Mar. 28, 2024 By Anna Bradley-Smith Just shy of 100 years since the grand French Baroque Brooklyn Paramount theater first opened its doors as a music and movie hall in Fort Greene, it is ready for its second act. The theater reopened this week following a five-year restoration and conversion project back to its original…
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Mar. 18, 2024 By Gabriele Holtermann
March 15 was National Egg Cream Day, and to mark the occasion, the Brooklyn Seltzer Museum in Cypress Hills hosted its first-ever National Egg Cream Invitational — a competition featuring the best in soda fountains from New York City to Philadelphia.
Mar. 12, 2024 By Jada Camille
Developers for the proposed Coney Island casino on Monday unveiled plans to include a rooftop green space as a part of their design.
Mar. 11, 2024 By Adam Daly
A Brooklyn Heights smoke shop was robbed of over $600 worth of cannabis products by two men late last month.
Mar. 6, 2024 By Gabriele Holtermann
The Brooklyn Org announced the five 2024 winners of their no-strings-attached Spark Prize grant at the annual Spark Breakfast at the Brooklyn Museum on March 5.
Mar. 6, 2024 By Adam Daly
State Sen. Iwen Chu is calling on Mayor Eric Adams to immediately address the decline in quality of public school lunches due to budget cuts, amid concerns that students are going hungry and the impact a poor diet has on their learning abilities.
Feb. 20, 2024 By Meaghan McGoldrick O'Neil
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority on Tuesday announced its plans to convert all 150,000 fluorescent light fixtures across the subway system to LED lighting by mid-2026.
Feb. 6, 2024 By Ben Brachfeld
The Biden administration has rejected the city’s applications for $800 million in infrastructure grants to redesign and reconstruct the crumbling triple cantilever section of the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, Brooklyn Paper’s sister publication amNewYork Metro first reported.
Feb. 2, 2024 By Lloyd Mitchell & Emily Davenport
A construction worker was reportedly killed following a building collapse in Borough Park on Friday afternoon.
Jan. 29, 2024 By Melissa Fishman
Ahead of its historic 46th year, the multi-disciplinary arts and media institution BRIC has appointed Saidah Blount as the Executive Director of its flagship program, BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn!