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A Brooklyn campaign wants cars out of McCarren Park for good. The rally was the easy part
A Brooklyn campaign wants cars out of McCarren Park for good. The rally was the easy part.
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Con Edison wants credit for a record North Brooklyn grid upgrade. You’re paying for it through the rate hike on your bill
Con Edison wants credit for a record $3.9 billion grid upgrade in North Brooklyn. You are paying for it through...
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Community Board 1 to hear Brooklyn Public Library’s Leonard Library ADA update
Community Board 1 will hear the Brooklyn Public Library's progress report on rebuilding the Leonard branch in Williamsburg to be...
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North Brooklyn’s coolest concert venue is a public park that gets zero public money, so it throws raves to survive
Under the K Bridge Park turned the Kosciuszko Bridge base into a top concert venue. It is a public park...
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The NYPD whistleblower who sued over arrest quotas now runs the city’s eviction and seizure force
The NYPD whistleblower who sued over arrest quotas now runs the city's eviction and seizure force.
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A Bed-Stuy bookstore keeps flooding, and the owner’s fundraiser is also a war chest to make her landlord pay
Gladys Books & Wine keeps flooding. Owner Tiffany Dockery's fundraiser is also a war chest to make her Malcolm X...
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New York’s farmers markets turn 50, and the real story is the EBT machine, not the nostalgia
GrowNYC's Greenmarket network is 50. Behind the heirloom-tomato nostalgia, the real story is money: SNAP, EBT, and who can afford...
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The Brooklyn Mirage can reopen as Pacha, as long as it never acts like the Brooklyn Mirage again
The State Liquor Authority gave the old Brooklyn Mirage address a new license as Pacha, stapled to conditions that read...
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A $1 million check for lights at Cooper Park Houses, and the repair fight the lights don’t touch
Rep. Nydia Velázquez brought a $1 million check for security lighting to Cooper Park Houses. Residents say the deeper repair...
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Mamdani tours Gowanus, makes housing announcement at Powerhouse Arts
NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced his 'Block by Block' housing plan at Powerhouse Arts in Gowanus, pledging 200,000 affordable homes...
Arts & Culture
Greenpoint Open Studios anchors a packed spring of Brooklyn and downtown gallery openings
Hundreds of Greenpoint artists open studios this weekend as Brooklyn's spring arts season brings new gallery openings from Bushwick to...
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Greenpoint businesses pleaded with the MTA to save their summer weekends. The MTA’s chairman told them no
Fifty-five north Brooklyn businesses asked the MTA to spare their summer weekends. The chairman said no.
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A 14-year-old died subway surfing on the Williamsburg Bridge. The MTA says the real problem is a video that will not come down
2026's first subway-surfing death, and the MTA says the real problem is a video that won't come down.
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ICE dragged a handcuffed man out of a Bushwick ER. His assemblyman, who chairs the Correction Committee, went quiet
ICE pulled a handcuffed man from the ER at Wyckoff Heights in Bushwick. The lawmaker who represents the hospital and...
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Reynoso made Puerto Rico the wedge in his run for Congress. He is not Puerto Rican, and that is the point
Brooklyn BP Antonio Reynoso rolled out a six-page Puerto Rico platform in his run for Congress. He is Dominican, not...
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Reynoso saves Coney Island Mermaid Parade, rolls out Puerto Rico platform as borough president eyes Congress
Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso committed $20,000 to rescue the Coney Island Mermaid Parade while rolling out a Puerto Rico...
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Faith leaders launch Black Homeowners Agenda in Bed-Stuy to defend short-term rental rules
Faith leaders launched the Black Homeowners Agenda at a Bedford-Stuyvesant church to defend NYC's short-term rental rules and protect Black...
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The housing bill Eric Adams killed on his last day is back, veto-proof, and Bushwick’s Sandy Nurse is leading it
The Community Opportunity to Purchase Act, vetoed by Eric Adams on his last day, returned with a veto-proof City Council...
