Apr. 22, 2025 By Kirstyn Brendlen After half a century on the water, Bargemusic has come ashore. On April 5, the org christened its terrestrial new home, the Brooklyn Bridge Park Boathouse, with some classical music — arrangements by Felix Mendelssohn and Beethoven, played by Bargemusic artistic director and violinist Mark Peskanov, cellist Edward…
Apr. 21, 2025 By Meaghan McGoldrick O'Neil Have you ever wondered what food and streetwear have in common? The team behind the Family Style Food Festival says it’s more than you might think. The all-day food fest touches down in New York City for the first time on Saturday, May 17, taking over Brooklyn’s…
Apr. 21, 2025 By Dean Moses Detectives are looking for the suspects who shot and wounded a group of men in East Flatbush on Saturday night. According to police sources, the bullets flew at the corner of Avenue D and Utica Avenue at about 10:19 p.m. on April 19. Officers from the 67th Precinct, in responding…
Apr. 20, 2025 By Kirstyn Brendlen It was all good in Flatbush last week, when All Good Dispensary opened its doors on Avenue H — just in time for 4/20. Owners Sean Robinson and Shannon Riley said they’re focused on wellness and safe, high-quality products. The store’s selection was carefully-curated, they said, and everything…
Apr. 18, 2025 By Kirstyn Brendlen & Lloyd Mitchell A two-alarm fire at a Flatbush apartment building displaced on Thursday morning displaced at least 12 people, just over three years after a blaze in the same building left dozens of residents effectively homeless. The fire broke out in a bedroom on the third floor…
Apr. 18, 2025 By Miles Bolton Carson Benge isn’t changing his approach at the plate, despite playing in one of Minor League Baseball’s toughest early-season hitting environments. The New York Mets’ number three prospect and Brooklyn Cyclones outfielder is in his first season with the Cyclones, the Mets’ high A affiliate of the South…
Apr. 18, 2025 By Gabriele Holtermann Four years after the shooting death of 17-year-old Devonte Lewis, three men have been sentenced to prison, Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez announced Thursday. Brooklyn Supreme Court Justice Matthew Blum sentenced Malachi Simms, 19, to 14 years to life in prison, and Frantzy Alexandre, 20, to 10 years…
Apr. 17, 2025 By Barbara Russo-Lennon The Brooklyn driver accused of killing a mother and her two children in Gravesend last month when she hit them with her car has been indicted for manslaughter, prosecutors announced Wednesday. Miriam Yarimi, 32, was arraigned in Brooklyn Supreme Court on April 16 on charges stemming from the…
Apr. 17, 2025 By Kirstyn Brendlen The bottom of the Gowanus Canal is not, strictly speaking, a hospitable environment. It’s covered in a thick layer of contaminated sediment, the product of more than 150 years of industrial pollution and combined sewer overflow. The toxic sludge, nicknamed “black mayonnaise, is packed with coal tar, heavy…
Apr. 17, 2025 By Meaghan McGoldrick O'Neil Bar Chuzo, Bay Ridge’s newest restaurant, is the best of both worlds. The Latin bistro from Brooklyn restaurateurs Ronny Jaramillo and Dana Morrissey officially opened its doors on April 14, celebrating both Jaramillo’s Ecuadorian heritage and the husband-and-wife duo’s background in hospitality. The ribbon-cutting ceremony marked the…