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.…
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…
Jul. 21, 2025 By Gabriele Holtermann Energy justice advocates and local representatives celebrated the installation of New York City’s first community-led and cooperatively owned solar project, Sunset Park Solar, at the Brooklyn Army Terminal in Sunset Park on July 20. Located on the roof of Building B at BAT, the 725-kilowatt solar array will…
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,…
Jul. 18, 2025 By Kirstyn Brendlen A broken pipe has forced the Red Hook Pool to close for most of the summer, and residents are steamed. The issue was discovered days before the pool was scheduled to open on June 27, according to Council Member Alexa Avilés, as crews filled the basin with water.…
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…
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…
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…
Jul. 17, 2025 By Adam Daly City Council Member Vickie Paladino is facing legal threats and calls for a City Council ethics investigation after the partner of slain Brooklyn activist Ryan Carson accused the Queens Republican of making false and inflammatory statements that she says endangered her safety. In a cease and desist letter sent July…
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…