Tag: borough-park

Brooklyn’s Ballots: Breaking down the primary election vote

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Jul. 3, 2025 By Kirstyn Brendlen Last week’s Primary Election drew more than 1 million voters across the city, and more than 500,000 Brooklynites — more than in any other borough — headed to the polls to make their voices heard. A week later, the ranked-choice results have been finalized: Zohran Mamdani is officially…

Hanif wins decisive re-election in closely watched District 39 council race

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Jun. 24, 2025 By Meaghan McGoldrick O'Neil & Paul Frangipane Council Member Shahana Hanif declared victory Tuesday night at a jubilant watch party in Park Slope, thanking supporters at a popular watering hole as results rolled in showing her with a decisive lead in the Democratic primary for District 39. In a statement to…

‘Keep shining your light’: Maimonides honors 1,700 volunteers at annual luncheon

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Jun. 17, 2025 By Meaghan McGoldrick O'Neil More than 300 volunteers, staff and community members gathered last week for Maimonides Medical Center’s Annual Volunteer Recognition Luncheon, a heartfelt celebration honoring those who dedicate their time and energy to supporting the hospital and its patients. Held in the Borough Park hospital’s ballroom, the June 11…

NYC Primaries | Meet the candidates for Brooklyn’s City Council District 38

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Jun. 10, 2025 By Max Levine Murray As New York City’s June primary approaches, the race for City Council District 38 — Red Hook, Sunset Park, Greenwood Heights and portions of Windsor Terrace, Dyker Heights and Borough Park — is shaping up to be a closely watched contest. Incumbent Alexa Avilés, a progressive Democrat…

‘This is just the beginning’: Southern Brooklyn residents rally against shelters, battery storage and ‘City of Yes’

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Jun. 3, 2025 By Robert Pearl About 1,500 demonstrators marched through southern Brooklyn on Sunday to protest a trio of issues: the city’s proposed “City of Yes” zoning changes, the placement of homeless shelters in residential neighborhoods, and the siting of lithium-ion battery storage facilities near homes and schools. The demonstration, dubbed the “Battle…

Democrat Sam Sutton wins special election in right-leaning state Senate District 22

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May. 23, 2025 By Kirstyn Brendlen Democrat Sam Sutton won the special election for state Senate District 22 by a landslide on Tuesday night, picking up two-thirds of the vote in a largely right-leaning district.  Sutton, a Brooklyn native active in local Jewish nonprofits and advocacy groups, earned a whopping 66.85% of votes, according…

Three-alarm fire in Brooklyn shoe store displaces a dozen residents

Over a hundred seventy five firefighters responded to a three alarm fire which heavily damaged a shoe store and apartments above, displacing 12 residents.

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. Firefighters responded to 3901 13th Ave. around 2 a.m., according to the FDNY, and encountered heavy…

As Brooklynites struggle with food insecurity, Met Council distributes kosher food for Passover

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Apr. 3, 2025 By Gabriele Holtermann Ahead of Passover, which begins at sundown on April 12, the Met Council’s Borough Park hub distributed thousands of pounds of groceries to food-insecure community members so they can celebrate the liberation of the Jewish people from Egyptian slavery with dignity. According to the UJA Federation of New…

Former auto body shop site in Borough Park to become seven-story development

A rendering of the planned seven-story mixed-use building at 1547 60th St. in Borough Park.

Feb. 28, 2025 By Lauren Rapp A seven-story mixed-use building at 1547 60th St. in Borough Park is set to break ground in March, featuring a multilevel community facility and a passive recreational terrace. The future 3,401-square-foot facility will skimp on parking, as plans include a cellar-level lot in addition to a second-floor parking…

Pro-Palestine rallygoers push back against rumored protest at Bay Ridge mosque

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Feb. 28, 2025 By Kirstyn Brendlen What may have been a contentious rally in Bay Ridge on Wednesday evening was largely peaceful, as an expected clash between opposing groups of protesters did not materialize.  Hundreds of pro-Palestine protesters gathered outside the Islamic Society of Bay Ridge on Feb. 26 after rumors spread online that…