New Yorkers Planning Two Minute Clap in Honor of Essential Workers Tonight at 7p.m.

Jun. 5, 2025 By Olivia Seaman

For more than five decades, the Historic Mt. Zion Church of God 7th Day has been a vital fixture in the East Flatbush community, providing food, clothing and spiritual support to seniors, unhoused individuals and struggling families. Now, the congregation is grappling with an unexpected blow: the theft of its outreach van, a key tool in delivering those services.

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Jun. 5, 2025 By Lloyd Mitchell

Firefighters spent three hours working to contain a three-alarm fire that caused a building to collapse and left two others badly damaged at 920, 922 and 924 Lafayette Ave. in Bedford-Stuyvesant on Wednesday afternoon, officials said.

Jun. 5, 2025 By Kirstyn Brendlen

In 1988, the year the Bedford-Stuyvesant Volunteer Ambulance Corps was founded, locals were regularly forced to wait for half an hour for an ambulance to arrive during a medical emergency. 

Jun. 5, 2025 By Kirstyn Brendlen & Lloyd Mitchell

A 43-year-old construction worker died from injuries he sustained in a partial roof collapse in Marine Park on Thursday.

Jun. 5, 2025 By Meaghan McGoldrick O'Neil

A 15-year-old boy has gone missing after leaving his home on Williams Avenue in Canarsie, and his loved ones are pleading with the community for help in bringing him home.

Jun. 5, 2025 By Regina Martinez

In 1925, Ernest F. Coe, a landscape designer and nurseryman from Connecticut, donated a collection of Japanese trees and shrubs to the Brooklyn Botanic Garden. Now, a century later, the garden is marking the anniversary of that gift with a months-long tribute to the art of bonsai and the individuals who have shaped its legacy.

Jun. 4, 2025 By Olivia Seaman

At just five years old, Ellie the Elephant has already cemented her status as a New York icon — and on June 1, the beloved New York Liberty mascot celebrated her birthday in unforgettable fashion.

Jun. 4, 2025 By Olivia Seaman

Bari Pork Store, a beloved Italian deli and Bensonhurst staple, will close its doors for good on June 30, the owners announced this week. 

Jun. 4, 2025 By Barbara Russo-Lennon & Lloyd Mitchell

An MTA utility truck crashed into a Greenpoint building before the morning rush hour on Wednesday, FDNY officials said.