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A 600-foot tower is coming to Greenpoint’s waterfront. The local councilman is using his veto to make it pay first
Three towers, the tallest 600 feet, are coming to Greenpoint's waterfront. Council Member Restler is using his veto to wring...
Entertainment
MARY Fest moves to the summer solstice for its 2026 Brooklyn edition
Cannabis lifestyle festival MARY Fest shifts from April 20 to June 19 for its 2026 Brooklyn edition at 99 Scott...
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Mamdani doubles planned 3-K expansion to 2,000 new seats as universal child care push accelerates
Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani announced NYC will add 2,000 new 3-K seats across all five boroughs, doubling an earlier expansion...
Community
Bushwick’s Community Board 4 weighs a new men’s shelter, a Melrose Street rezoning and the MTA’s bus overhaul this spring
Bushwick's Community Board 4 examined a proposed men's shelter, 18-unit Melrose Street development, and MTA transit updates during busy spring...
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Mamdani’s plan to build 200,000 affordable homes has a catch: half of them are not for the lowest-income New Yorkers
Mamdani's plan to build 200,000 affordable homes has a catch: half are not for the lowest incomes.
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The city let its own Bed-Stuy building rot into a $60 million repair hole. Now the decay is the case for tearing it down
The city wants to replace its decayed Bed-Stuy Multi-Service Center with housing. It skips how its own neglect created the...
Community
Girls Inc. of NYC convenes more than 1,000 students for Elevate Her Essence mental health conference
Girls Inc. of New York City hosted its Elevate Her Essence conference for over 1,000 students, focusing on mental health...
Community
Bushwick Library to close June 5 for two-year renovation
Bushwick Library will close June 5, 2026 for a two-year capital renovation including new roof and HVAC improvements, Brooklyn Public...
Community
Youngest NYC specialized high school turns 20 with alumni celebration in Williamsburg
Brooklyn Latin School, NYC's youngest specialized high school, celebrates its 20th anniversary with an alumni gathering at Juliette Restaurant in...
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New York’s $268 billion budget was 57 days late and stuffed with one-time checks. The most consequential thing in it was not a dollar figure
A 57-days-late budget of one-time checks. The most consequential thing in it was not a dollar figure.
Community
NYCC honors climate organizer and former councilmember at 17th annual Bushwick gala
New York Communities for Change held its 17th annual gala at Cafe Erzulie in Bushwick, honoring youth climate organizer Keanu...
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Mayor Mamdani, HPD kick off public engagement for 100% affordable housing in Bed-Stuy
Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani and HPD launched public engagement for Fulton-Howard West, a 100% affordable housing development at 1958 Fulton...
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Mamdani’s first months in office center housing, as city ramps up landlord enforcement and tenant hearings
Mayor Zohran Mamdani has made housing and tenant protection central to his early agenda, launching enforcement against bad landlords and...
Arts & Culture
Bushwick Starr closes its 2025-26 season with Michael Oluokun’s solo show ‘Have You Ever Thought About’
The Bushwick Starr concluded its 2025-26 season with Michael Oluokun's solo comedy show "Have You Ever Thought About," which ran...
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Open New York endorses Salazar and Gounardes for re-election, citing pro-housing records
Open New York endorsed State Senator Julia Salazar and Andrew Gounardes for re-election based on their pro-housing voting records in...
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Jumaane Williams marks CUNY SEEK’s 60th anniversary in Crown Heights
Public Advocate Jumaane Williams attended a celebration of CUNY's SEEK program 60th anniversary at 1638 Bedford Avenue in Crown Heights...
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Deed theft is stripping Black families out of Bed-Stuy. It just forced a new city office and became the defining fight in a June primary
Deed theft has gotten bad enough in Bed-Stuy to force a new city office, and it has become the defining...
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A 7-month-old was shot dead in her stroller in East Williamsburg. Her family forgave the gunmen; the neighborhood went to work
A 7-month-old was shot dead in her stroller in East Williamsburg. Her family forgave the gunmen; the neighborhood organized against...