Aug. 4, 2025 By Barbara Russo-Lennon and Lloyd Mitchell Brooklyn Heights residents say the collapse of a hotel awning near the entrance to the Clark Street subway station this weekend was a disaster waiting to happen — pointing to years of visible disrepair, foul smells and water leaks in and around the building. The…
Aug. 4, 2025 By Kacie Moschella Take meow to the ball game! In a Coney Island first, the Brooklyn Cyclones welcomed cats to the ballpark for the team’s inaugural “Purrrrfect Game” on Tuesday, July 29, at Maimonides Park, giving the borough’s feline fanatics a chance to enjoy America’s pastime alongside their four-legged companions. Minor…
Aug. 4, 2025 By Olivia Seaman “Real Housewives of New Jersey” star Dolores Catania’s annual “Battle for Brooklyn” charity softball game returns to Maimonides Park this Wednesday — where reality television meets real-world impact in a feel-good event benefiting the Maimonides Breast Center. Since nearly the beginning, Catania has been at the center of…
Aug. 4, 2025 By Kirstyn Brendlen Avant Gardner, the parent company of the Brooklyn Mirage, filed for voluntary Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Monday. The decision came after “several months of financial distress, culminating with Avant Gardner being unable to open its newly constructed Mirage event space for the 2025 season,” the company said in…
Aug. 4, 2025 By Lloyd Mitchell NYPD Brooklyn South detectives are investigating a triple shooting that occurred early Monday morning in East Flatbush. Officers from the 67th Precinct responded to 1440 Utica Ave. shortly after 4:30 a.m. and found a 26-year-old man shot in the left leg and a 36-year-old man shot in the…
Aug. 4, 2025 By Jenny Seo For the past 46 years, BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! has stood as the borough’s most celebrated outdoor music festival, held each summer at the Lena Horne Bandshell in Prospect Park. Running this year from June 7 to Aug. 16, the concert series features a mix of ticketed and free…
Aug. 1, 2025 By Kirstyn Brendlen At least five feral cats who had been trapped inside a shuttered school at Sheepshead Bay Houses were freed by rescuers and NYCHA employees as the felines’ predicament — and the city’s response — sparked controversy in the neighborhood. Becky Wisdom, who runs the nonprofit Greenpoint Cats, said…
Aug. 1, 2025 By Gabriele Holtermann After a heavy rainstorm swept through New York City on Thursday, July 31, inundating parts of the city with torrential downpours, August is off to a gentler, quieter start, with temperatures trending below average and a high of just 77 degrees. The National Weather Service issued a citywide…
Aug. 1, 2025 By Kirstyn Brendlen On the 65th anniversary of Medicaid, Brooklyn residents — and many of its hospitals – were bracing for the impact of massive federal health spending cuts included in President Donald Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill.” The massive spending bill will likely cost up to 10.9 million Americans their health…
Aug. 1, 2025 By Jada Camille Authorities indicted a Bay Ridge man on multiple charges for allegedly stealing more than $104,000 in COVID-19 relief funds and a scheme to get on the 2024 Democratic primary ballot for U.S. Senate by using fraudulent election petitions. According to Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez, the defendant, Khaled…