New York City
News from across Brooklyn, beyond the L train.
News from across Brooklyn, beyond the L train.
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Con Edison wants credit for a record $3.9 billion grid upgrade in North Brooklyn. You are paying for it through...
Community Board 1 will hear the Brooklyn Public Library's progress report on rebuilding the Leonard branch in Williamsburg to be...
Under the K Bridge Park turned the Kosciuszko Bridge base into a top concert venue. It is a public park...
The state says its school phone ban is working. The evidence is a survey of the people who enforce it.
A Brooklyn campaign wants cars out of McCarren Park for good. The rally was the easy part.
Gladys Books & Wine keeps flooding. Owner Tiffany Dockery's fundraiser is also a war chest to make her Malcolm X...
GrowNYC's Greenmarket network is 50. Behind the heirloom-tomato nostalgia, the real story is money: SNAP, EBT, and who can afford...
The State Liquor Authority gave the old Brooklyn Mirage address a new license as Pacha, stapled to conditions that read...
Rep. Nydia Velázquez brought a $1 million check for security lighting to Cooper Park Houses. Residents say the deeper repair...
The NYPD whistleblower who sued over arrest quotas now runs the city's eviction and seizure force.
NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced his 'Block by Block' housing plan at Powerhouse Arts in Gowanus, pledging 200,000 affordable homes...
Hundreds of Greenpoint artists open studios this weekend as Brooklyn's spring arts season brings new gallery openings from Bushwick to...
Fifty-five north Brooklyn businesses asked the MTA to spare their summer weekends. The chairman said no.
2026's first subway-surfing death, and the MTA says the real problem is a video that won't come down.
Brooklyn BP Antonio Reynoso rolled out a six-page Puerto Rico platform in his run for Congress. He is Dominican, not...
ICE pulled a handcuffed man from the ER at Wyckoff Heights in Bushwick. The lawmaker who represents the hospital and...
Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso committed $20,000 to rescue the Coney Island Mermaid Parade while rolling out a Puerto Rico...
Faith leaders launched the Black Homeowners Agenda at a Bedford-Stuyvesant church to defend NYC's short-term rental rules and protect Black...
The Community Opportunity to Purchase Act, vetoed by Eric Adams on his last day, returned with a veto-proof City Council...
Three towers, the tallest 600 feet, are coming to Greenpoint's waterfront. Council Member Restler is using his veto to wring...
Cannabis lifestyle festival MARY Fest shifts from April 20 to June 19 for its 2026 Brooklyn edition at 99 Scott...
Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani announced NYC will add 2,000 new 3-K seats across all five boroughs, doubling an earlier expansion...
Bushwick's Community Board 4 examined a proposed men's shelter, 18-unit Melrose Street development, and MTA transit updates during busy spring...
Mamdani's plan to build 200,000 affordable homes has a catch: half are not for the lowest incomes.
The city wants to replace its decayed Bed-Stuy Multi-Service Center with housing. It skips how its own neglect created the...
Girls Inc. of New York City hosted its Elevate Her Essence conference for over 1,000 students, focusing on mental health...
Bushwick Library will close June 5, 2026 for a two-year capital renovation including new roof and HVAC improvements, Brooklyn Public...
Brooklyn Latin School, NYC's youngest specialized high school, celebrates its 20th anniversary with an alumni gathering at Juliette Restaurant in...
New York Communities for Change held its 17th annual gala at Cafe Erzulie in Bushwick, honoring youth climate organizer Keanu...
Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani and HPD launched public engagement for Fulton-Howard West, a 100% affordable housing development at 1958 Fulton...
Mayor Zohran Mamdani has made housing and tenant protection central to his early agenda, launching enforcement against bad landlords and...
The Bushwick Starr concluded its 2025-26 season with Michael Oluokun's solo comedy show "Have You Ever Thought About," which ran...
Open New York endorsed State Senator Julia Salazar and Andrew Gounardes for re-election based on their pro-housing voting records in...
Public Advocate Jumaane Williams attended a celebration of CUNY's SEEK program 60th anniversary at 1638 Bedford Avenue in Crown Heights...
Deed theft has gotten bad enough in Bed-Stuy to force a new city office, and it has become the defining...
A 7-month-old was shot dead in her stroller in East Williamsburg. Her family forgave the gunmen; the neighborhood organized against...
Nuestros Niños Day Care Center hosted a Community Baby Shower on May 16 in Williamsburg, connecting expectant mothers with health...
Everyone NY volunteers joined City Harvest staff in Sunset Park to pack fresh produce for NYC food pantries as demand...
Residents mobilize ahead of tonight's Community Board 1 hearing on Pacha New York's liquor license for the 7,850-capacity outdoor venue...
Public-access TV has a Bushwick heir: one comedian, a basement studio, and a flagship show about the afterlife that managed...
Rev. Al Sharpton will deliver the eulogy for 7-month-old Kaori Patterson-Moore, killed by a stray bullet in Bushwick, at Monday's...
New York State opened a 24-hour behavioral health crisis stabilization center in East New York, Brooklyn, operated by Services for...
NYC Emergency Management warns Brooklyn basement apartment residents in Bushwick, Williamsburg, and Greenpoint to prepare for deadly flash floods as...
Brooklyn Community Board 4 will discuss state sentencing reform bills and a Melrose Street zoning amendment during April meetings at...
A 21-year-old gang associate will face murder charges in the death of a 7-month-old child shot while in a stroller...
Brooklyn musician Trivial Shields filmed a 1970s mob-inspired music video for "Rip-Off Angel" at Bamonte's, the historic Italian restaurant in...
North Brooklyn Parks Alliance hosted a summit in Williamsburg bringing together city officials and nightlife leaders to tackle growing waste...
North Brooklyn Parks Alliance hosted a summit with nightlife and city leaders to examine how large-scale NYC events can reduce...
Reynoso's Bushwick 1000 promises to get 1,000 young adults into jobs. The budget is $150,000 a year, split among three...
If you live over Greenpoint's Meeker Avenue Plume, the EPA will test your indoor air free and anonymously. The holdup...