Feb. 6, 2025 By Lloyd Mitchell Firefighters quickly contained a house fire in Midwood on Wednesday afternoon. Units began receiving calls about the blaze at 1422 East 15th St., near Avenue N, just before noon on Feb. 5. Firefighters arrived to find flames emanating from the rear of the three-story dwelling. Fire Department personnel…
Feb. 6, 2025 By Athena Dawson The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PANYNJ) announced that the region’s major airports have shattered multiple travel records in 2024. On Wednesday, Jan. 29, PANYNJ revealed that 2024 was the busiest year on record for its commercial airports, including John F. Kennedy International (JFK), LaGuardia…
Feb. 5, 2025 By Lauren Rapp Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso has announced the first six organizations that will receive up to $5,000 from his Community Baby Shower Fund, with more to be named. Reynoso’s office set aide $50,000 in discretionary funds last year to support new and expecting parents as they begin their…
Feb. 5, 2025 By Ethan Marshall Bishop Robert Brennan, the Bishop of Brooklyn, which includes Queens, led a special Mass in recognition of the Lunar New Year on Sunday, Feb. 2, at St. Michael’s Roman Catholic Church, located at 138-65 Barclay Ave. in Flushing. The church’s Lunar New Year celebration for the Year of…
Feb. 5, 2025 By Anna Bradley-Smith Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso has given his approval with conditions to the Atlantic Avenue Mixed-Use Plan, a sweeping rezoning proposal aimed at transforming a stretch of Atlantic Avenue and surrounding blocks in central Brooklyn. While endorsing the plan’s goals of expanding housing, job opportunities, and infrastructure improvements,…
Feb. 5, 2025 By Adam Daly A Homecrest man was sentenced Tuesday to three to six years in prison for causing a Memorial Day 2022 collision that killed a 65-year-old pedestrian in Gravesend. Isidro Rodriguez, 38, pleaded guilty to second-degree manslaughter in November and received his sentence on Feb. 4 from Brooklyn Supreme Court…
Feb. 5, 2025 By Kirstyn Brendlen Violent crime dropped significantly across Brooklyn during the first month of the new year, according to the latest NYPD statistics. In the 28-day period from Jan. 4 to Feb. 2, the combined rate of major felonies — murder, rape, robbery, felony assault, burglary, grand larceny, and grand larceny…
Feb. 4, 2025 By Lloyd Mitchell A 17-year-old boy was shot near a Brownsville high school on Tuesday morning. Law enforcement sources said the gunfire erupted near the Brooklyn Collegiate Preparatory High School, located at 2021 Bergen St., at around 10:30 a.m. on Feb. 4. Officers from the 73rd Precinct, responding to a call about the…
Feb. 4, 2025 By Kirstyn Brendlen Industry City welcomed the Year of the Snake on Friday with a colorful Lunar New Year celebration. Dozens of Brooklynites rang in the new year alongside a troupe of lion dancers and musicians who roamed through the campus. Lion dances, often performed on Lunar New Year, are thought…
Feb. 4, 2025 By Adam Daly A Williamsburg contractor was arraigned Monday on grand larceny charges for allegedly stealing $318,000 from a Park Slope couple and spending the money on lavish purchases. Hayk Safaryan, 43, is accused of accepting payment for a major home renovation project on the couple’s brownstone and performing no work,…