May. 15, 2023 By Aidan Graham
The local LGBTQIA+ organization GayRidge will host their second-annual pride festival at Owl’s Head Park next month — featuring picnics, performances and more!
‘GayRidge’ pride festival coming to Bay Ridge
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Man fatally shot in Crown Heights apartment building
May. 15, 2023 By Aidan Graham
A gunman shot a victim in Crown Heights last Thursday, leaving the bloodied victim dead inside the hallway of his apartment building.
Photoville organizer talks 2023 festival, promising to make you ‘cry or inspired’
May. 12, 2023 By Ximena Del Cerro
Photoville, a yearly public art display across the Five Boroughs, is coming back on June 3 with tons of new exhibitions at the iconic Photoville Village in Brooklyn Bridge Park.
Man in critical condition after Canarsie shooting, suspect on the loose
May. 12, 2023 By Aidan Graham
A man is in critical condition after a gunman shot him twice in Canarsie on Friday morning, before fleeing the scene — leading to a widespread manhunt to find the suspect.
South Brooklyn Health welcomes first baby at RBG Hospital
May. 12, 2023 By Jada Camille
Kamronbek Aslamov was born May 8 and landed in the arms of his loving Midwood parents — and the birth also marks the first child to arrive at South Brooklyn Health’s brand-new Ruth Bader Ginsburg Hospital.
Brooklyn man arrested for hate crime after allegedly throwing stone at victim entering Kew Gardens Hills synagogue: NYPD
May. 12, 2023 By Bill Parry
A Brooklyn man was arrested Thursday and booked at the 107th Precinct in Fresh Meadows for allegedly throwing a stone at a man who was entering a Kew Gardens Hills synagogue in broad daylight on Saturday, May 6.
City plans bike lanes in redesign of dangerous McGuinness Boulevard
May. 12, 2023 By Kirstyn Brendlen
The city’s Department of Transportation plans to slim down the dangerous McGuinness Boulevard by removing vehicle traffic lanes and installing new protected bike lanes on each side of the roadway after years of advocacy by locals.
NYPD arrests suspect in brutal murder of 19-year-old Deandre Matthews
May. 11, 2023 By Aidan Graham
The NYPD has arrested a 19-year-old for the brutal killing of another teen in Flatbush earlier this year — leaving the victim’s body burned and with a gunshot wound to the head.
All in this together: Host of humanitarians team up to renovate youth counseling facility
May. 11, 2023 By Jada Camille
The Child Center of New York, a beloved youth counseling organization, revamped the outdoor space of their treatment facility on May 11 — enlisting the help of nearly 100 volunteers to beautify their Crown Heights facility.
Barricaded man surrenders after 2-hour standoff with NYPD hostage negotiators in Brownsville
May. 11, 2023 By Aidan Graham & Lloyd Mitchell
A massive police presence descended on Brownsville Thursday afternoon, when a gun-welding man barricaded himself inside an apartment for 2 hours, before NYPD hostage negotiators were able to get the suspect into custody.