Feb. 14, 2025 By Kirstyn Brendlen Romance, in its many forms, takes center stage in almost every single beloved musical. The Phantom of the Opera pursues Christine from the depths of the opera house, Laurey and Curly wonder whether “People Will Say We’re in Love,” Motel celebrates his relationship with Tzietel as a “Miracle…
Feb. 14, 2025 By Jonathan Cetel Xavier Beckford, nicknamed “X,” a senior at Achievement First Brooklyn High School, hit a major milestone when he scored his 1,000th point for the boys’ varsity basketball team. But this wasn’t just a personal achievement—it was a signal to the world that Achievement First, long respected for its…
Feb. 13, 2025 By Lauren Rapp Migratory Pathways, a new mural trail in Red Hook Park, invites visitors to explore the story of migration through colorful depictions of Brooklyn’s native birds and plants. The mural, part of the Audubon Mural Project, features eight native birds and eight native plants along a 963-foot retaining wall…
Feb. 13, 2025 By Colum Motherway The Ozone Park Residents Block Association (OPRBA) is calling on city leaders, including Mayor Eric Adams and the NYC Council, to take urgent action in response to a tragic fire that unfolded in Bay Ridge on Feb. 9. The association is demanding immediate measures to address the growing…
Feb. 13, 2025 By Lauren Rapp Brooklyn is rallying behind a local FDNY dispatcher who tragically lost his home in a fire. A GoFundMe campaign has been launched to support FDNY Brooklyn Dispatcher 290 and Training Unit Instructor John Abouricheh, whose apartment caught fire earlier this month. The fundraiser aims to raise money to…
Feb. 13, 2025 By Anna Bradley-Smith After more than a year of packed hearings and heated debates, which spotlighted tensions about how to proceed with development in Brooklyn and beyond, a compromise has been reached on the proposed Arrow Linen rezoning in Park Slope. The new deal, announced Wednesday at two City Council committee…
Feb. 13, 2025 By Adam Daly The owner of an unlicensed cannabis store in Bay Ridge has been ordered to pay $6 million in penalties for operating illegally and ignoring repeated warnings from authorities, New York Attorney General Letitia James announced Wednesday. Big Chief Smoke Shop, located at the corner of 74th Street and…
Feb. 12, 2025 By Dean Moses & Brooklyn Paper Detectives are on the hunt for the daring masked thief who almost got away with more than a million dollars in jewelry stolen from a soon-to-be closed Macy’s store. According to police, the crook — while disguising himself as a security guard — got into…
Feb. 12, 2025 By Kirstyn Brendlen In the midst of the fight to save a Bushwick early childcare center, life for its kids has continued almost entirely normal. A total of 69 children are enrolled in 3-K, pre-K, and Head Start programs at Grand St. Settlement’s Bushwick Family and Child Center, just shy of…
Feb. 12, 2025 By Cate Corcoran The green construction fence came down and, for a short while, the future Hermès store could be seen in (almost) all its naked glory on the corner of North 6th and Berry Street in Williamsburg. More recently, green netting has gone up on top of molded plastic barriers.…