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Canarsie honors seven local legends in annual Hall of Fame induction

three of seven 2025 canarsie hall of fame inductees.

Jul. 21, 2025 By Olivia Seaman The Canarsie Hall of Fame earlier this month added seven new inductees to its esteemed roster. The history preservation group opens submissions annually, allowing community members to nominate local history-makers for consideration.  These efforts are led by Ramon Martinez, who has served as Canarsie community historian since 2001.…

Third Avenue transforms for Bay Ridge’s first Summer Stroll of the season

people at summer stroll in bay ridge

Jul. 21, 2025 By Meaghan McGoldrick O'Neil Bay Ridge’s beloved Summer Stroll on Third returned with gusto on Friday, transforming the southern stretch of Third Avenue into a bustling, car-free corridor of community, culture and commerce. Neighbors and visitors alike packed the thoroughfare from 82nd Street to Marine Avenue for the first stroll of…

Heap’s Ice Cream in Brooklyn makes magic with neighborhood collabs

Heap’s x Sawa Sandwich_Heather Willensky3

Jul. 20, 2025 By Jonathan Mak Heap’s Ice Cream, tucked in the corner of Seventh Avenue and First Street in Park Slope, is an all-green — and literally green — ice cream shop that “pays a lot of attention to making [flavors] classic and nostalgic,” Sarah Sanneh, co-founder of Heap’s and celebrated pastry chef,…

Lucky Charlie brings old-school coal-oven pizza to Bushwick

NY: Lucky Charlie

Jul. 18, 2025 By Gabriele Holtermann & Sofie Kato Award-winning pizza chef Nino Coniglio is bringing the spirit of 1920s New York pizzerias to the Bushwick dining scene, crafting savory pies in what’s believed to be the oldest coal oven in America. Pizza restaurant and bar Lucky Charlie officially opened its doors at 253…

Brooklyn yo-yo champion spins his way to national title after 13-year journey

man with trophy is crowned winner of the 3A division of the Us National Yoyo Championships

Jul. 18, 2025 By Olivia Seaman Don Hodgkinson didn’t pick up a yo-yo expecting it to change his life. But nearly two decades after his third-grade fascination with the spinning toy began, he’s now a national champion, bringing the title home to Brooklyn. “I feel really proud to bring it back to Brooklyn,” Hodgkinson told…

A bench for ‘Brooklyn dreamers’: Bay Ridge artist marks iconic ‘Saturday Night Fever’ spot

NY: Saturday Night Fever Bench Plaque

Jul. 18, 2025 By Gabriele Holtermann The legacy of the 1977 blockbuster “Saturday Night Fever” and its characters is “stayin’ alive” with a new bench plaque. Forty-seven years after the disco phenomenon hit the big screen, Bay Ridge native Michael “Kaves” McLeer dedicated the bench to John Travolta and Karen Lynn Gorney, who portrayed…

Revamped Russell Pedersen Playground in Bay Ridge reopens with ribbon-cutting

people celebrating ribbon cutting at russell pedersen playground

Jul. 17, 2025 By Gabriele Holtermann Local elected officials, New York City Parks Department representatives, and community members celebrated the completion of the first phase of a long-overdue restoration of a popular Bay Ridge playground with a ribbon-cutting ceremony on July 17. The revamped Russell Pedersen Playground, located on Colonial Road between 83rd and…