News from across Brooklyn, beyond the L train.
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A four-unit walkup at 170 South 2nd Street in Williamsburg sold for $4.2 million, equating to $1.05 million per unit,...
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....
Transportation Alternatives canvassed Bushwick residents near Maria Hernandez Park, collecting 50 responses about safer crossings on Knickerbocker Avenue.
The 149-year-old tall ship Elissa, last in New York for 1986's OpSail, is docked at Brooklyn Bridge Marina through July...
The NYPD has named Capt. Christopher Vincenti commanding officer of the 68th Precinct in Bay Ridge, succeeding Capt. Dasaro, promoted...
NYPD checkpoints start at 1 p.m. Saturday in Brooklyn Heights for Macy's July 4th fireworks. Passes available from Restler's office;...
Tatiana Pettus, 24, was fatally shot in her Flatbush basement apartment on Foster Avenue. Her boyfriend, the prime suspect, remained...
Forty-one tall ships from more than 20 countries sail into New York Harbor July 3–8 for Sail 4th 250, with...
Bark Barbecue has opened in Bushwick, blending Central Texas-style low-and-slow smoked brisket with Dominican-influenced carnitas and breakfast tacos.
Bushwick-based Make the Road New York says the FY2027 NYC budget deal cuts more than 500 NYPD positions, expands CityFHEPS,...
Bark Barbecue is now open in Bushwick, serving Central Texas-style smoked brisket and carnitas alongside Dominican-inspired flavors and breakfast tacos.
VOZ Salud, a Dallas-based healthcare access company, now offers $29.99 monthly memberships to Hispanic New Yorkers, targeting communities where uninsured...
Smack Mellon has named six NYC emerging artists to its 2026-27 Artist Studio cohort, moving into DUMBO's 92 Plymouth Street...
New York City added nearly 30,000 income-restricted homes last year, but construction was concentrated in just 10 districts, per Crain's...
The MTA put R211A train cars into service on the D line on July 1, making it the sixth subway...
Brooklyn behavioral health nurse Marie Tisi spent years supporting a former Rikers inmate through mental health care, helping him become...
Mamdani-backed DSA candidates Claire Valdez, Brad Lander, and Darializa Avila Chevalier won congressional primaries in NYC, ousting incumbents; victory party...
North Brooklyn Parks Alliance holds its Rebuild North Brooklyn fall gala October 1 at Under the K Bridge Park in...
Con Edison activated its Emergency Response Center ahead of extreme heat hitting NYC, urging residents to reduce power use between...
Smack Mellon in DUMBO celebrates its 30th anniversary with a fall exhibition and September 19 reception, and announces six new...
NY AG Letitia James has sued a Dyker Heights pet store, Puppy Boutique, for selling puppies over a year after...
A motorcycle struck a group of 12 pedestrians inside Commodore Barry Park in Fort Greene, Brooklyn. One person has been...
Brooklyn nonprofit Rooftop Films will screen 'Love Is Strange: Romance Shorts 2026' at Industry City's Courtyard 5/6 on August 7....
Rooftop Films screens 'URL IRL: Internet Shorts 2026' at Industry City in Brooklyn on July 24, exploring digital identity in...
Councilmember Lincoln Restler reversed his opposition to the Monitor Point towers in Greenpoint after securing 50% affordable housing, senior units,...
Assemblywoman Jaime R. Williams defeated DSA-backed Jibreel Jalloh by nearly two-to-one in the June 23 Democratic primary for Brooklyn's 59th...
About 150 members of Brooklyn's Sporting Club Gjøa packed their Sunset Park clubhouse on June 26 to watch Norway face...
The Landmarks Preservation Commission rejected a proposal to convert a historic Greenpoint firehouse into a 10-unit condo, citing design flaws...
Governor Hochul gave East Williamsburg $20 million in state funds to revitalize its downtown, doubling the usual DRI award by...
Brooklyn two- to three-family homeowners saw a median $439,000 resale gain over 20 years, the highest return citywide, driven by...
Mayor Zohran Mamdani has yet to restore a protected bike lane on three blocks of Bedford Avenue in Williamsburg, despite...
City Council committees unanimously approved Monitor Point, a Greenpoint waterfront project with 1,324 apartments, half of which are permanently affordable.
Mayor Zohran Mamdani presented Toñita Cay, who turned down millions to keep her Williamsburg Caribbean Social Club open 52 years,...
Nduka Ekpenyong, owner of Duke Medical in Brownsville, was indicted for billing Medicaid $2.5 million for children's formula he largely...
New York and Massachusetts officials vowed to fight in court and Congress the Supreme Court's 6-3 ruling letting Trump end...
The Sparrow is a new French brasserie at 185 Broadway in South Williamsburg, with a 25-foot mahogany bar, nearly 1,000...
A 37-story tower is topping out at The Riverie, an 834-unit rental complex on Greenpoint’s waterfront at 18 India Street,...
The MTA will fly a massive American flag from the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge this Fourth of July weekend to mark the...
Bushwick's Saratoga Library is open as a cooling center through July 5 and Bushwick Pool has extended hours as NYC...
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...
Marco DaSilva opens mosaic assemblage solo show 'A Light for a Feather' at Tappeto Volante Projects in Gowanus this Saturday,...
Reuters Connect, an international photo wire, has labeled Bushwick a global street art hub based on a single image of...
Eric McMichael, 28, of Greenpoint was sentenced to 18 years in prison after pleading guilty to raping a 12-year-old girl...