Jun. 25, 2024 By Jada Camille
Please don’t stop the music!
Facing closure, Brooklyn Music School launches urgent fundraising effort and benefit concert
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South Brooklyn lawmakers rally against proposed legal cannabis dispensary in Bay Ridge
Jun. 25, 2024 By Adam Daly
Three southern Brooklyn representatives rallied Monday to urge the state’s Office of Cannabis Management (OCM) to deny the application for a proposed cannabis dispensary in Bay Ridge, after the local community board voted against it last week.
City proposes new redesign for BQE triple cantilever, delays construction until 2029
Jun. 24, 2024 By Kirstyn Brendlen
The city has a new proposal for the battered triple cantilever portion of the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway in Brooklyn Heights, but no matter how the administration chooses to overhaul the roadway, construction won’t start until 2029, a year later than the most recently-announced plan.
42nd annual Coney Island Mermaid parade provides an ‘antidote to despair’ with color and glitter galore
Jun. 24, 2024 By Kirstyn Brendlen & Erica Price
Scores of colorful mermaids and sea creatures braved scorching heat and a summer storm on Saturday for the 42nd annual Coney Island Mermaid Parade.
Brooklyn’s 56th Assembly District race heats up as progressive newcomer challenges incumbent
Jun. 24, 2024 By Gabriele Holtermann As New Yorkers head into the primary election on Tuesday — and as most eyes are on the hotly contested race between Bronx Rep. Jamaal Bowman and his challenger, Westchester County Executive George Latimer — another race has been heating up in Brooklyn’s 56th Assembly District, where first-time candidate Eon…
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Nets player Cam Johnson visits Mill Basin school to motivate young STEM students
Jun. 24, 2024 By Ximena Del Cerro
Three-point shot!
Affordable housing lottery opens for 35 units in sleek new East Williamsburg development
Jun. 24, 2024 By Anna Bradley-Smith An affordable housing lottery has opened for 35 apartments in a curvy development on the corner of Metropolitan and Bushwick avenues in East Williamsburg. The nine-story, 136-unit building at 828 Metropolitan Avenue has risen on the site of one of the many former gas stations in Brooklyn that have…
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Downtown Brooklyn’s Edison Building is the borough’s newest landmark
Jun. 21, 2024 By Anna Bradley-Smith
The Brooklyn Edison Building in Downtown Brooklyn has become the borough’s newest landmark, after commissioners on the city’s Landmarks Preservation Commission voted unanimously to designate the stately Renaissance Revival-style corner property.
Brooklyn Academy of Music announces new artistic director and experimental fall programming
Jun. 21, 2024 By Jada Camille
The Brooklyn Academy of Music is launching itself into a new season art and performance with new leadership and themed programming beginning this fall.
Lanoba Design opens massive mid-century modern furniture warehouse opens in Red Hook
Jun. 21, 2024 By Cate Corcoran
A big Danish mid-century modern furniture warehouse with a devoted following has swapped its Jersey City store for one double the size on the waterfront in Red Hook next to Ikea.