Dec. 11, 2023 By Adam Daly
Detectives are investigating the vandalism of two public menorahs in Sunset Park as hate crimes, according to the NYPD.
Two Sunset Park menorahs vandalized in possible anti-Jewish hate crime: NYPD
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Owner of Fort Greene’s Margot to take over Happy Days Diner space on Montague Street
Dec. 11, 2023 By Anna Bradley-Smith
The Brooklyn Heights space that housed Happy Days Diner for decades looks set to get a new lease on life, with the owner behind Fort Greene’s Margot applying for a liquor license for the venue.
Brooklyn saw high voter turnout in uncontested Council races. Why?
Dec. 11, 2023 By Augostina Mallous
Every single New York City Council Member was up for reelection in November — but only a few races attracted more than a few candidates, and many in Brooklyn were uncontested, with just the incumbent on the ballot.
PHOTOS: Brooklynites celebrate first night of Hanukkah and ‘light over darkness’ by lighting boro’s largest menorah
Dec. 8, 2023 By Melissa Fishman & Kirstyn Brendlen
More than 1,000 people gathered in Grand Army Plaza on Thursday night to celebrate the first night of Hanukkah by lighting the borough’s largest menorah.
‘Now I’m being met with flowers’: Leon Thomas III, Grammy award-winning producer and childhood actor, plays first hometown show in Williamsburg
Dec. 8, 2023 By Jada Camille Gen-Z’s childhood television crush and the penman behind popular modern R&B hits is moving out from behind the scenes and taking his rightful place at center stage. Leon Thomas III, a musical multi-hyphenate, serenaded a crowd of R&B lovers during his first Brooklyn show on Nov. 29 at Baby’s All Right, just a few neighborhoods over from where he grew up. The self-proclaimed lover-boy who started his career acting on Broadway and playing the goofy, musically-inclined Andre Harris on Nickelodeon’s Victorious, now spends his days writing romantic tunes drawn from real-life highs and lows….
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JCCA opens new youth mental health and preventive care facility in Downtown Brooklyn
Dec. 7, 2023 By Isabel Song Beer
The JCCA has opened a new state-of-the-art clinical location in Downtown Brooklyn to help clients and their families with behavioral, foster care and educational services.
Brooklyn Power List honors Brooklyn’s movers and shakers
Dec. 7, 2023 By Gabriele Holtermann
Brooklyn’s unsung heroes from the nonprofit and business world were honored at Schneps Media’s Brooklyn Power List event at El Caribe Country Club Caterers in Mill Basin on Dec. 5, 2023, for their commitment and work in the Brooklyn community.
Immigration advocacy group to provide resource fair, winter giveaway in Sunset Park
Dec. 7, 2023 By Jada Camille
The New York Immigration Coalition is hosting a holiday-themed resource fair in Sunset Park for immigrants and low-income families in need on Dec. 7.
Driver arrested, charged in 2021 crash that killed Park Slope nanny
Dec. 7, 2023 By Augostina Mallous
The driver who allegedly struck and killed a heroic Park Slope nanny nearly two years ago has been arrested and charged, the NYPD announced on Thursday.
Two artists explore Brooklyn’s Bar in ‘Seeing Double’ at Sweet Lorraine
Dec. 7, 2023 By Isabel Song Beer
An upcoming art exhibition in Red Hook will show illustrations of some of Brooklyn’s most popular watering holes through the perspectives of two different artists — Bill Roundy, a former Brooklyn Paper comic — and John Tebeau, illustrator of the book “Bars, Taverns and Dives New Yorkers Love.”