FDNY Holding Open Houses Across the City This Weekend

Nov. 22, 2024 By Jada Camille

Thanksgiving Day preparations are already underway in Brooklyn, thanks to local businesses and civic leaders who helped distribute free turkeys this week — and there are even more on the horizon.

Nov. 22, 2024 By Meaghan McGoldrick O'Neil

Get ready, Brooklyn. “The Jinkx & DeLa Holiday Show” is coming to town.

Nov. 22, 2024 By Tangerine Clarke

Stanford Law and University of Pennsylvania-educated lawyer Jenifer Rajkumar says she brings an unparalleled record of public service and leadership. This includes fighting workplace discrimination for 5,000 women — a case recognized by the United Nations as one of the top 10 in the world promoting women’s equality.

Nov. 22, 2024 By Lloyd Mitchell

The FDNY honored Chaplain John E. Delendick with a World Trade Center plaque dedication at Engine Company 257, Tower Ladder 170, and Battalion 58 in Canarsie on Friday, the first anniversary of his line-of-duty death. Delendick, who joined the FDNY in 1996, died on Nov. 22, 2023, after a battle with 9/11-related cancer.

Nov. 22, 2024 By Gabriele Holtermann

The UJA Federation of New York (UJA) held a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Nov. 20 to celebrate the opening of the Brooklyn Hub, a one-stop social service center in Borough Park.

New details have emerged into the fatal chain-reaction four-vehicle collision on the Kosciuszko Bridge in Maspeth that killed a senior and injured seven on Thursday morning.

The 75-year-old man who was killed during the pile-up has been identified as Shafiur Rahman of Euless, Texas. He was among several passengers riding in a 2021 Honda HRV that was trying to merge into the rain-soaked southbound Brooklyn-Queens Expressway.

Nov. 22, 2024 By Gabriele Holtermann

Maimonides Medical Center unveiled its latest art exhibition, “Lines of Sight,” on Nov. 20, transforming the creative expressions of 37 art therapy patients into a powerful showcase of healing.

Nov. 22, 2024 By Adam Daly

Get your skates on! Williamsburg is set to welcome its first-ever waterfront ice skating rink, opening next week in Domino Park.

Nov. 21, 2024 By Ben Brachfeld

A 75-year-old man was killed, and several people — including a 9-year-old girl — were injured in a massive pile-up crash on the Kosciuszko Bridge on Thursday morning, per police. 

Nov. 21, 2024 By Anna Bradley-Smith

An affordable housing lottery has launched for an under-construction nine-story, 214-unit building on Gowanus’ 3rd Avenue, the latest lottery to go live for a development that benefits from the area’s rezoning. Taking up the whole block along 3rd Avenue between Union and Sackett, the Union Channel Apartments features a rooftop pool and outdoor areas. Units start at $848 a month.