approved the Monitor Point rezoning July 17, clearing the way for 1,324 Greenpoint waterfront apartments, with...
The NYC Council approved Monitor Point, a 1,324-unit mixed-income complex on Greenpoint’s waterfront, with 662 permanently affordable homes after Lincoln...
Eight intersections along Frost Street in East Williamsburg will see pedestrian ramps torn out and rebuilt from July 20–25, with...
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...
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...
Comedian Judah Friedlander, known for his role on 30 Rock, headlines a 10 p.m. Saturday set at Bushwick Comedy Club...
A three-story building at 1098 Manhattan Avenue in Greenpoint will be redeveloped into a six-story residential building after 355 tons...
Fagan Kuhnmuench, a stage-diving Brooklyn teacher, hand-carved 50 woodblock prints for his Bushwick novel 'Blowing Up Bushwick,' blending punk history...
Ample Hills and Heatonist launch Sweet Regret, NYC’s spiciest ice cream made with Carolina Reaper pepper, requiring a waiver—finish it...
A four-unit walkup at 170 South 2nd Street in Williamsburg sold for $4.2 million, equating to $1.05 million per unit,...
The Bushwick Starr is hosting free music, markets, and performances all August at 419 Eldert Street, bringing neighbors together and...
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...
Bushwick High School offers Swim Strong Foundation swim classes every Monday through August 31 for ages 6 to adult, covering...
Ten bars and restaurants across Bushwick and Ridgewood are applying for or renewing liquor licenses, with Brooklyn Community Board 4...
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...
Saint Vitus, the Brooklyn metal bar the city shut down mid-show in 2024, reopens this fall at 428 Troutman Street...
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....