Oct. 16, 2023 By Isabel Song Beer
Elected officials and community leaders broke ground on a new state-of-the-art recreation center at the Nostrand Playground in East Flatbush on Monday.
Oct. 5, 2023 By Augostina Mallous Mayor Eric Adams, alongside the presidents of New York City’s three public library systems — Brooklyn Public Library, New York Public Library, and Queens Public Library — joined forces with local librarians and teens at Brooklyn’s Central Library at Grand Army Plaza on Wednesday to mark an influential week…
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Oct. 5, 2023 By Isabel Song Beer
New York City Council Member Lincoln Restler has introduced a new legislative package aimed to improve air quality for New Yorkers and notify them during air quality-related emergencies.
Sep. 22, 2023 By Adam Daly
A school bus driver struck and killed a bike rider Thursday afternoon in Borough Park.
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.
Sep. 5, 2023 By Adam Daly
The city’s Office of Emergency Management is exploring partnering up with nonprofits to facilitate the collection and distribution of donations from the public outside migrant shelters as it continues to grapple with the growing migrant crisis.
Aug. 24, 2023 By Jada Camille
Alfadila Community Services, a community non-profit based in Coney Island called on city pols to have the chairperson of Community Board 13, Lucy Mujica Diaz, removed from her position after she allegedly made anti-Muslim remarks on a public social media post opposing the proposed Coney Island casino.
Aug. 23, 2023 By Isabel Song Beer & Lloyd Mitchell
Hundreds of Brooklynites joined Guardian Angels founder, radio host, and former Republican mayoral candidate Curtis Sliwa to protest against the placement of migrants at Floyd Bennett Field on Tuesday.
Aug. 18, 2023 By Ximena Del Cerro
Local anti-violence organizations, religious leaders, and community members gathered at the Major Owens Health and Community Wellness Center in Crown Heights on Thursday to speak against gun violence after a 17-year-old boy was shot at the facility on Aug. 15.
Aug. 17, 2023 By Adam Daly
The Department of Transportation unveiled a compromised version of its planned redesign of McGuinness Boulevard Wednesday to the relief of many Greenpoint locals who have been fighting for safety improvements to the deadly highway-like road for over two years.