Feb. 26, 2025 By Adam Daly A 19-year-old man from Westchester County faces up to 25 years in prison for allegedly shoving a man onto the subway tracks at the Atlantic Avenue-Barclays Center station in December, Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez announced Tuesday. Andrew Pashinin, of Harrison, New York, was arraigned Feb. 25 before…
Feb. 25, 2025 By Kirstyn Brendlen Police pulled a body from the East River in Dumbo on Tuesday. A passerby saw a man’s body in the water near the Dumbo ferry terminal on Old Fulton Street around 6:45 a.m. on Feb. 25 and called 911, according to authorities. The NYPD’s Harbor Unit responded to…
Feb. 25, 2025 By Lauren Rapp The 121-year-old Carroll Gardens institution Ferdinando’s Focacceria abruptly closed last weekend, bringing an end to the oldest Sicilian restaurant in New York City and one of the oldest Italian restaurants in the state. The eatery announced on Instagram on Sunday that the family had made the decision to “permanently…
Feb. 25, 2025 By Regina Martinez Council Member Chi Ossé channels Carrie Bradshaw of “Sex and The City” in a recent Instagram video, lounging on his couch and thinking aloud. “Back at my place in Brooklyn, it was Valentine’s Day, and my new boyfriend was late,” he says. “Did he not care? Or was…
Feb. 24, 2025 By Kirstyn Brendlen Patsy Grimaldi, founder of the beloved Brooklyn pizzerias Grimaldi’s and Juliana’s, died this month at the age of 93, after decades at the forefront of New York City’s pizza scene. Though Grimaldi rose to fame in Brooklyn, he was born in the Bronx and learned the picks of…
Feb. 24, 2025 By Kirstyn Brendlen About 1,000 union nurses at NYU Langone Hospital-Brooklyn are prepared to go on strike on March 1 unless a deal can be struck before their contract expires at midnight on Feb. 28. The Federation of Nurses/UFT, which represents the nurses, issued a ten-day strike notice last week in…
Feb. 20, 2025 By Adam Daly A Bed-Stuy man who pleaded guilty to fatally stabbing social justice advocate Ryan Carson in an unprovoked 2023 attack was sentenced Wednesday to 20 years to life in prison. Brian Dowling, who was 18 at the time of the killing, accepted a plea deal during a Jan. 22…
Feb. 20, 2025 By Adam Daly Coney Island is set to undergo a sweeping transformation under new city plans to bring 1,500 mixed-income homes to the People’s Playground, alongside substantial investments in the iconic Riegelmann Boardwalk, utilities, and other community amenities. The Abe Stark Sports Center will also undergo a $42 million renovation, including…
Feb. 19, 2025 By Adam Daly New York Cares distributed over 500 warm winter coats to Sunset Park residents in need on Sunday, Feb. 16, as part of its 36th Annual Coat Drive. The event, held in partnership with the Chinese-American Planning Council, took place during a Lunar New Year celebration at Our Lady…
Feb. 19, 2025 By Kirstyn Brendlen & Lloyd Mitchell A three-alarm fire consumed a Bushwick church on Wednesday morning. The fire started at the more than century-old Iglesia Pentecostal Arca Cristiana at 1155 Halsey Street at around 10:30 a.m., and firefighters moved in “aggressively,” said FDNY Chief of Operations Kevin Woods. But with the…