Sep. 21, 2023 By Isabel Song Beer
New York City’s Department of Sanitation is set to roll out curbside compost pick-up to all households in all five boroughs over the next 15 months, and they’re starting right here in Brooklyn.
Aug. 17, 2023 By Melissa Fishman
Theatre For the New City will be touring the five boroughs later this month to debut their exciting new play “Life on the Third Rail, or A Subway Delay to the Future.”
Aug. 7, 2023 By Isabel Song Beer
City Council Member Lincoln Restler introduced new legislation last week which would ban ice cream trucks from using fossil fuel-powered generators in an effort to reduce air pollution.
Jul. 27, 2023 By Isabel Song Beer
A severe thunderstorm hit southern Brooklyn on Tuesday afternoon, downing trees and damaging property as winds of up to 70 mph swept through the area.
Jul. 20, 2023 By Isabel Song Beer
July is on average New York City’s hottest month of the year, and with climate change steadily heating up the planet, summer months will undoubtedly increase in temperature: the first week of July this year was the hottest week ever recorded, with global temperatures breaking previously-set record highs.
Jun. 26, 2023 By Julie Tighe and Daniel Loud Summer is coming to Brooklyn, bringing warmer weather, hazardous smoke in the air, and some of our first summer storms. Flooding remains a constant risk for our neighborhoods. Extreme weather events like Hurricane Ida and the flooding seen last September are becoming increasingly common due to…
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Apr. 14, 2023 By Adam Daly
The bustling maritime industry in the New York Harbor may soon be getting a little more eco-friendly as Amogy, a Brooklyn-based clean energy start-up, works to create the first-ever ammonia-powered tugboat.
Apr. 12, 2023 By Isabel Song Beer
Earth Day is approaching, and the community non-profit organization Bay Ridge Cares is celebrating by tending to the nabe’s greenspaces with a clean-up event in partnership with the Bay Ridge Environmental Group.
Apr. 3, 2023 By Kirstyn Brendlen
National Grid has axed its plans to build two new liquified natural gas vaporizers at the Greenpoint Energy Center — for now.
Mar. 29, 2023 By Isabel Song Beer
Bay Ridge-based art gallery Stand4 will be hosting a new public art program that celebrates the neighborhood and emphasizes the impacts of climate change on the community.