Feb. 10, 2025 By Lloyd Mitchell Firefighters extinguished a two-alarm blaze in the ductwork of Kavkazkiy Dvorik restaurant on Monday afternoon, authorities said. Crews arrived at 2713 Ave. U in Sheepshead Bay shortly after 12:48 p.m. on Feb. 10 to find heavy smoke billowing from a two-story mixed-use building. The fire had spread to…
Feb. 10, 2025 By Paul Frangipane & Kirstyn Brendlen City Hall will meet with four Brooklyn childcare centers fighting sudden closures weeks after the city announced it would not renew their leases. Just before a Feb. 6 rally at City Hall, the mayor’s office and the Department of Education — which had previously “said…
Feb. 10, 2025 By Meaghan McGoldrick O'Neil The eastern section of the southern Brooklyn waterfront is getting a makeover. A section of the Shore Parkway Promenade, from the Verrazzano Bridge to Ceasar’s Bay, is slated for reconstruction. The project, announced by Council Member Justin Brannan’s office Monday morning, will restore the crumbling seawall and…
Feb. 9, 2025 By Lauren Rapp Luigi’s Pizza has all the makings of a perfect pie, but over the past 52 years, it’s grown into something more than just a pizza place for the Park Slope community. “I want people to come in here and feel like this is their neighborhood store,” owner Giovanni…
Feb. 7, 2025 By Lauren Rapp For one weekend only, the Video Game Superstars of the Past, Present, and Future exhibition filled the Summertime Gallery, highlighting the work of artists with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD). The exhibition, supported by YAI Arts & Culture, showcased the group of artists’ love of video games, both…
Feb. 7, 2025 By Emily Davenport The NYPD is looking for a creep who forcibly touched a woman in the Atlantic Avenue—Barclays Center station last month. According to police, at 12:27 p.m. on Jan. 25 a 30-year-old woman was walking down a staircase at the station when she was approached by an unknown individual.…
Feb. 7, 2025 By Emily Davenport New York City’s Catbird stores are celebrating Valentine’s Day early with special events at all three of their locations. From 1 to 7 p.m. on Feb. 8, Catbird will host special popups at each of their stores. Catbird’s Williamsburg location (108 N. 7th St., Brooklyn) will be featuring…
Feb. 7, 2025 By Lauren Rapp Four individuals have filed lawsuits against the Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn, alleging they endured sexual abuse and harassment by church officials between 1960 and 1980. The defendants were between the ages of 10 and 14 at the time of the alleged assaults. “The suit alleges that the…
Feb. 6, 2025 By Paul Frangipane & Adam Daly A new art exhibition, “I GOT A STORY TO TELL,” celebrating Black womanhood and storytelling through the works of four talented Black female artists, has opened at Industry City. Running from Feb. 1 to March 8, the exhibition honors Black History Month and marks the…
Feb. 6, 2025 By Robert Pearl Assembly Member Lester Chang was inaugurated for his second term representing New York’s 49th Assembly District during a ceremony at New Utrecht High School last month. The event, attended by city and state officials, underscored Chang’s resilience, dedication, and the growing political influence of the Chinese-American community in…