Jan. 14, 2025 By Kirstyn Brendlen A two-alarm fire tore through a Bath Beach residence on Sunday evening, leaving the building severely damaged and uninhabitable. The blaze started on the porch of the three-unit, two-story home on Cropsey Avenue around 4 p.m., per the FDNY. Flames engulfed the front of the home, requiring a…
Dec. 23, 2024 By Kirstyn Brendlen & Lloyd Mitchell Two separate residential fires left 24 people displaced in East Flatbush over the weekend. On Friday, Dec. 20, shortly before 8 p.m., a two-alarm fire broke out at a single-family home on the 800 block of New York Avenue, near Linden Boulevard. When firefighters arrived…
Dec. 12, 2024 By Adam Daly The New York City Department of Buildings (DOB) ramped up enforcement actions in Brooklyn during October, issuing almost $1 million in penalties and three stop-work orders related to construction violations at sites across the borough. The DOB released its enforcement bulletin for October on Dec. 9, highlighting significant…
Nov. 18, 2024 By Lloyd Mitchell Residents at one Brooklyn apartment building are fired up and fed up, saying they have endured years of neglect and denial of basic necessities from their landlord. Tenants at 22 Hawthorne St. in Prospect Lefferts Gardens spoke out on Sunday against what they called a pattern of neglect…
Oct. 4, 2024 By Adam Daly A Crown Heights apartment building was evacuated on Monday after residents discovered a massive hole in the facade being held up by a single wooden beam. The Department of Buildings (DOB) responded to multiple complaints and issued an immediate vacate order for the property at 40 Hampton Place,…
Aug. 26, 2024 By Ben Brachfeld The Coney Island Cyclone remains closed indefinitely after the iconic rollercoaster malfunctioned and riders had to be evacuated. The near-century-old wooden coaster’s train got stuck on the rails mid-ride on Thursday. Staff from Luna Park, which operates the historic coaster, escorted passengers off the steep, rickety tracks and…
Aug. 19, 2024 By Kirstyn Brendlen Saint Vitus Bar, a heavy metal music venue in Greenpoint, has closed permanently — at least in its original physical location. The bar’s three co-owners posted what seemed to be a farewell on Instagram on Saturday, writing “1120 Manhattan Ave. 2011-2024. Saint Vitus Bar to be continued…” along…
Aug. 1, 2024 By Kirstyn Brendlen & Lloyd Mitchell
A crane partially collapsed in Borough Park and smashed through the roof of an apartment building on Thursday afternoon.
Jul. 17, 2024 By Kirstyn Brendlen
Council Member Susan Zhuang and a number of other southern Brooklyn residents were arrested early on Wednesday morning during an impromptu protest at the future site of a homeless shelter in Gravesend.
Jul. 9, 2024 By Kirstyn Brendlen
For five years, Dumbo residents have been waited for the new L&B Spumoni Gardens on Old Fulton Street to open. For five years, the restaurant has remained dark.