Jun. 9, 2025 By Gabriele Holtermann Robot technology lent a helping hand in the construction of The Brook, a 52-story, 600-foot mixed-use residential skyscraper rising at the corner of Fulton Street and Flatbush Avenue in the heart of Downtown Brooklyn. The development’s general contractor, Suffolk, deployed a four-legged tool — Spot the robot dog…
Jun. 9, 2025 By Gabriele Holtermann On June 4, Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso hosted a one-on-one informational session with the New York City Economic Development Corporation at Borough Hall, addressing community concerns about the Brooklyn Marine Terminal — a 122-acre project along the borough’s waterfront, stretching from Pier 7 at Atlantic Avenue to…
Jun. 6, 2025 By Adam Daly After more than two years under scaffolding, the more than 130-year-old Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Memorial Arch at Grand Army Plaza emerged from its extensive restoration on Thursday. The $8.9 million project, led by the Prospect Park Alliance and backed by mayoral funding, also included improvements to the area surrounding…
Jun. 6, 2025 By Kirstyn Brendlen This summer, Brooklynites can step into a lush, fantastical world without leaving the borough as the Brooklyn Public Library welcomes “Tove Jansson and the Moomins: The Door is Always Open,” the first-ever U.S. exhibit dedicated to the author and her treasured characters. Jansson, a beloved Finnish writer and…
Jun. 6, 2025 By Olivia Seaman When Dessa Carroll became a mother in 2024, she started attending storytimes and “mommy and me” workshops around Flatbush. But as she made her way through Brooklyn’s family-friendly spaces, she couldn’t help but notice a troubling pattern: a lack of diversity. “The only focus on Black or BIPOC…
Jun. 5, 2025 By Olivia Seaman For more than five decades, the Historic Mt. Zion Church of God 7th Day has been a vital fixture in the East Flatbush community, providing food, clothing and spiritual support to seniors, unhoused individuals and struggling families. Now, the congregation is grappling with an unexpected blow: the theft…
Jun. 5, 2025 By Lloyd Mitchell Firefighters spent three hours working to contain a three-alarm fire that caused a building to collapse and left two others badly damaged at 920, 922 and 924 Lafayette Ave. in Bedford-Stuyvesant on Wednesday afternoon, officials said. The Fire Department began receiving multiple calls for the fire just after…
Jun. 5, 2025 By Kirstyn Brendlen In 1988, the year the Bedford-Stuyvesant Volunteer Ambulance Corps was founded, locals were regularly forced to wait for half an hour for an ambulance to arrive during a medical emergency. “Brooklyn in the 80s, it was the middle of the AIDS epidemic, the crack epidemic, and Bed-Stuy residents…
Jun. 5, 2025 By Kirstyn Brendlen & Lloyd Mitchell A 43-year-old construction worker died from injuries he sustained in a partial roof collapse in Marine Park on Thursday. Workers were conducting repairs and installing a new refrigeration unit inside a rear addition to a closed steakhouse at 3223 Quentin Road just before 9 a.m.…
Jun. 5, 2025 By Meaghan McGoldrick O'Neil A 15-year-old boy has gone missing after leaving his home on Williams Avenue in Canarsie, and his loved ones are pleading with the community for help in bringing him home. Oladimeji Odeyemi, a student at one of Explore Schools’ Brooklyn campuses, was last seen leaving his home…