Mar. 14, 2025 By Athena Dawson Queens Borough President Donovan Richards Jr. joined local Jewish leaders to celebrate the holiday of Purim with a unique food crawl. In partnership with Mark Treyger, CEO of the Jewish Community Relations Council of New York (JCRC-NY), Richards led a hamantaschen crawl through Queens to commemorate the holiday…
Oct. 23, 2024 By Anna Bradley-Smith Ayat, the popular Palestinian restaurant, is set to expand to Knickerbocker Avenue in Bushwick with a new location, while also launching a nonprofit café next door on Starr Street that aims to support humanitarian causes both locally and globally. Last week, Brooklyn Paper’s sister site Brownstoner observed signage…
Nov. 24, 2023 By Isabel Song Beer
For those who celebrate Thanksgiving, one of the most exciting aspects about the holiday — aside from the delicious meals and spending time with loved ones — is getting out on the weekend to enjoy the outdoors and more importantly, go shopping.
Oct. 4, 2023 By Melissa Fishman
Small businesses in Brooklyn are struggling to recover from the floodwaters that inundated New York late last week, which posed long-term problems with few solutions in sight.
Sep. 27, 2023 By Jada Camille The Third Avenue Festival, the fan-favorite street celebration in Bay Ridge, will celebrate 50 years in the neighborhood on Oct. 1. with its traditional massive 25-block bash full of music, games, and vendors. The yearly event hosted by Merchants of Third Avenue, a civic organization dedicated to boosting…
Aug. 2, 2023 By Ximena Del Cerro
What time is the reservation? The twice-annual New York Restaurant Week — which has now evolved into a whole month of dining deals, is on. Adding to the offers, American Express and Resy, the online restaurant reservation service, are teaming up to pick up the check for New York diners through August.
Feb. 28, 2023 By Ximena Del Cerro
Black History is currently being written in Brooklyn as Black-owned businesses thrive.