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Two Brooklyn teachers win $25,000 FLAG awards for teaching excellence
Rayhan Ahmed and Shaude Tyson won $25,000 each in the 2026 FLAG Award for Teaching Excellence, with their Brooklyn schools...
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Brad Lander lost the mayor’s race. Now he’s coming for Dan Goldman’s congressional seat, and the same left-vs-establishment war is back on June 23
Brad Lander, former NYC comptroller, is mounting a progressive challenge against Rep. Dan Goldman in NY-10’s Democratic primary on June...
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A 21-year-old park promise became a brownfield, now luxury towers would make it permanent on public Greenpoint land
Greenpoint Councilmember Lincoln Restler rejected Monitor Point at a May 27 City Council hearing, calling the Gotham Organization deal 'crumbs'...
Arts & Culture
The Bushwick Starr gala is back this year, but it’s leaving Bushwick for a Greenpoint restaurant and a cosmic disco glam rock theme
The Bushwick Starr is hosting its annual fundraiser at Rule of Thirds in Greenpoint this year, embracing a cosmic disco...
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Brooklyn is screening World Cup matches in Bushwick, Coney Island and Cypress Hills, and Borough President Antonio Reynoso is putting it on for free
Borough President Antonio Reynoso is funding free public World Cup screenings across Brooklyn neighborhoods including Bushwick, Coney Island, and Cypress...
Community
Bushwick Community Darkroom rebuilt from scratch after losing its space in 2023. Then a contractor disappeared with $10,000
Bushwick Community Darkroom, rebuilt from scratch after losing its 2023 space, now seeks funds to reinstate its lease after a...
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City Council subcommittee holds five-hour hearing on Greenpoint’s Monitor Point development
Greenpoint Councilmember Lincoln Restler challenged Gotham at a five-hour Council hearing on Monitor Point, its plan for luxury towers on...
Arts & Culture
A Williamsburg studio is giving artists 1,000 hours of free rehearsal time, and it stops the second those hours run out
LEIMAY is giving artists free rehearsal time at its Williamsburg CAVE space until 1,000 hours are used up, with bookings...
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Nydia Velázquez’s Brooklyn-Queens seat is open for the first time in 30 years. Tuesday’s Democratic primary decides who gets it.
Nydia Velázquez’s Brooklyn-Queens congressional seat is open for the first time in 30 years; Tuesday’s Democratic primary will decide her...
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In West Brooklyn, cash buyers are winning and first-time buyers are getting boxed out
In West Brooklyn neighborhoods like Park Slope and Gowanus, soaring prices and scarce inventory are pushing out first-time buyers as...
Arts & Culture
For 21 years, artist Marie Lorenz has been ferrying strangers through the city’s waterways in a handmade rowboat
Artist Marie Lorenz has spent 21 years rowing passengers through NYC waterways in her handmade 'Tide and Current Taxi,' documenting...
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Manhattan throws the giant Puerto Rican Day Parade. Bushwick throws its own on Knickerbocker Ave, and this year Mamdani turned up.
Mayor Zohran Mamdani joined Bushwick’s 8th Annual Knickerbocker Avenue Puerto Rican Day Parade, a community-focused alternative to Manhattan’s larger event,...
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Here’s a simple fix for North Brooklyn’s brutal weekend transit: just extend the G train
A rider proposal suggests extending the G train to Forest Hills or Coney Island during weekend shutdowns to avoid shuttle...
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MIKE is throwing a free rap festival in a Bed-Stuy park on July 11, and he says you shouldn’t have to pay mad bread for a good one
Brooklyn rapper MIKE brings his free Young World festival to Herbert Von King Park in Bed-Stuy on July 11, featuring...
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Bernie Sanders and Mamdani rallied at Kings Theatre to push their whole slate days before the primary
Senator Bernie Sanders and NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani headlined a major get-out-the-vote rally at Kings Theatre in Flatbush, urging Brooklyn...
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The state just revived the J-51 tax break, and it could take some of the sting out of the repair bills crushing NYC co-ops
New York’s revived J-51 tax incentive helps middle- and working-class co-op and condo owners afford mandatory repairs and green upgrades,...
