Jan. 4, 2024 By Isabel Song Beer
A Williamsburg man is due to be arraigned Thursday afternoon following his arrest in connection with an alleged sexual assault that occurred in Monsey, New York sometime between April and June of 2023.
Jan. 4, 2024 By Kirstyn Brendlen
It’s not just a boulder!
Jan. 4, 2024 By Brooklyn Paper
New year, same great local coverage by Brooklyn Paper. On the heels of a year full of buses, businesses, bagels and more, we’ve compiled a list of 10 big stories you can look for in the pages of our papers in 2024.
Jan. 4, 2024 By Anna Bradley-Smith & Cate Corcoran A nine-story apartment building with a curved and rippled facade like an Art Deco ocean liner is rising at the epicenter of one of the oldest settlements in Brooklyn. Benefiting from a rezoning and replacing the gas station that long held the corner of Bushwick and Metropolitan in East Williamsburg, the development will have 136 rentals, some of which will be affordable housing. The structure had reached six stories and dozens of workers were on site at 828 Metropolitan Avenue when Brooklyn Paper’s sister publication Brownstoner passed by last week. The…
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Jan. 3, 2024 By Brooklyn Paper
A lifelong public servant, community activist, political strategist and a dedicated mentor throughout his decades-long career at Medgar Evers College, Dr. John Louis Flateau has passed away, his family announced.
Jan. 3, 2024 By Ximena Del Cerro As a teenager in the early 2000s, Stephen Fontana grew up saving some of his lunch money to be able to buy board games and play cards at Gamers Illusions, a small two-table storefront in his neighborhood of Dyker Heights. Even though the gaming hub was always full…
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Jan. 3, 2024 By Anna Bradley-Smith
An affordable housing lottery has launched for 87 apartments in a new development on Fort Greene’s South Portland Avenue. The site formerly belonged to an orphanage and is now among a row of church-owned properties.
Jan. 2, 2024 By Adam Daly
Crews are working to fill a massive sinkhole opened that opened in Bay Ridge on Tuesday due to a break in the sewer line, temporarily leaving some 50 homes without running water, according to the Department of Environmental Protection.
Jan. 2, 2024 By Adam Daly
The Coney Island Polar Bear Club New Year’s Day Plunge broke all previous records for attendance and fundraising on Jan. 1 after 6,000 brave New Yorkers stormed the beaches, raising $136,000 to support local non-profit organizations.
Jan. 2, 2024 By Lloyd Mitchell & Kirstyn Brendlen
Two people were rescued from a Cypress Hills house fire on Dec. 31.