Dec. 30, 2024 By Meaghan McGoldrick O'Neil The Brooklyn Bar Association (BBA) held its Annual Dinner at the El Caribe in Mill Basin earlier this month, bringing together the borough’s top lawyers and judges to recognize the accomplishments of Kings County’s legal eagles. Awards were given to outstanding individuals in the legal field, including…
Dec. 30, 2024 By Kirstyn Brendlen & Lloyd Mitchell Firefighters rescued one person and one canine companion from an all-hands apartment fire in Midwood on Monday morning. The fire broke out on on the fourth floor at 1233 East 19th St. around 11:30 a.m. on Dec. 30, according to the FDNY. As firefighters searched…
Dec. 30, 2024 By Lauren Rapp The Brighton Beach community came together last week near Coney Island for a joyous menorah lighting, marking the first night of Hanukkah with a celebration of light, unity and freedom. Rabbi David and Rebbetzin Yocheved Okunov of the Warbasse Jewish Heritage Congregation led families in kindling the neighborhood’s menorah…
Dec. 30, 2024 By Anna Bradley-Smith Except for a surge of activity in June, 2024 was largely a slow year for landmarking in Brooklyn, though it did see two major designations. At the six-month mark, the borough gained one individual landmark and one historic district. The Willoughby-Hart Historic District designation followed years of community…
Dec. 27, 2024 By Kirstyn Brendlen The first night of Hanukkah was a joyous one in Brooklyn, as hundreds of people from all over the country gathered to light the borough’s largest menorah in Grand Army Plaza. It was a cold night, said Rabbi Shimon Hecht of Congregation B’Nai Jacob in Park Slope, but…
Dec. 27, 2024 By Bill Parry Police from five Queens precincts are looking for a pair of burglars who targeted independent mom-and-pop drugstores from Fresh Meadows to Astoria throughout December. The two men allegedly broke into three drugstores in three different neighborhoods in a half-hour during the morning of Sunday, Dec. 15. While one…
Dec. 27, 2024 By Robert Pearl Bayview Houses became a festive holiday wonderland on Saturday, Dec. 21, as the tenant association hosted a heartwarming toy giveaway for local families. Despite the chilly weather, the warmth of holiday cheer filled both the community and the Bayview gymnasium, which was lined with tables of toys from…
Dec. 27, 2024 By Gabriele Holtermann The Flowery, a Florida-based medical dispensary, opened its newest legal adult-use cannabis dispensary in Williamsburg on Dec. 20, marking the company’s fourth location in New York City. This opening at 692 Grand St. marks part of The Flowery’s continued expansion in New York, where it aims to set…
Dec. 27, 2024 By Ethan Marshall The real estate listing site StreetEasy presented a series of predictions that 2025 may have in store for the market in New York City in a report by StreetEasy Senior Economist Kenny Lee. Lee came up with five big predictions following a year in which housing costs reached…
Dec. 27, 2024 By Ethan Stark-Miller Community advocates gathered at Brooklyn’s Coney Island Stillwell Avenue subway station on Thursday afternoon to mourn a woman who was burned to death in the station on Sunday morning. The prayer vigil, hosted by activist Rev. Kevin McCall, was held to commemorate the yet-to-be-identified woman who died after being set…