Dec. 24, 2024 By Gabriele Holtermann While many New Yorkers prepare for holiday gatherings this week, 34 families in Gowanus Houses face a grim reality due to a gas line shutdown that has plagued three NYCHA buildings for weeks. To spread some holiday cheer, Council Member Shahana Hanif (D-Brooklyn), her staff, members of the…
Dec. 23, 2024 By Lauren Rapp Just in time for Christmas, St. Catherine of Genoa church in East Flatbush is open again following a fire in August. Bishop Robert Brennan blessed the church’s renovation at the morning Mass of Thanksgiving on Dec. 15. “This is a strong and resilient parish that is stronger and…
Dec. 23, 2024 By Dean Moses The man accused of setting a woman on fire onboard a Brooklyn subway train was charged Monday with first and second-degree murder. Law enforcement sources identified the suspect as Sebastian Zapeta-Calil, 33, was arrested on Sunday after he allegedly walked up to a woman on an F train…
Dec. 23, 2024 By Gabriele Holtermann There is no arguing that actor Paul Rudd is everyone’s favorite celebrity, and to celebrate the actor who was named the “Sexiest Man Alive” by People Magazine in 2021, Park Sloper Lauren Devens hosted a Paul Rudd look-a-like contest in his honor at Grand Army Plaza, Brooklyn, on…
Dec. 23, 2024 By Kirstyn Brendlen & Lloyd Mitchell Two separate residential fires left 24 people displaced in East Flatbush over the weekend. On Friday, Dec. 20, shortly before 8 p.m., a two-alarm fire broke out at a single-family home on the 800 block of New York Avenue, near Linden Boulevard. When firefighters arrived…
Dec. 23, 2024 By Athena Dawson U.S. Representative Gregory Meeks, who represents New York’s 5th District, which covers southeast Queens and parts of Nassau County, and U.S. Representative Pete Sessions, who represents Texas’ 17th District, which covers areas including Waco and College Station, have introduced a bipartisan bill aimed at alleviating financial burdens for…
Dec. 20, 2024 By Lloyd Mitchell Firefighters battled a fire Friday morning at the store, located at 5601 Preston Court in East Flatbush, an area that has seen more than a dozen blazes in the past five years. The blaze broke out just after 11:45 a.m, on Dec. 20, officials said. Sixty firefighters from…
Dec. 20, 2024 By Lauren Rapp The art of amusement continues! “Luna Luna: A Forgotten Fantasy” will extend its exhibition at The Shed in Chelsea through Feb. 23, 2025, peeling back the curtain on the first known art amusement park — lost since 1987. Luna Luna made history in Hamburg, Germany as the first…
Dec. 20, 2024 By Anna Bradley-Smith The longtime home of Williamsburg’s iconic Crest Hardware store and nearby associated properties have sold for $22 million, and a new apartment building will take the former hardware store’s place. Brokerage firm TerraCRG announced the sale in late November and the buyer, Green Street, was made public in…
Dec. 20, 2024 By Meaghan McGoldrick O'Neil A homeless man has been indicted for murder after allegedly fatally stabbing another man during a dispute on an N train at the Stillwell Avenue-Coney Island station, Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez announced Tuesday. Zhongqian Chen, 32, was arraigned Dec. 17 before Brooklyn Supreme Court Justice Dineen…