Apr. 16, 2025 By Adam Daly Inside his cell on Rikers Island, Brian Croskey spends hours every day drawing elaborate artwork to free his mind. The 55-year-old from Washington Heights is halfway through an eight-month sentence for a petit larceny conviction inside the Eric M. Taylor Center, where he relies heavily on a 30-year passion…
Apr. 16, 2025 By Gabriele Holterman With President Donald Trump’s extreme political actions escalating, New York City Comptroller and Democratic mayoral candidate Brad Lander addressed the concerns of New Yorkers at a town hall at the First Unitarian Congregational Society in Brooklyn Heights on April 15. Lander applauded the few hundred concerned citizens who…
Apr. 16, 2025 By Kirstyn Brendlen The Brooklyn Conservative Party made an early endorsement for the November general election this week, throwing its support behind Democratic Council Member Susan Zhuang. Zhuang, a conservative Democrat running for re-election in southern Brooklyn’s District 43, has built her re-election campaign on public safety, affordable housing, and other…
Apr. 15, 2025 By Kirstyn Brendlen To tree, or not to tree? That is the question at the center of the third lawsuit targeting the city’s long-planned overhaul of Fort Greene Park. The lush but aging greenspace was chosen as one of eight city parks to be overhauled by the Parks Without Borders program…
Apr. 15, 2025 By Regina Martinez At Medgar Evers College, a middle-aged mother of three stood up from the crowd during the “Daughters of the Legacy” event to pose a question to special guests Reena Evers-Everette, daughter of Medgar and Myrlie Evers, and Dr. Ilyasah Shabazz, daughter of Malcolm X and Betty Shabazz. “How…
Apr. 11, 2025 By Adam Daly Detectives in are searching for the suspect who fatally shot a 38-year-old man early Friday on a Bushwick street. Police said the gunfire erupted at about 1:19 a.m., April 11, near the corner of Pilling Street and Broadway. Responding to a 911 call about the incident, officers from…
Apr. 11, 2025 By Meaghan McGoldrick O'Neil TD Bank opened its doors to the Brighton Beach community last weekend with a festive celebration and ribbon-cutting ceremony outside the bank’s new location at 722 Brighton Beach Avenue. The weekend-long grand opening shindig included performances by local dance groups, face painting, raffles and appearances by neighborhood…
Apr. 10, 2025 By Robert Pearl A packed room of civic leaders, elected officials, and community activists gathered at Bay Ridge Manor on Sunday, April 6, for the Kings County Conservative Party’s Annual Brunch and the prestigious presentation of the Ronald Reagan Americanism Award to honoree Rick Martino, Grand Knight of the Knights of…
Apr. 10, 2025 By Kirstyn Brendlen A Brooklyn man was indicted Wednesday for an East New York hit-and-run that left his passenger dead and another driver injured. Tyree Epps was charged on April 9 with second-degree manslaughter, criminally negligent homicide, second-degree assault, speeding, driving without a license, disobeying stop signs, and leaving the scene…
Apr. 10, 2025 By Gabriele Holtermann The 10th annual Brooklyn Bookstore Crawl returns April 19-26, inviting bookworms on a literary journey through as many as 26 independent bookstores across the borough. Inspired by similar bookstore-led events in cities like Seattle and Washington, D.C., the crawl celebrates Brooklyn’s literary spirit and cultural diversity. Participants can…