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An Iran-backed commander paid $3,000 in crypto to bomb a Manhattan synagogue. The federal grant meant to protect houses of worship approved only 43 percent of applications last year.
An Iran-backed militia commander paid $3,000 in crypto to bomb a Manhattan synagogue, spurring a faith coalition to seek $1...
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A Crown Heights landlord allegedly hid rent-stabilized apartments for 10 years, then sent a friend to impersonate him in court
Attorney General Letitia James sues a Crown Heights landlord for hiding rent-stabilized apartments for 10 years and sending a friend...
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Mamdani is throwing a free 50,000-person World Cup Final watch party in Central Park as Trump’s border czar vows the biggest ICE surge NYC has ever seen
Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced a free 50,000-person World Cup Final watch party on Central Park’s Great Lawn amid rising tensions...
Arts & Culture
Greenpoint fought for years to slow down McGuinness Boulevard. Now a folk-art mural of frogs and birds covers the asphalt where cars used to speed
A 1,600-square-foot folk-art mural titled 'Becoming' now covers asphalt at Father Studzinski Square in Greenpoint, replacing speeding traffic with art...
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School integration has stalled in NYC for years. The new chancellor just restarted it in Fort Greene, Bed-Stuy and three other districts.
NYC Schools Chancellor Kamar Samuels has relaunched school integration efforts in five districts including Fort Greene and Bed-Stuy, forming community...
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Heat killed 21 New Yorkers last year, up from 3. Almost all were Black or Latino, and most died at home.
Last year, 21 New Yorkers died from heat stress — up from three the year before — with nearly all...
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A Crown Heights landlord allegedly sent a stand-in to impersonate him in court to dodge rent stabilization. Now Letitia James is suing.
Attorney General Letitia James sued a Crown Heights landlord for allegedly sending a stand-in to court to avoid providing rent-stabilized...
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Nearly half of East Williamsburg’s small businesses watched sales fall last year, a new city survey found
A new city survey reveals 44% of East Williamsburg merchants experienced declining sales last year, citing low foot traffic and...
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Mamdani promised bigger housing vouchers, then reversed course. The final deal: $175 million, not the $500 million the Council wanted
Mayor Zohran Mamdani and Council Speaker Julie Menin finalized a $125.8B NYC budget including $175M for new housing vouchers, not...
Food and Drink
Chipotle is finally coming to Greenpoint after years of rumors. There is still no address and no date
Chipotle will open in Greenpoint later this summer after years of speculation, Greenpointers reports. No address or opening date has...
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The Knicks clinched their first NBA title Saturday night in San Antonio. Sunday, Jose Alvarado was on Knickerbocker Avenue
After the Knicks clinched their first NBA title Saturday, Jose Alvarado joined the Knickerbocker Avenue Puerto Rican Day Parade in...
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Heat kills about 500 New Yorkers a year, mostly on days that aren’t even that hot. The program that helps you get an AC just closed for the season.
Roughly 500 New Yorkers die annually from heat-related causes, mostly on ordinary hot days between 82-94°F, not heat waves, as...
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450,000 New Yorkers lose their free health insurance on July 1. If you’re on the Essential Plan, read this before you get a bill.
Starting July 1, 450,000 New Yorkers on the Essential Plan will lose coverage due to federal cuts, hitting Bushwick and...
Arts & Culture
The Bushwick Starr hit its $25,000 education fundraising goal. The money covers teaching artists, supplies, and field trips for students ages 9 to 90
Bushwick Starr hit its $25,000 fundraising goal for Education and Community programs, funding teaching artist salaries, classroom supplies, and field...
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ICE dragged a man who appeared semi-conscious out of a Bushwick ER. The fight since is whether the NYPD helped.
ICE agents dragged a semi-conscious man from Wyckoff Heights Medical Center in Bushwick, sparking protests and accusations that NYPD violated...
Community
Velázquez fought to block $47 million in Trump cuts to her district’s magnet schools. Then P.S. 116 in Bushwick put her on their podcast.
Congresswoman Nydia Velázquez visited Bushwick’s P.S. 116 to record a student podcast amid her fight to block $47 million in...
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A Brooklyn father of four was shot dead at a Knicks block party steps from his home. No one has been arrested.
