A Bushwick resident wants to know the story behind soccer teams at Maria Hernandez Park — team names, rivalries, schedules....
Brooklyn celebrated Haiti’s World Cup return after 52 years, with fans partying in Bushwick and Crown Heights, even as the...
DSA-backed David Orkin unseated incumbent Jenifer Rajkumar in Assembly District 38, with Ridgewood’s 'Commie Corridor' delivering over 1,500 votes to...
A Brooklyn family is suing NYC and NYPD over a fatal 2024 Bushwick police chase crash that killed a 71-year-old...
New York City's mayor's office has launched 'Summer in NYC,' a free interactive website listing free activities for all ages...
New York State’s budget establishes 50-foot buffer zones around houses of worship, religious schools, and community centers, making harassment a...
Forty-six pedestrians died in NYC during the first half of 2026, the lowest first-half total on record except for pandemic-era...
An 11-year-old autistic boy from Long Island took an Uber alone to JFK Airport before sunrise, reaching TSA before being...
The NYPD is deploying thousands of officers this weekend for the nation's 250th July 4th, Taylor Swift's private MSG wedding,...
The NYPD has named Capt. Christopher Vincenti commanding officer of the 68th Precinct in Bay Ridge, succeeding Capt. Dasaro, promoted...
Mayor Zohran Mamdani expands NYC's emergency heat plan as temperatures near 112°F this July 4th weekend, targeting outdoor workers in...
Queens DA Melinda Katz indicted 22 Blitz Gang 4 members for 11 shootings and a stabbing across Southeast Queens, leaving...
Mayor Mamdani's first NYC budget reverses NYPD hiring and closes a $12B deficit, directing new funds to housing vouchers, mental...
NYPD checkpoints start at 1 p.m. Saturday in Brooklyn Heights for Macy's July 4th fireworks. Passes available from Restler's office;...
The 149-year-old tall ship Elissa is docked at Brooklyn's Pier 2 as 80 vessels from over 20 nations gather in...
Brooklyn behavioral health nurse Marie Tisi spent years supporting a former Rikers inmate through mental health care, helping him become...
Macy's 50th annual 4th of July fireworks light up the East River and Brooklyn Bridge this Saturday, with free viewing...
New York State has distributed $189 million in Summer EBT benefits to 1.6 million low-income children, with families able to...
The U.S. Supreme Court accepted cases from Connecticut and Cook County to rule on assault weapons bans for the first...
New York's student aid agency launched a 250th-anniversary campaign highlighting $900M in annual grants to 300,000 students, veterans, and first...
Brooklyn Paper launches a 10-stop self-guided tour tracing the 1776 Battle of Brooklyn, starting at Fort Greene Park’s Prison Ship...
Bushwick-based Make the Road New York says the FY2027 NYC budget deal cuts more than 500 NYPD positions, expands CityFHEPS,...
The MTA put R211A train cars into service on the D line on July 1, making it the sixth subway...
Federal cuts stripped Essential Plan coverage from over 200,000 New Yorkers on July 1. Mayor Mamdani launched a 60-day enrollment...
As New York City marks the 400th anniversary of New Amsterdam, local historians say the Dutch colony still shapes the...
Sandy Nurse and Eddie Bautista make the case that closing Rikers Island is environmental justice and urge passage of a...
Bark Barbecue has opened in Bushwick, blending Central Texas-style low-and-slow smoked brisket with Dominican-influenced carnitas and breakfast tacos.
Nearly 200,000 Medicaid-funded home health aides across New York, including Brooklyn, won a $162 million wage theft settlement against PPL...
Tatiana Pettus, 24, was fatally shot in her Flatbush basement apartment on Foster Avenue. Her boyfriend, the prime suspect, remained...
About 200 runners completed the tenth Brooklyn Queens Brewery Express Half Marathon, the unsanctioned race organized by Queens Rebels Run...
Bark Barbecue is now open in Bushwick, serving Central Texas-style smoked brisket and carnitas alongside Dominican-inspired flavors and breakfast tacos.
North Brooklyn Parks Alliance holds its Rebuild North Brooklyn fall gala October 1 at Under the K Bridge Park in...
Smack Mellon has named six NYC emerging artists to its 2026-27 Artist Studio cohort, moving into DUMBO's 92 Plymouth Street...
Cirrus and LCOR target a 2028 groundbreaking at Brooklyn's Atlantic Yards to deliver 1,200 affordable apartments by 2031, as advocates...
Mayor Mamdani activated an emergency heat plan for NYC as heat index values top 111°F, with 600 outreach workers, cooling...
NYCHA mistakenly sent eviction notices to hundreds of East New York tenants after losing their recertification paperwork in a scanning...
NYC venues are selling America 250 Fourth of July party tickets this Saturday, from $108 at Westlight in Williamsburg to...
New York City faces its most intense heat in 14 years, with temperatures hitting 100°F and heat indexes up to...
The federal SAVE student loan repayment plan ended July 1, 2026, and NYC borrowers have 90 days to switch plans...
New York City Council has voted to reinstate fluorescent 'shame stickers' for cars blocking alternate-side parking, aiming to improve street...
Pesach Osina and Joey Cohen-Saban won New York State Assembly primaries in Queens and Brooklyn, citing concerns about their party’s...
Frank Carone pushed for an August 24 federal bribery trial in Brooklyn court, where he's charged with taking $120,000 to...
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 6-3 on July 1 that police must get a warrant to access location data from...
A large Brooklyn development project dubbed a 'mega build plan' is adding housing units ahead of a July deadline, per...
Queens officials packed Borough Hall June 29 to demand Congress extend TPS for Haitian and Syrian immigrants after the Supreme...
New York state unveiled a $5 billion plan for Atlantic Yards Phase II, adding 5,600 apartments over the downtown Brooklyn...
Forty-one tall ships from more than 20 countries sail into New York Harbor July 3–8 for Sail 4th 250, with...
New York State plans to disenroll 450,000 people from Essential Plan health coverage due to federal funding cuts, affecting low-income...
New York City added nearly 30,000 income-restricted homes last year, but construction was concentrated in just 10 districts, per Crain's...
Joseph Finamore, Sr., a Brooklyn-born WWII veteran and ironworker who helped build the Brooklyn Bridge, has died at 100 and...