Jul. 11, 2025 By Gabriele Holtermann Green-Wood Cemetery’s 10th annual extravaganza, “A Night at Niblo’s Garden,” transformed one of the cemetery’s most picturesque spots, the shores of Crescent Water, into an immersive theatrical experience on July 10. The sold-out, 19th-century Victorian-themed spectacular drew about 700 guests celebrating the legacy of William Niblo, the eccentric…
Jul. 11, 2025 By Gabriele Holtermann With electricity demands surging due to emerging technologies like artificial intelligence and electric vehicles, and climate-driven heat waves intensifying, battery energy storage systems — or BESS — are becoming increasingly essential to building a more resilient energy infrastructure. MicroGrid Networks (MGN), a leader in New York City’s clean…
Jul. 11, 2025 By Jenny Seo Twelve up-and-coming New York City artists stepped into the spotlight with the debut of “Open Call: Portals,” a free visual art exhibition at The Shed in Hudson Yards. Held each summer, The Shed’s Open Call program alternates annually between live performances and visual arts, offering early-career artists a…
Jul. 10, 2025 By Kirstyn Brendlen A captain in the infamous Lucchese crime family was sentenced to nearly two years in prison for running a lucrative and illegal online gambling business. Anthony Villani, 61, will spend 21 months behind bars, a judge ordered in Brooklyn federal court on Wednesday. The alleged mobster pleaded guilty…
Jul. 10, 2025 By Olivia Seaman Southwest Brooklyn residents are encouraged to roll up their sleeves as Assembly Member William Colton (D-47) and City Council Member Susan Zhuang (D-43) launch their annual neighborhood summer cleanup series. The first event is scheduled for Saturday, July 12, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Volunteers are asked…
Jul. 10, 2025 By Anna Bradley-Smith Home prices in Brooklyn have reached a new high yet again, but only slightly above where prices were sitting at the same time last year, second quarter reports show. Median home prices climbed 0.5% to $995,000 in the quarter compared to the same period a year earlier when…
Jul. 10, 2025 By Kirstyn Brendlen Violent crime in Brooklyn was down more than 7% year-over-year in June, according to the latest NYPD statistics, as New York City marked a record-low number of shootings and a continued decline in overall crime. From June 2-28, crime across Kings County was down in five of seven…
Jul. 9, 2025 By Kirstyn Brendlen Mayor Eric Adams will be allowed to remove part of the Bedford Avenue protected bike lane, a Brooklyn judge ruled on Wednesday. In her July 9 decision, Judge Carolyn Walker-Diallo said the administration’s reasons behind removing the lane were “rational,” and that since it will be replaced with…
Jul. 9, 2025 By Shane O’Brien When 80-year-old Carole Bellitti and her 50-year-old son John received word in March confirming they had been pre-approved for the CityFHEPS housing voucher program for low-income households, they thought their prayers had been answered. Carole and John, who were evicted from their southeast Brooklyn home in March after falling…
Jul. 9, 2025 By Anna Bradley-Smith An affordable housing lottery has launched for a recently completed nine-story development in Fort Greene dubbed The Elliot, with units starting at $2,004 a month for a studio. Rising at 151 South Elliott Place, on the site of a former parking lot, the development comprises a total of…