Jan. 17, 2024 By Corazon Aguirre
Lori Cintron Knipel was honored for her more than three decades as District Leader in Assembly District 44 at the Brooklyn Independent Democrat’s annual Elegant Holiday Party on Jan. 11.
Jan. 17, 2024 By Kirstyn Brendlen
After a long career on the bench in, recently-retired former Brooklyn Supreme Court Justice Donald S. Kurtz has joined National Arbitration and Mediation as a neutral.
Jan. 17, 2024 By Jada Camille
A Brooklyn man was arraigned and charged with attempted murder and other charges for an alleged stabbing spree that left three men injured in November.
Jan. 17, 2024 By Cate Corcoran The last bits of remaining storefronts in a row of five on a prime stretch of Bedford Avenue were demolished in the last month or two, and a rendering has gone up on the fence. Three renderings on a retail rental listing for the development at 184-192 Bedford Ave. show a low-slung brick building with arches and big windows. The large lot is now vacant with some equipment and supplies sitting on rocky soil behind the green construction fence. The lot abuts Dunkin’ Donuts at Williamsburg’s most-trafficked corner, the intersection of Bedford Ave. and…
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Jan. 17, 2024 By Adam Daly
Police are looking for the man who stabbed a 31-year-old straphanger in Bed-Stuy on Christmas Day.
Jan. 16, 2024 By Kirstyn Brendlen
An Ocean Hill man was hospitalized after he was shot inside an Eastern Parkway apartment building on Tuesday morning, according to the NYPD.
Jan. 16, 2024 By Barbara Russo
A Brooklyn public school is under fire after one of its teachers displayed a map showing Middle East geography that left out Israel, angering parents and other New Yorkers across the city, according to reports.
Jan. 16, 2024 By Isabel Song Beer
The Brooklyn Academy of Music hosted its annual tribute to legendary civil rights activist Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Monday, on what would have been his 95th birthday.
Jan. 16, 2024 By Anna Bradley-Smith If you’ve ever dreamt of placing a bet to claim a Federal wood frame in Brooklyn Heights or an Italianate brownstone in Carroll Gardens, now is your chance. Dumbo-based architecture firm The Brooklyn Studio (formerly CWB Architects) has released a deck of cards featuring iconic row houses from across the city as a way to raise funds for the Historic Districts Council. The set’s 15 watercolor illustrations of the iconic houses from across Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, and the Bronx were done by Brooklyn artist Diane Hu, and include ten Brooklyn properties. The Jack of Spades boasts a neo-Tudor…
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Jan. 16, 2024 By Kirstyn Brendlen Over the past few decades, Williamsburg has become one of New York City’s most desirable — and most expensive — neighborhoods. Filled with new apartment buildings, trendy restaurants and businesses, and young professionals as well as longtime residents and families, the nabe is well-known even outside of the city….
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