Oct. 4, 2024 By Adam Daly A Crown Heights apartment building was evacuated on Monday after residents discovered a massive hole in the facade being held up by a single wooden beam. The Department of Buildings (DOB) responded to multiple complaints and issued an immediate vacate order for the property at 40 Hampton Place,…
Oct. 4, 2024 By Kirstyn Brendlen The Brooklyn Museum is celebrating its 200th birthday by turning some traditions upside-down. What is now one of Brooklyn’s cultural cornerstones started out in 1823 as the Brooklyn Apprentices’ Library — one of the first public circulating libraries in New York City. In 1843, the library merged with…
Oct. 4, 2024 By sobrien Oct. 4, 2024 By Shane O’Brien Long Island City Partnership (LICP) will host its annual LIC Summit at the Museum of the Moving Image in Astoria on Tuesday, bringing together thought leaders from diverse sectors across the neighborhood. Now in its tenth year, LIC Summit will run from 8 a.m…. Read more »
Oct. 3, 2024 By Cate Corcoran Following a raucous pair of hearings in which locals clashed over a proposal to rezone a Park Slope property to allow 13- to 19-story apartment buildings, Community Board 7 rejected the plan last month. At issue is how to redevelop the site of longtime commercial laundry Arrow Linen…
Oct. 3, 2024 By Gabriele Holtermann Maimonides Medical Center kicked off Breast Cancer Awareness Month with its 2024 Pink Runway Fashion Show at the Weylin in Williamsburg on Oct. 1, celebrating survivors’ perseverance while raising awareness about the importance of cancer screening and early detection. The annual event raised funds for Maimonides Breast Cancer…
Oct. 3, 2024 By Adam Daly Holocaust survivor and World War II veteran Vladimir Sats celebrated his centennial year last week at the Marks Jewish Community House of Bensonhurst. The Holocaust Survivors Center at the JCH marked the occasion with a special tribute during its annual Rosh Hashanah party on Sept. 27, celebrating Sats’…
Oct. 3, 2024 By Adam Daly Two Brooklyn-based home health agencies will pay out a multi-million dollar wage theft settlement negotiated by New York Attorney General Letitia James and the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York. Midwood-based Edison Home Health Care and Preferred Home Healthcare in Mapleton will pay $7.5 million…
Oct. 2, 2024 By sobrien Oct. 2, 2024 By Shane O’Brien The Jewish Community Center (JCC)-Chabad of Western Queens will hold several events in the coming weeks to celebrate the Jewish High Holidays of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. The holidays, which span from Oct. 2-12, begin with Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, on… Read more »
Oct. 2, 2024 By Kirstyn Brendlen The city has, for the fourth time, changed its mind on the McGuinness Boulevard redesign. This fall, the Department of Transportation will implement the road diet it has already finalized, then rejected, on the southern half of the roadway. Between Calyer Street and Meeker Avenue, the department will…
Oct. 2, 2024 By Dean Moses Shamel Kelly, the former Brooklyn bar owner and whistleblower on an alleged NYPD corruption ring, had one question Tuesday as his legal team announced plans to sue the city. “How deep does it go?” The “it” refers to the scandal involving the twin brother of former Police Commissioner Edward Caban, James…