Mar. 20, 2024 By Emrys Berkower
New York City’s outdoor spaces are a big part of why people like my family and I love to live here.
Op-ed | Why I support the Brooklyn Skate Garden and letting our kids play
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City begins search for contractors to develop and operate $100M Climate Innovation Hub in Sunset Park
Mar. 20, 2024 By Kirstyn Brendlen
The city is searching for an operator to develop and run the $100 million Climate Innovation Hub at the Brooklyn Army Terminal.
Two civilians rescued from Brooklyn scaffolding collapse: FDNY
Mar. 19, 2024 By Lloyd Mitchell
Firefighters rescued two civilians after a scaffolding collapsed in Bedford-Stuyvesant early Tuesday afternoon.
Murals across Brooklyn and Manhattan encourage New Yorkers to vote in April primary
Mar. 19, 2024 By Isabel Song Beer
NYC Votes, an initiative of the New York City Campaign Finance Board (CFB), has installed six murals across Brooklyn and Manhattan to encourage New Yorkers to get out and vote in the upcoming April presidential primary election.
The borough’s blooming battle: Enter now for the Greenest Block in Brooklyn Contest 2024
Mar. 19, 2024 By Susan De Vries
The spring blooms are starting to burst forth, which means it is time to show off your green thumb and community spirit with an entry in the Brooklyn Botanic Garden’s annual Greenest Block in Brooklyn contest.
Noodle Lane goes from food truck favorite to Park Slope mainstay, shattering Chinese food stereotypes
Mar. 19, 2024 By Meaghan McGoldrick O'Neil
A year since opening its brick-and-mortar restaurant in place of an old Park Slope shoe store, Noodle Lane is thriving, serving up storied soup dumplings, Sichuan classics and Cantonese comforts.
Nitehawk Cinema workers unionize, accuse management of ‘aggressive union-busting campaign’
Mar. 19, 2024 By Kirstyn Brendlen
After a “clandestine” monthslong organizing campaign, workers at Nitehawk Cinema’s Prospect Park location voted to unionize last weekend in a two-day election.
Chamber study finds Brooklyn shops support expedited work authorizations for migrants
Mar. 19, 2024 By Jada Camille
Brooklyn businesses are in favor of expedited work authorizations for migrants as they focus their fight against inflation, according to a new survey from the Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce.
Pennsylvania man sentenced for setting Brooklyn rabbi’s house on fire
Mar. 18, 2024 By Kirstyn Brendlen
A Pennsylvania man was sentenced to 25 years to life in prison Monday for intentionally setting a rabbi’s Midwood home on fire in 2019.
Egg Cream of the crop! Brooklyn Seltzer Museum hosts borough’s first-ever National Egg Cream competition
Mar. 18, 2024 By Gabriele Holtermann
March 15 was National Egg Cream Day, and to mark the occasion, the Brooklyn Seltzer Museum in Cypress Hills hosted its first-ever National Egg Cream Invitational — a competition featuring the best in soda fountains from New York City to Philadelphia.