Jun. 10, 2025 By Kirstyn Brendlen Police are on the lookout for a man they say groped multiple women in Downtown Brooklyn last Friday morning. The alleged assailant first approached a 26-year-old woman outside 14 Boerum Place at around 5:30 a.m. on June 6, per the NYPD. He reportedly grabbed her buttocks and repeatedly…
Jun. 9, 2025 By Kirstyn Brendlen The SUNY Downstate Community Advisory Board has proposed a plan to keep the at-risk hospital open with the help of a $1 billion investment from the state. The nine-member board has spent six months analyzing the hospital’s finances, programs, capital needs, and the healthcare needs of its community,…
Jun. 9, 2025 By Megan McGibney Brooklyn residents and leaders from the business, nonprofit, higher education and political sectors gathered last week to tackle a pressing question: What policy ideas can make Brooklyn more affordable and better positioned for future growth? The symposium, held at NYU Tandon School of Engineering at MetroTech Center, was based…
Jun. 9, 2025 By Olivia Seaman A Brooklyn teacher made Broadway history this weekend — not for directing a show or performing on stage, but for shaping the next generation of artists in a Bed-Stuy classroom. On June 8, Gary Edwin Robinson, longtime head of the theatre arts program at Boys and Girls High…
Jun. 9, 2025 By Gabriele Holtermann Robot technology lent a helping hand in the construction of The Brook, a 52-story, 600-foot mixed-use residential skyscraper rising at the corner of Fulton Street and Flatbush Avenue in the heart of Downtown Brooklyn. The development’s general contractor, Suffolk, deployed a four-legged tool — Spot the robot dog…
Jun. 9, 2025 By Gabriele Holtermann On June 4, Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso hosted a one-on-one informational session with the New York City Economic Development Corporation at Borough Hall, addressing community concerns about the Brooklyn Marine Terminal — a 122-acre project along the borough’s waterfront, stretching from Pier 7 at Atlantic Avenue to…
Jun. 6, 2025 By Adam Daly After more than two years under scaffolding, the more than 130-year-old Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Memorial Arch at Grand Army Plaza emerged from its extensive restoration on Thursday. The $8.9 million project, led by the Prospect Park Alliance and backed by mayoral funding, also included improvements to the area surrounding…
Jun. 6, 2025 By Kirstyn Brendlen This summer, Brooklynites can step into a lush, fantastical world without leaving the borough as the Brooklyn Public Library welcomes “Tove Jansson and the Moomins: The Door is Always Open,” the first-ever U.S. exhibit dedicated to the author and her treasured characters. Jansson, a beloved Finnish writer and…
Jun. 6, 2025 By Olivia Seaman When Dessa Carroll became a mother in 2024, she started attending storytimes and “mommy and me” workshops around Flatbush. But as she made her way through Brooklyn’s family-friendly spaces, she couldn’t help but notice a troubling pattern: a lack of diversity. “The only focus on Black or BIPOC…
Jun. 6, 2025 By Gabriele Holtermann June is Gun Violence Awareness Month, and on June 5, middle school students at Launch Expeditionary Learning Charter School in Crown Heights held their eighth annual Walkout to End Gun Violence. Wearing orange shirts — the signature color for gun violence awareness — the students marched alongside members…