7-Story Building Planned For Union Avenue in Williamsburg

Mar. 24, 2023 By Isabel Song Beer

State Senator Andrew Gounardes introduced a new bill this week that would add a 25 cent tax to every online delivery sale made in New York City.

Mar. 24, 2023 By Adam Daly

A doctor and officer manager at a Brighton Beach medical clinic have been charged for allegedly defrauding healthcare administrators out more than $700,000 over a four year period, Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez announced Friday.

Mar. 24, 2023 By Isabel Song Beer

Brooklyn’s beloved weekly outdoor food market, Smorgasburg, is making its seasonal return to celebrate spring with a grand total of 80 vendors participating in the food market — marking the first “full season” of the delicious food hub since the beginning of the pandemic.

Mar. 23, 2023 By Adam Daly

Advocates seeking to co-name a portion of Utica Avenue to “Guyana Avenue” are settling for a shorter-than-proposed stretch of road, after members of Community Board 18 rejected their proposal at this month’s meeting.

Mar. 23, 2023 By Bill Parry

After spending more than a quarter century in prison for the murder of his estranged wife, Michael Robinson had his conviction overturned Wednesday, March 22.

Mar. 23, 2023 By Isabel Song Beer

The New York City Department of Transportation has revealed new design plans for communities both north and south of the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway.

Mar. 23, 2023 By Adam Daly

A 60-year-old Flatlands woman was killed by a hit-and-run driver in Bensonhurst late Wednesday, according to police.

Mar. 23, 2023 By Anna Bradley-Smith

On August 12, 2022, Mercedes Toribio woke up early to feed her elderly mother and was hit by the smell of smoke in her Bushwick apartment. She immediately got her mother out of bed and onto the street and called 911. She then frantically alerted her neighbors to get them out of the building, she said.

Mar. 23, 2023 By Jada Camille

Local elected officials and business leaders gathered on Atlantic Avenue on Wednesday to celebrate the illumination of the thoroughfare’s first-ever Ramadan holiday lights display.

Mar. 22, 2023 By Isabel Song Beer

Beloved pie shop Miss American Pie has customers fighting to keep the business open as it fights pandemic-induced financial issues.