Jan. 17, 2025 By Lauren Rapp Our Wicked Lady in Bushwick has everything you’d expect from a great independent music venue: the sound system is good, the tickets are cheap, and the space has enough grit to make you feel welcome. “We were doing great shows on the roof, but it was kind of…
Jan. 14, 2025 By Lauren Rapp Educators at Patrick F. Daly P.S. 15 in Red Hook are urging the community to step up and support 20 migrant families whose children have enrolled at the school amid New York City’s ongoing migrant crisis. P.S. 15, a small 3K through fifth grade elementary school on Sullivan…
Jan. 10, 2025 By Lauren Rapp During the pandemic, business was strong enough for arcade owner Esteban Sosa to open a second location in Bay Ridge. After its grand opening, Brooklyn Games & Arcade quickly took off, with gamers flocking to the shop on weeknights and weekends to play retro arcade games and compete…
Nov. 12, 2024 By Adam Daly More than $300,000 has been raised to support former U.S. Rep. Michael Grimm’s recovery after he was recently paralyzed in a horseback riding accident, according to an online fundraiser. Since launching the GoFundMe campaign on Sunday, organizers have received more than 3,000 individual donations to help cover Grimm’s…
Oct. 25, 2024 By Lloyd Mitchell & Meaghan McGoldrick Sleeping with the fishes has become a reality for the popular Bedford-Stuyvesant Aquarium. The tragic ending capped off a summer of excitement for all who found joy in the makeshift goldfish pond near Hancock Street and Tompkins Avenue. Local firefighters and workers with the Department…
Oct. 15, 2024 By Naisha Roy On Sept. 30, Taeli Kim, owner of Sonbul Café, received a phone call from someone claiming to be his electric company. The caller asked about missed payments and threatened to shut off services to his restaurant. Initially skeptical, Kim continued to receive calls over the next five days,…
Oct. 8, 2024 By Anna Bradley-Smith Another beloved Brooklyn business is biting the dust — unless a last-minute bid to stay open is successful. Desert Island Comics announced on Instagram last week that it would be closing its doors come the end of the after its landlord almost doubled the rent. Desert Island Comics…
Oct. 7, 2024 By Naisha Roy Locals have donated more than $40,000 to a Bushwick bar that suffered a devastating fire last month. The fire broke out in the backyard of Bunton’s World Famous on Broadway on the night of Sept. 23, and incinerated the garden, awning and air conditioning units. Although everyone was…
Apr. 12, 2024 By Adam Daly
A 50-year-old Italian restaurant in Bensonhurst is looking to rebuild after a two-alarm fire tore through its kitchen last weekend, shuttering the eatery for the foreseeable future.
Apr. 1, 2024 By Kirstyn Brendlen
They say March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb, but it’s not really clear if the news cycle in Brooklyn follows that trend.