Mar. 23, 2023 By Anna Bradley-Smith
On August 12, 2022, Mercedes Toribio woke up early to feed her elderly mother and was hit by the smell of smoke in her Bushwick apartment. She immediately got her mother out of bed and onto the street and called 911. She then frantically alerted her neighbors to get them out of the building, she said.
Mar. 23, 2023 By Jada Camille
Local elected officials and business leaders gathered on Atlantic Avenue on Wednesday to celebrate the illumination of the thoroughfare’s first-ever Ramadan holiday lights display.
Mar. 22, 2023 By Isabel Song Beer
Beloved pie shop Miss American Pie has customers fighting to keep the business open as it fights pandemic-induced financial issues.
Mar. 22, 2023 By Adam Daly
Seek out the right mentors, be open minded and to take some risks — these are just some of the wise words of advice from female healthcare leaders who have risen to new heights at Maimonides Medical Center, the largest hospital in Brooklyn.
Mar. 22, 2023 By Kirstyn Brendlen
A former leader of a far-right extremist group has been arrested on federal charges in California after allegedly making violet threats against a Brooklyn-based journalist.
Mar. 21, 2023 By Isabel Song Beer
The Museum of Failure, an exhibit displaying the globe’s most notable failed projects and innovations, opened to the public at Industry City on March 17.
Mar. 21, 2023 By Megan McGibney
In an effort to deal with overcrowding in nearby schools, Bay Ridge is finally getting its first high school in nearly 100 years.
Mar. 21, 2023 By Adam Daly
A family who were unlawfully evicted from their Sunset Park apartment nine years ago are to receive $275,000 after a settlement was reached with their former landlord during a trial in January.
Mar. 20, 2023 By Kirstyn Brendlen
A gunman shot and killed a man outside a Crown Heights bodega on Monday afternoon.
Mar. 20, 2023 By Isabel Song Beer The New York Safety Net Hospital Coalition, as well as hospital staff, held a press conference at the Wyckoff Heights Medical Center in Brooklyn on Friday, demanding Governor Kathy Hochul improve the Big Apple’s outdated Medicaid reimbursement system, and calling for additional funds for safety net hospitals in…
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