Jun. 5, 2025 By Olivia Seaman For more than five decades, the Historic Mt. Zion Church of God 7th Day has been a vital fixture in the East Flatbush community, providing food, clothing and spiritual support to seniors, unhoused individuals and struggling families. Now, the congregation is grappling with an unexpected blow: the theft…
Jun. 5, 2025 By sobrien June 5, 2025 By Shane O’Brien Residents on both sides of the Newtown Creek in Blissville and Greenpoint have raised concerns about alleged pollution from a green asphalt contractor on Railroad Avenue. Green Asphalt, located at 37-98 Railroad Ave., replaces traditional asphalt mixes with recycled asphalt, stating that recycled…
Jun. 5, 2025 By Lloyd Mitchell Firefighters spent three hours working to contain a three-alarm fire that caused a building to collapse and left two others badly damaged at 920, 922 and 924 Lafayette Ave. in Bedford-Stuyvesant on Wednesday afternoon, officials said. The Fire Department began receiving multiple calls for the fire just after…
Jun. 5, 2025 By Kirstyn Brendlen In 1988, the year the Bedford-Stuyvesant Volunteer Ambulance Corps was founded, locals were regularly forced to wait for half an hour for an ambulance to arrive during a medical emergency. “Brooklyn in the 80s, it was the middle of the AIDS epidemic, the crack epidemic, and Bed-Stuy residents…
Jun. 5, 2025 By Kirstyn Brendlen & Lloyd Mitchell A 43-year-old construction worker died from injuries he sustained in a partial roof collapse in Marine Park on Thursday. Workers were conducting repairs and installing a new refrigeration unit inside a rear addition to a closed steakhouse at 3223 Quentin Road just before 9 a.m.…
Jun. 5, 2025 By Meaghan McGoldrick O'Neil A 15-year-old boy has gone missing after leaving his home on Williams Avenue in Canarsie, and his loved ones are pleading with the community for help in bringing him home. Oladimeji Odeyemi, a student at one of Explore Schools’ Brooklyn campuses, was last seen leaving his home…
Jun. 5, 2025 By Regina Martinez In 1925, Ernest F. Coe, a landscape designer and nurseryman from Connecticut, donated a collection of Japanese trees and shrubs to the Brooklyn Botanic Garden. Now, a century later, the garden is marking the anniversary of that gift with a months-long tribute to the art of bonsai and…
Jun. 4, 2025 By Olivia Seaman At just five years old, Ellie the Elephant has already cemented her status as a New York icon — and on June 1, the beloved New York Liberty mascot celebrated her birthday in unforgettable fashion. With the Barclays Center buzzing ahead of the Liberty’s sold-out game against the…
Jun. 4, 2025 By Olivia Seaman Bari Pork Store, a beloved Italian deli and Bensonhurst staple, will close its doors for good on June 30, the owners announced this week. First opened in 1969, the establishment has been run by co-owners George Firantello and Tony Turrigiano for 26 and 37 years, respectively. Known for…
Jun. 4, 2025 By Barbara Russo-Lennon & Lloyd Mitchell An MTA utility truck crashed into a Greenpoint building before the morning rush hour on Wednesday, FDNY officials said. According to law enforcement sources, the truck, which was from the MTA’s Mobile Wash Unit, crashed into an apartment building located at 63 Franklin St. just after 5…