May. 21, 2025 By Miriam Norwitz The Williamsburg classic JR & Son bar and restaurant re-opened its doors at 575 Lorimer St. this month with a new look and a whole new menu. Once an Italian social club and more recently a bar, JR & Son closed in 2020 and has been reimagined by…
May. 21, 2025 Regina Martinez Last weekend, Leanna Scaglione was among the nearly 30,000 people who celebrated as they crossed the finish line of the RBC Brooklyn Half Marathon in Coney Island. The race itself is a cause for celebration: after months of training, she and the other runners had just finished running 13.1…
May. 20, 2025 By Arthur de Gaeta NYC Health + Hospitals/South Brooklyn Health is marking a milestone this month: the one-year anniversary of “26 Minutes with Dr. Warren Seigel,” a local health talk show that has quickly become a staple of community-based medical storytelling and education. Since launching last year, the show has recorded…
May. 20, 2025 By Miriam Norwitz As the sun sets on New York City’s annual design celebration, Dumbo will take center stage. On Wednesday, May 21 — the final day of the 13th annual NYCxDESIGN Festival — the waterfront neighborhood will be officially recognized as a New York City Design District, joining a growing…
May. 20, 2025 By Kirstyn Brendlen Summer has arrived in New York City — unofficially, at least — and Brooklyn’s beaches will open for swimming on Saturday, May 24. Lifeguards will take their stands at Coney Island beach, Brighton Beach, and Manhattan Beach at 10 a.m. that day, and the beaches will be open…
May. 20, 2025 By Gabriele Holtermann Brooklyn’s original all-trans stand-up comedy show, T4T — short for “trans-for-trans” — is celebrating its third anniversary with a transgender comedy spectacular at the Bell House on Monday, June 16. The event highlights the comedic talents of more than 100 trans comics who have performed since T4T launched…
May. 20, 2025 By Gabriele Holtermann Norwegian tradition and culture were on full display May 18 as the Bay Ridge community celebrated the 71st annual Norwegian Day Parade, commemorating the signing of Norway’s constitution on May 17, 1814. The pageantry of Nordic pride kicked off at 1:30 p.m. at the corner of 85th Street…
May. 20, 2025 By Regina Martinez When nearly 30,000 runners lined up in their corrals for the RBC Brooklyn Half Marathon on Saturday, they were among New York Road Runners royalty. Larry Sillen, 80, first met members of New York Road Runners at a running camp in 1983. He mentioned his new hobby —…
May. 20, 2025 By Barbara Russo-Lennon Federal officials were in Manhattan on Monday to investigate the Brooklyn Bridge ship crash involving a Mexican Navy ship on Saturday, a collision that left two crew members dead. Investigators from the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said the training ship, called Cuauhtémoc, was supposed to go south…
May. 19, 2025 By Lloyd Mitchell & Robert Pozarycki Another double shooting rocked Brooklyn on Sunday night as two people, including a teenager, were shot in a Cypress Hills park. The outburst of gun violence was the borough’s third shooting involving two victims during the weekend. Officers from the 75th Precinct rushed to Highland…