Jul. 9, 2024 By Gabriele Holtermann
Pickleball booms in Brooklyn!
Dill-ightful connections: Brooklyn Pickleballers find courts and community
Author: schnepsrestagent
Italian-style Gramercy ice cream shop Caffè Panna to open second location in Brooklyn
Jul. 8, 2024 By Natalie Dahan
Beloved Gramercy ice cream shop Caffè Panna is opening a second location this week in Greenpoint.
Tragic tide: Sisters swept away by rough Coney Island surf after hours
Jul. 8, 2024 By Lloyd Mitchell & Emily Davenport
Two women tragically died after being swept out to sea in Coney Island on Friday night.
Food Network New York City Wine & Food Festival drops star-studded lineup for big Brooklyn debut
Jul. 8, 2024 By Meaghan McGoldrick O'Neil Chefs are sharpening their knives and prepping their menus for the return of the Food Network New York City Wine & Food Festival this fall, marking a historic first as the event moves its home base to Brooklyn. The culinary celebration, now in its 17th year, will take…
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7-day service returning to Brooklyn Public Library after city rolls back budget cuts
Jul. 8, 2024 By Kirstyn Brendlen
Seven-day service is coming back to the Brooklyn Public Library after Mayor Eric Adams and the City Council agreed to restore millions of dollars of funding for the city’s library systems.
Affordable housing lottery opens in long-time-coming South Williamsburg development
Jul. 5, 2024 By Anna Bradley-Smith
An affordable housing lottery has opened for 125 apartments in a long-in-the-works South Williamsburg development, with units starting at $544 per month.
‘If you build it, they will skate’: New skate park opens at Red Hook’s Harold Ickes Playground
Jul. 5, 2024 By Kirstyn Brendlen
A beat-up asphalt softball field in Red Hook has been given new life as a state-of-the-art skate park.
Frankly unbelievable! New champion, Bertoletti, emerges in Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest, Sudo breaks world record
Jul. 4, 2024 By Meaghan McGoldrick O'Neil
We have a weiner!
City plans to revitalize Brooklyn’s Flatbush Avenue with new bus lane
Jul. 3, 2024 By Ben Brachfeld
The city is again planning to build a bus lane along Brooklyn’s Flatbush Avenue, aiming to speed up commutes on the primary thoroughfare crossing the borough.
Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest competitors set to feast for glory without Joey Chestnut
Jul. 3, 2024 By Dean Moses
What do ketchup and Joey Chestnut have in common? You won’t see either of them on a frankfurter at the Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest this year.