Dec. 7, 2023 By Kirstyn Brendlen
On a warm Tuesday morning in August, Joanne D’Auria and her team of volunteers greeted a parade of visitors in the Children’s Garden at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden. Their guests were not kids — though there were children busily tending to the garden that morning – but mostly seniors.
Dec. 7, 2023 By Augostina Mallous
The driver who allegedly struck and killed a heroic Park Slope nanny nearly two years ago has been arrested and charged, the NYPD announced on Thursday.
Dec. 7, 2023 By Isabel Song Beer
An upcoming art exhibition in Red Hook will show illustrations of some of Brooklyn’s most popular watering holes through the perspectives of two different artists — Bill Roundy, a former Brooklyn Paper comic — and John Tebeau, illustrator of the book “Bars, Taverns and Dives New Yorkers Love.”
Dec. 7, 2023 By Isabel Song Beer
Following months of advocacy, legal plight and speculation activists in Greenpoint are preparing for victory after the sale of Park Church Co-Op was halted by New York State Attorney General Letitia James.
Dec. 6, 2023 By Kirstyn Brendlen
Brooklyn will once again welcome the new year with a fireworks spectacular at Prospect Park, officials announced last week.
Dec. 6, 2023 by Jill Carvajal The “New York’s Funniest Stand-Up” competition recently celebrated its 15th year as part of the annual New York Comedy Festival both founded by Caroline Hirsch of Caroline’s on Broadway. New York’s Funniest and previous winners have gone on to become some of the biggest names in comedy. Matt Koff, […]
Dec. 6, 2023 By Kirstyn Brendlen
A Christmas tree is twinkling in Cannonball Park for the first time in Bay Ridge history after a celebratory lighting ceremony on Nov. 30.
Dec. 6, 2023 By Jada Camille
The Adams administration’s citywide, business-focused zoning proposal was met with skepticism at a Nov. 29 meeting of Community Board 10.
Dec. 6, 2023 By Isabel Song Beer
The Brooklyn Bar Association held its annual award dinner celebrating the work of the attorneys and judges of the borough on Dec. 4.
Dec. 5, 2023 By Anna Bradley-Smith
A new theater will be opening its doors this week in the venue where The Black Lady Theatre formerly operated on Nostrand Avenue in Crown Heights. The Crown Hill Theater, which will officially open with a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Dec. 5, is the creation of Paul Tulloch, the founder of the Fort Greene Fest.