Feb. 21, 2025 By Alesandra Tejeda

The timer started at 8:11 a.m last Saturday morning. Almost immediately, Laura Waterbury, an environmental educator with the Brooklyn Bridge Park Conservancy and the leader of the morning’s birdwatching walk, shouted: “Oh! In the water!” 

Feb. 21, 2025 By Anna Bradley-Smith

An affordable housing lottery has launched for 251 apartments in a two-building complex in Greenpoint dubbed The Riverie. Located on the banks of the East River, right behind the Greenpoint Ferry Terminal, the development is the latest Greenpoint tower to replace low-slung industrial brick warehouses.

The 16-year-old boy who allegedly shot and killed a Brooklyn cheerleader inside a Holliswood home on Saturday, Feb. 15, is being held without bail after he made his first court appearance on Monday night.

The teenager, who was not identified because he is a minor, was arraigned in Queens Criminal Court on a complaint charging him with manslaughter in the second degree and criminal possession of a weapon, an armed felony offense.

Feb. 20, 2025 By Adam Daly

A Bed-Stuy man who pleaded guilty to fatally stabbing social justice advocate Ryan Carson in an unprovoked 2023 attack was sentenced Wednesday to 20 years to life in prison.

Feb. 20, 2025 By Carrene Gepilano

The Boy Diva is about to take on her biggest opponent, Randy Summers, her ex-boyfriend. 

Feb. 20, 2025 By Lauren Rapp

For the second time, a man has been arraigned and charged in connection to a stolen deed of a three-story Fort Greene house valued at over $2 million. 

Feb. 20, 2025 By Adam Daly

Coney Island is set to undergo a sweeping transformation under new city plans to bring 1,500 mixed-income homes to the People’s Playground, alongside substantial investments in the iconic Riegelmann Boardwalk, utilities, and other community amenities.

Feb. 19, 2025 By Adam Daly

New York Cares distributed over 500 warm winter coats to Sunset Park residents in need on Sunday, Feb. 16, as part of its 36th Annual Coat Drive.

Feb. 19, 2025 By Kirstyn Brendlen & Lloyd Mitchell

A three-alarm fire consumed a Bushwick church on Wednesday morning.  

Feb. 19, 2025 By Kirstyn Brendlen & Erica Price

A Coney Island community health clinic is set to reopen in a new, permanent location in what NYC Health+Hospitals called a “significant milestone” for providing healthcare to the community.