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Apr. 29, 2025 By Meaghan McGoldrick O'Neil

Talk about backing Brooklyn!

Apr. 29, 2025 By Regina Martinez

On a triangular lot between Myrtle Avenue and Hart Street, under the M line, Emily Burns serves a latte at Til Death — a coffee shop with no walls and no roof.

Apr. 29, 2025 By Lloyd Mitchell

A local teenager is fighting for his life after being shot in the head in East Flatbush early Tuesday.

Apr. 29, 2025 By Gabriele Holtermann

As New York City’s small businesses face mounting economic challenges tied to President Trump’s federal tariffs and trade policies, City Council Member and New York City comptroller candidate Justin Brannan on Tuesday unveiled a comprehensive five-pillar small business plan that would leverage the power of the Comptroller’s Office to ensure small businesses have the support and tools needed to survive and thrive in the current climate.

Apr. 28, 2025 By Meaghan McGoldrick O'Neil

Community leaders, family and friends gathered on April 27 to officially rename the corner of 95th Street and Fourth Avenue in Bay Ridge after Mary Nolan, a longtime neighborhood fixture known for her fierce commitment to service, justice and community.

Apr. 28, 2025 By Cate Corcoran

While rents fell during the COVID pandemic, they climbed even higher two years later. While some contend that what is needed to ease New York City’s affordable housing crisis is more units at any price point, others say the focus should be on creating housing affordable to those most in need, while still others say let’s build it all.

Apr. 28, 2025 By Lloyd Mitchell

A three-alarm fire tore through a three-story building in Borough Park early Monday morning, displacing more than a dozen residents and heavily damaging a shoe store and apartments above it, officials said.

Apr. 25, 2025 By Regina Martinez

A blue spotlight fell on a lone white sewing machine at the center of the rink at Xanadu Roller Arts on Tuesday night.

Apr. 25, 2025 By Meaghan McGoldrick O'Neil & Paul Frangipane

In a second-floor gallery tucked inside a rowhouse on Maple Street, voices from across Brooklyn and beyond gathered Wednesday night to share personal tales that tied them to place, culture and memory — part of Gallery Particulier’s monthly “Collective Tales” storytelling series.

Apr. 24, 2025 By Matt Tracy

In the early years of Brighton Beach Pride — and as recently as 2021 — Russian Flags and Rainbow Flags were held up together near the lead banner as queer marchers and allies made their way from Coney Island to Brighton Beach along the Riegelmann Boardwalk.