Apr. 22, 2024 By Brooklyn Paper
It’s Earth Day! What better place to celebrate than in beautiful Brooklyn?
Earth Day in Brooklyn! 10 photos showcasing the borough’s natural beauty
Author: schnepsrestagent
‘Intense’ fire breaks out in Brooklyn apartment building
Apr. 22, 2024 By Kirstyn Brendlen & Lloyd Mitchell
An all-hands fire tore through a Bath Beach apartment building on Sunday night after a resident said she dropped a candle inside her apartment.
Sake brewery, Brooklyn Kura, brings international consciousness and cultural agenda to Industry City
Apr. 22, 2024 By Brooklyn Paper
Kanpai!
Historic Crown Heights home where Shirley Chisholm launched presidential campaign listed for $2.6M
Apr. 22, 2024 By Susan De Vries
It’s a modest Crown Heights house, one of a stretch of brick dwellings with tidy front yards, but its owner in 1972 had a bold vision for change. Brooklynite Shirley Chisholm, already the first Black woman elected to Congress, launched her bid for president from the house in 1972.
Environmental cleanup halts at Gowanus Green, threatens to delay 950 units of affordable housing
Apr. 22, 2024 By Kirstyn Brendlen
The ongoing environmental clean-up at Public Place — one of the most contaminated sites in Gowanus and the future home of the massive Gowanus Green development — has ground to a halt, threatening to delay construction of hundreds of affordable apartments.
Vascular Institute of New York receives coveted recognition for excellence
Apr. 22, 2024 By Brooklyn Paper
The Vascular Institute of New York located in Borough Park since 1990 has recently been recognized as a Verified Outpatient Vascular-VP Center by the American College of Surgeons (ACS) and the Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS).
Show the Planet Some Love with Eco-Friendly, Sustainable Swag for Earth Week
Apr. 22, 2024 By Stephanie Waddle
I’ll admit it — my household with growing kids is often too chaotic for us to be hyper-aware of adopting a more sustainable lifestyle. Earth Day is too often just another day. How can I help the planet when my own bathroom looks like a disaster area?
Affordable housing lottery opens for 95 apartments in Windsor Terrace
Apr. 22, 2024 By Anna Bradley-Smith
An affordable housing lottery has launched for 95 apartments in an under-construction contemporary-style building curving along Machate Circle/Park Circle in Windsor Terrace across from Prospect Park and the Parade Grounds.
‘Night of 1,000 Dollys’ pays homage to the queen of country music
Apr. 22, 2024 By Gabriele Holtermann
What a way to make a living!
Bagels in beer? Talea Beer teams up with Black Seed Bagels on waste-reducing collab
Apr. 20, 2024 By Kirstyn Brendlen
Beer and bagels: a match made in heaven?