News from across Brooklyn, beyond the L train.
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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...
Bushwick-based scenic designer Jiaying Zhang explains how stripping down sets for Heartbeat Opera’s 2026 Vanessa deepens emotional storytelling, reflecting her...
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...
Poetica Coffee in Williamsburg barred Rep. Dan Goldman over his stance on Gaza, prompting a Trump-era DOJ civil rights investigation...
Congressional candidate Claire Valdez and Mayor Zohran Mamdani hit six Bushwick and Ridgewood nightlife spots the night before the NY-7...
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...
Shalisha Jackson, director of P.S. 146’s after-school program, is accused of stealing $111,000 over six years to fund personal expenses...
Fourteen Sunset Park residents are suing the city to block a new 200-bed homeless shelter, arguing the neighborhood already hosts...
Williamsburg's 42 Hotel, family-owned and opened in 2022 near the neighborhood's waterfront, has been named one of Time Out's Top...
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...
The South Bushwick Reformed Church, a 173-year-old NYC landmark at 855 Bushwick Avenue, burned Friday in a three-alarm fire, leaving...
El Olomega, Red Hook's last Salvadoran pupusa truck, shut down for the 2026 season, citing nearly $14,000 in Parks permit...
Community Board 1 reacts with outrage to TF Cornerstone's plan to build segregated affordable and market-rate towers in Greenpoint, calling...
Four Haitian artists present a free community-built exhibition in Prospect Lefferts Gardens, exploring grief, memory, and place through collaborative projects...
A three-alarm fire destroyed the steeple and roof of the historic South Bushwick Reformed Church on Juneteenth, just years after...
A hours-long standoff at 190 Kosciuszko Street in Bedford-Stuyvesant left a 15-year NYPD veteran shot, a 48-year-old gunman dead, and...
Rayhan Ahmed and Shaude Tyson won $25,000 each in the 2026 FLAG Award for Teaching Excellence, with their Brooklyn schools...
Three state lawmakers announced $350,000 for Brooklyn250, a free summer program marking 250 years since the Battle of Brooklyn, with...
Brad Lander, former NYC comptroller, is mounting a progressive challenge against Rep. Dan Goldman in NY-10’s Democratic primary on June...
The Bushwick Starr is hosting its annual fundraiser at Rule of Thirds in Greenpoint this year, embracing a cosmic disco...
Greenpoint Councilmember Lincoln Restler challenged Gotham at a five-hour Council hearing on Monitor Point, its plan for luxury towers on...
Bushwick Community Darkroom, rebuilt from scratch after losing its 2023 space, now seeks funds to reinstate its lease after a...
Knicks guard Jose Alvarado, who grew up in Los Sures, brought the NBA championship trophy to Toñita's Caribbean Social Club...
Artist Marie Lorenz has spent 21 years rowing passengers through NYC waterways in her handmade 'Tide and Current Taxi,' documenting...
Senator Bernie Sanders and NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani headlined a major get-out-the-vote rally at Kings Theatre in Flatbush, urging Brooklyn...
Brooklyn rapper MIKE brings his free Young World festival to Herbert Von King Park in Bed-Stuy on July 11, featuring...
LEIMAY is giving artists free rehearsal time at its Williamsburg CAVE space until 1,000 hours are used up, with bookings...
Borough President Antonio Reynoso is funding free public World Cup screenings across Brooklyn neighborhoods including Bushwick, Coney Island, and Cypress...
A 1,600-square-foot folk-art mural titled 'Becoming' now covers asphalt at Father Studzinski Square in Greenpoint, replacing speeding traffic with art...
Last year, 21 New Yorkers died from heat stress — up from three the year before — with nearly all...