May. 14, 2025 By Gabriele Holtermann May is Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, and 13 Brooklyn-based Asian American small businesses received a financial boost to help modernize their digital marketing strategies. On May 11, Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso, alongside Asian Americans for Equality and the Renaissance Economic Development Corporation, announced the…
May. 13, 2025 By Gabriele Holtermann In New York’s group homes, the work is a labor of love, but for many caregivers, the love isn’t enough to make ends meet. The direct support professional (DSP) workforce — essential workers who care for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD) — is facing a labor…
May. 12, 2025 By Gabriele Holtermann NAMING THE LOST Memorials (NTLM), along with City Lore, Great Small Works, Mano A Mano, and The Green-Wood Cemetery, held their fifth COVID-19 public art memorial activation and dedication ceremony on Thursday, May 8, at Green-Wood Cemetery in Greenwood Heights. NTLM — a small team of artists, activists…
May. 9, 2025 By Gabriele Holtermann After serving Sunset Park’s senior residents for 51 years, the United Senior Center of Sunset Park (USC), located at 475 53rd St., is at risk of closing at the end of June due to a proposed rent hike of more than 70%. At a rally on Friday, May…
May. 9, 2025 By Cate Corcoran Average and median home prices hit new highs in Brooklyn in the first quarter, even as inventory jumped, showing continued strong demand. After a period of constrained inventory followed by slight easing, the number of homes on the market rose 9.2% to 2,635 in the quarter compared to…
May. 8, 2025 By Gabriele Holtermann The Old Stone House in Park Slope hosted an opening reception on May 2 for its latest site-specific contemporary art installation, “Things Fall Apart: Meena Hasan at the Old Stone House. ” The installation draws a connection between the Battle of Brooklyn and British colonization in India. The…
May. 7, 2025 By Dean Moses & Robb Pozarycki Brooklyn detectives are looking for the suspect who shot a man at a nail salon on Tuesday night. Police said the shooting occurred inside the business near 795 Crown St. in Crown Heights at about 9:25 p.m. on May 7. Officers from the 71st Precinct, in…
May. 7, 2025 By Regina Martinez Bradley Gifford grew up in a food desert in Fort Greene, where cheap, convenient meals were the norm and healthy options were scarce. As a child, he struggled with high blood pressure and obesity, often starting his mornings with one of his favorite foods — Quaker’s instant peaches-and-cream…
May. 5, 2025 By Gabriele Holtermann No expensive tickets or VIP status were needed to attend the sixth annual People’s Ball at Brooklyn’s iconic Central Library at Grand Army Plaza on May 4. Hailed as the antithesis of the Met Gala — the year’s most exclusive fashion event for the rich, the famous, and…
May. 5, 2025 By Gabriele Holtermann Democratic and independent candidates for New York City mayor attended a town hall on May 1 — the first day of Mental Health Awareness Month — at the First Baptist Church of Crown Heights to discuss how they would improve and reform mental health resources if elected. The…