Starbucks To Open Near McCarren Park

Aug. 15, 2025 By Kirstyn Brendlen

The Red Hool Pool, which has been closed all summer thanks to a broken pipe, is expected to reopen on Sunday — if all goes to plan.

Aug. 15, 2025 By Kirstyn Brendlen

As its failure to open sent owner Avant Gardner into bankruptcy, the Brooklyn Mirage was plagued by safety issues and far from “show-ready,” as it had claimed.

Aug. 15, 2025 By Olivia Seaman

For the next 10 days, the stretch of 18th Avenue from 68th to 75th Streets in Bensonhurst will transform for the 51st annual Santa Rosalia Feast, a tradition that blends Italian roots with Brooklyn pride. The festival kicked off Thursday, Aug. 14, and runs through Sunday, Aug. 24.

Aug. 15, 2025 By Olivia Seaman

With the first day of school approaching, Brooklyn is buzzing with community-led backpack drives aimed at giving students the supplies they need to start the year prepared. Local organizations are working to ensure children head into the classroom prepared and ready to learn.

Aug. 14, 2025 By Kirstyn Brendlen & Lloyd Mitchell

Advocates are demanding the release of a Brooklyn high school student who was arrested by ICE after a routine immigration hearing last week. 

Aug. 14, 2025 By Kirstyn Brendlen

A centuries-old New England legend about the famous pirate Sam Bellamy and his love, Mary Hallett, is coming to Red Hook. 

Aug. 14, 2025 By Emily Davenport

It’s official: the Carolina-born chicken chain Bojangles is coming back to New York City after decades away, and its first new location is slated for Brooklyn.

Aug. 14, 2025 By Emily Davenport

A new building focused on affordable housing and building community is coming to Boerum Hill.

Aug. 13, 2025 By Gabriele Holtermann

An abandoned, 60-year-old, five-acre pier at the MADE Bush Terminal on Brooklyn’s waterfront in Sunset Park is coming to life again as a vibrant public green space.

Aug. 13, 2025 By Gabriele Holtermann

U.S. Rep. Dan Goldman (D-Brooklyn/Manhattan) returned to the Metropolitan Detention Center in Sunset Park on Aug. 13, a week after he and Reps. Nydia Velázquez and Adriano Espaillat were improperly turned away during an unannounced visit to the notorious prison and hours after the federal Borough of Prisons denied his official request to tour the facility.