Jul. 29, 2024 By Gabriele Holtermann Elected officials and CABS Health Network celebrated the opening of the licensed home care service and care management agency’s new quarters in the Pfizer Building in Bedford-Stuyvesant with a ribbon-cutting ceremony on July 25. The event was followed by a Health and Resource Fair, featuring various partners and tenants…
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Jul. 9, 2024 By Kirstyn Brendlen With hate crimes across the city on the rise, some Brooklyn leaders believe that educating the borough’s students about and against hate and antisemitism is a key to fighting violence and bias. An experimental new curriculum designed to do just that rolled out at three local middle schools last…
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Jun. 26, 2024 By Anna Bradley-Smith, Brownstoner Almost two years after Willoughby Avenue’s historic Jacob Dangler mansion was torn down during a landmarking review process, sending many neighbors into mourning, Willoughby Avenue and Hart Street locals were jubilant Tuesday after the city’s Landmarks Preservation Commission voted unanimously to preserve their blocks of predominantly late 19th…
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Jun. 24, 2024 By Gabriele Holtermann As New Yorkers head into the primary election on Tuesday — and as most eyes are on the hotly contested race between Bronx Rep. Jamaal Bowman and his challenger, Westchester County Executive George Latimer — another race has been heating up in Brooklyn’s 56th Assembly District, where first-time candidate Eon…
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Jun. 20, 2024 By Gabriele Holtermann
Bedford Stuyvesant celebrated Juneteenth with a street co-naming ceremony on the corner of Greene and Marcy avenues for Max Roach, one of the most influential jazz drummers and composers of all time.
May. 31, 2024 By Anna Bradley-Smith An affordable housing lottery has launched for 70 apartments in a large and shiny 11-story development under construction on Myrtle Avenue between Lewis and Broadway in Bed-Stuy. Dubbed The MC, the Hill West-designed, 233-unit mixed-use building at 1100 Myrtle Ave. goes all the way through the block to Vernon…
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May. 30, 2024 By Adam Daly
Police have arrested a 12-year-old boy in connection with an alleged hate crime in which two Jewish boys were assaulted while they played on a Bed-Stuy sidewalk earlier this month.
May. 27, 2024 By Anna Bradley-Smith
After first contemplating a stretch of Willoughby Avenue and Hart Street in Bed-Stuy for protection in 1992, the city’s Landmarks Preservation Commission has officially added it to the calendar for consideration as a new historic district, triggering an upcoming public hearing.
Apr. 24, 2024 By Anna Bradley-Smith
After more than a year of having its sign up on the corner of Malcolm X Boulevard and Hancock Street, Mediterranean restaurant Dar525 will be opening by mid-May, an employee confirmed.
Apr. 18, 2024 By Adam Daly
A group of Bed-Stuy tenants are asking for a court-appointed executive to replace their landlord, alleging they have been “effectively abandoned” to deal with issues of vermin infestations, persistent roof leaks, as well as inadequate heat and janitorial services, according to recent Housing Court filings.