Emanuel Spencer, a 44-year-old Brooklyn father of four, was fatally shot during a Knicks championship block party on Lincoln Road...
Community
An Ice Age boulder settled the Bushwick-Newtown border in 1769. The city paved over it in 1930, and it took historians seven years to dig it back up
An Ice Age boulder known as Arbitration Rock settled the colonial border between Bushwick and Newtown in 1769, was paved...
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An 18-year-old was lured to East New York on Facebook and shot in the back. His killer mocked it online, then ran for seven months.
An 18-year-old was lured via Facebook to East New York, shot in the back, and killed; his killer mocked the...
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297 apartments are rising on a Bed-Stuy nursing home’s parking lot, and the neighborhood got no vote on it
A 297-unit apartment complex is rising in Bed-Stuy on a nursing home’s parking lot without community input, as the project...
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Two Caribbean teams made the World Cup. They’re not the ones Flatbush roots for, and the fans who do claim them are priced out of MetLife.
Curaçao and Haiti made historic World Cup appearances, but Caribbean New Yorkers in Flatbush and Queens face $460+ tickets at...
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Queens turned the US Open’s stadium into a free World Cup fan fest. For the borough priced out of MetLife, that is the whole tournament.
Queens transformed Louis Armstrong Stadium at the USTA Billie Jean King Center into a free World Cup fan fest, offering...
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450,000 New Yorkers lost Essential Plan health coverage on July 1 as federal HR1 cuts took effect, and Albany never passed a fix
As of July 1, 450,000 New Yorkers lost Essential Plan health coverage due to federal HR1 cuts, with no state...
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Sandy Nurse spent the last day of early voting with Reynoso, then sent her entire mailing list a 10-point written case for him two days before the NY-7 primary
Bushwick Council Member Sandy Nurse spent the final day of early voting with Antonio Reynoso and sent her mailing list...
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Pacha hired a former NYPD lieutenant to run security. All 18 of his substantiated misconduct cases were against Black people.
Pacha, the reopened East Williamsburg venue, hired former NYPD Lt. Henry Daverin as head of security despite his record of...
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The June 23 primary ballot in Bushwick is a progressive civil war: Claire Valdez vs. Antonio Reynoso for an open congressional seat
Bushwick voters faced a progressive showdown in the June 23 primary as Claire Valdez and Antonio Reynoso battled for the...
Community
Domino Park announces free summer 2026 lineup in Williamsburg
Domino Park in Williamsburg launches its biggest summer yet, with almost all-free events including movies, yoga, live music, and workshops...
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A federal judge killed Trump’s $100,000 H-1B visa fee after Letitia James sued. Four days later, the same judge let the government start charging it again
NY Attorney General Letitia James won a federal lawsuit striking down the Trump administration's $100,000 H-1B visa fee, protecting 13,000...
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Mamdani ran 2K with 1,000 New Yorkers. The real prize: free full-day child care for 2,000 toddlers
Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani joined 1,000 runners at Fort Tryon Park for the 2K for 2-K event, launching NYC’s first...
Food and Drink
Sammy Rees is opening a bakery called Saison in Bed Stuy
Crown Heights baker Sammy Rees is opening Saison at 434 Hancock Street in Bed Stuy, a corner shop offering seasonal...
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NYC’s property tax system has stymied generations of mayors. A 2017 lawsuit just forced the Mamdani administration to the negotiating table.
The Mamdani administration will enter court-supervised negotiations with TENNY this October to reform NYC’s long-contested property tax system, affecting Bushwick,...
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The lawyer trying to keep a homeless shelter out of the East Village once won the case that protects every shelter in New York
An Adams ally identified as Mastro has joined opposition to a Mamdani administration intake shelter; the location and form of...
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Mamdani promises 200,000 new homes and 200,000 saved, but the $22 billion plan is only a starting point
Mayor Zohran Mamdani unveiled a $22 billion housing plan targeting 200,000 new and 200,000 preserved affordable homes in NYC, though...
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Pacha cleared its final permits to reopen the demolished Brooklyn Mirage site this month, with a $27 million decade-long commitment
Pacha New York has cleared its final permits and will open June 20 in East Williamsburg with a $27 million,...