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Bed-Stuy man fights food insecurity with free front yard community fridge

A civil rights lawyer by trade, Keegan Stephan started the community fridge to help out his neighbors

Mar. 28, 2025 By Adam Daly A Bed-Stuy man is helping combat food insecurity and food waste in his neighborhood by offering fresh produce to anyone in need from the “community fridge” in his front yard. The Pulaski St. Community Fridge has been operational for over a week now and is already seeing steady…

Tesla Cybertruck vandalized with hate symbols in Bed-Stuy, cops say

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Mar. 28, 2025 By Emily Davenport Cops are looking for two people who vandalized a Tesla in Bed-Stuy on Thursday. Police say that at 1 a.m. on March 27, two unknown individuals approached an unoccupied Tesla — which appeared to be a Cybertruck — parked in front of 730 Monroe St. The suspects proceeded…

Catching up with St. Joseph’s University, New York president Dr. Donald Boomgaarden

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Mar. 28, 2025 By Kirstyn Brendlen St. Joseph’s University, New York students aren’t often intimidated by signing up for a class with the school’s president Dr. Donald Boomgaarden, Ph.D. In fact, sometimes they don’t even realize who he is. Not long after he took over as president in 2017, a colleague mentioned they had a…

New York Liberty to open ‘player-led’ $80M practice facility in Greenpoint

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Mar. 27, 2025 By Kirstyn Brendlen The party isn’t over for the WNBA championship-winning New York Liberty, which will open a state-of-the-art new practice facility in Greenpoint in 2027. The $80 million, 75,000-square-foot facility, to be constructed in an old lightbulb factory at the edge of the Newtown Creek, will be entirely funded by…

Pier 2’s roller rink glides into new season this weekend with upgrades, free skate sessions

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Mar. 27, 2025 By Adam Daly Brooklyn Bridge Park’s Pier 2 Roller Rink will reopen for the season this Friday, March 28, welcoming roller skating enthusiasts back to the rink. To mark its 11th skating season, organizers have planned a celebration featuring live music, food vendors, and activities for all ages on opening day.…

City Council passes long-awaited legislation to tackle sidewalk scaffolding issues

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Mar. 26, 2025 By Shane O’Brien The City Council approved a legislative package Wednesday afternoon to reduce the number of scaffolding structures on New York City streets. The package of five bills takes aim at the temporary steel and wooden scaffolding structures – known as scaffolding sheds – that line and darken thousands of…

New York City Fringe Festival expands to Brooklyn as four new shows debut in Dumbo

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Mar. 26, 2025 By Kirstyn Brendlen New York City Fringe Festival, the annual indie theater bonanza, is back next month with new shows, new participants, and a whole new borough.  This year, for the first time, the usually Manhattan-exclusive festival is stepping into Brooklyn, where four shows will play a total of 17 performances…