Apr. 16, 2024 By Anna Bradley-Smith
A bakery and cafe that will blend Middle Eastern and South American flavors for its signature recipes plans to open its doors on Hancock Street in Bed-Stuy soon and, if all goes to plan, in the weeks following a cocktail bar will open in the basement downstairs.
Mar. 26, 2024 By Kirstyn Brendlen
Since it opened in 2012, the stewards and members of the Myrtle Village Green have known they might someday need to start again from scratch.
Mar. 19, 2024 By Lloyd Mitchell
Firefighters rescued two civilians after a scaffolding collapsed in Bedford-Stuyvesant early Tuesday afternoon.
Mar. 11, 2024 By Oscar Fock
In 40 degree weather and drizzling rain, a crowd gathered in Crown Heights on Saturday, March 9, in support of the tenants of 285 Eastern Parkway, who are currently facing the risk of eviction.
Mar. 6, 2024 By Isabel Song Beer When one thinks of social media virality, perhaps videos of an artist creating vintage-inspired silk lampshades aren’t the first thing to come to mind, but with a combined 1.36 million followers on Instagram and TikTok, 29-year-old Ivy Karlsgodt has created an expansive online audience by filming the…
Feb. 22, 2024 By Anna Bradley-Smith
Construction of a new “almost invisible” multi-family row house planned for a vacant lot on Bed Stuy’s Macon Street was unanimously approved by the city’s Landmarks Preservation Commission last week, with commissioners agreeing the plans are well-suited to the historic block.
Jan. 26, 2024 By Kirstyn Brendlen & Lloyd Mitchell
A 41-year-old woman was hospitalized after she was struck by the driver of a Lincoln Continental in Bed-Stuy on Thursday night.
Jan. 17, 2024 By Adam Daly
Police are looking for the man who stabbed a 31-year-old straphanger in Bed-Stuy on Christmas Day.
Jan. 12, 2024 By Kirstyn Brendlen
An affordable housing lottery to fill current and future vacancies in at Rose Castle on the border of Williamsburg and Bedford-Stuyvesant is now open. The nine-story mixed-use building at 31 Little Nassau St. offers 86 apartments total, with 77 considered “affordable” under the city’s 421-a tax program.
Jan. 11, 2024 By Anna Bradley-Smith
The historic St. Lucy-St. Patrick Roman Catholic Church, which has dominated a block of Bed-Stuy’s Willoughby Avenue since 1856, was torn down in clouds of dust this week to make way for housing.