Brooklyn Public Library Members Can Now Borrow Musical Instruments For Free

Jan. 15, 2025 By Anna Bradley-Smith

An affordable housing lottery has launched for an under-construction 17-story, 569-unit development dubbed Loden, with units starting at $914 a month for a studio.

Jan. 14, 2025 By Barbara Russo-Lennon

The city is ready to launch a three-year “microhub” delivery pilot meant to reduce truck traffic and pollution on local streets, and north Brooklyn will play a key part in the experiment. 

Jan. 14, 2025 By Kirstyn Brendlen

Almost 15 years after Hurricane Sandy devastated New York City, the Brooklyn Navy Yard hasn’t totally recovered. But millions of federal dollars, secured this year by local congress members, are expected to restore the Navy Yard to its “pre-disaster” self. 

Jan. 14, 2025 By Lauren Rapp

Educators at Patrick F. Daly P.S. 15 in Red Hook are urging the community to step up and support 20 migrant families whose children have enrolled at the school amid New York City’s ongoing migrant crisis.

Jan. 14, 2025 By Kirstyn Brendlen

A two-alarm fire tore through a Bath Beach residence on Sunday evening, leaving the building severely damaged and uninhabitable. 

Jan. 14, 2025 By Michael Tang 

Last December brought a long-awaited victory for New York City. Our City Council adopted the historic City of Yes housing plan, paving the way for more than 80,000 new homes by 2040 with the promise of affordability. As a longtime resident of Flushing, Queens, I naturally welcomed the news – it’s a much-needed reprieve for New Yorkers as housing costs continue to soar in the midst of an unparalleled housing crisis. But entering 2025 on the heels of this win, we residents at  Murray Hill Cooperative remain at risk — our lives are virtually unchanged because we belong to the last class of unprotected “tenants” as ground lease co-op residents. Without legislative action, more than 25,000 New Yorkers face the threat of losing their homes — homes that we own — to landowners seeking to raise our ground rent to astronomical rates.

Jan. 13, 2025 By Kirstyn Brendlen

A minivan driver hit and killed an 87-year-old pedestrian in Canarsie on Friday, police said, in what appeared to be Brooklyn’s first traffic fatality of 2025. 

Jan. 13, 2025 By Gabriele Holtermann

After more than two decades in Park Slope, the Starbucks cafe at 166 7th Ave. will brew its last Venti Cappuccino on Jan. 31. 

Jan. 13, 2025 By Lauren Rapp

Citi Bike rate increases went into effect this week, costing commuters and casual riders a little extra each time they undock. 

Jan. 13, 2025 By Kirstyn Brendlen

Though it has been temporarily disassembled, the Bed-Stuy Aquarium has big plans for the future, organizers said last week, and those plans haven’t changed despite recent news about one of its co-founders.