Mar. 8, 2024 By Stephanie Waddle
Remember the “revenge travel “ trend? After being pent up for two years during COVID, people were traveling everywhere and anywhere — at all times. That trend has dissipated, but in its wake there are new trends.
Mar. 8, 2024 By Anna Bradley-Smith
A new artist has been selected by the city to create the public art portion of Downtown Brooklyn’s long-in-the-works Abolitionist Place park. Incorporated in the new plans is a monument to abolitionist “conductors” who helped people escape slavery through the Underground Railroad.
Mar. 8, 2024 By Meaghan McGoldrick O'Neil
In celebration of International Women’s Day, the Brooklyn Museum on Friday unveiled two groundbreaking feminist photography exhibitions that challenge conventional notions of gender, nationality and photography itself.
Mar. 8, 2024 By Kirstyn Brendlen
On a rainy March afternoon, the tenants of 135 Kent Ave. in Williamsburg set up a tarp and a table outside their small apartment building. With baked goods and fresh chai, they were thanking their neighbors for their support and celebrating a victory.
Mar. 7, 2024 By Anna Bradley-Smith
Spaced elbow to elbow in Hoyt Street’s City Life Church Monday night, Gowanus locals aired their concerns at a community meeting on a migrant shelter for 400 men slated to open in a former factory building on 3rd Street.
Mar. 7, 2024 By Isabel Song Beer
With spring just around the corner, Brooklyn is gearing up for a spectacular display of cherry blossoms, including the borough’s historic Green-Wood Cemetery.
Mar. 7, 2024 By Adam Daly
A Red Hook man was sentenced to 40 years to life in prison on Wednesday for the June 2020 shooting of 27-year-old Elvin Fernandez who was awaiting the birth of his first child.
Mar. 6, 2024 By Gabriele Holtermann
The Brooklyn Org announced the five 2024 winners of their no-strings-attached Spark Prize grant at the annual Spark Breakfast at the Brooklyn Museum on March 5.
Mar. 6, 2024 By Isabel Song Beer When one thinks of social media virality, perhaps videos of an artist creating vintage-inspired silk lampshades aren’t the first thing to come to mind, but with a combined 1.36 million followers on Instagram and TikTok, 29-year-old Ivy Karlsgodt has created an expansive online audience by filming the…
Mar. 6, 2024 By Anna Bradley-Smith
Hanson Place Central United Methodist Church, on the corner of Fort Greene’s St. Felix Street and Hanson Place, is in contract to be sold to developer Watermark Capital Group for $15 million, court records show.