May. 5, 2025 By Gabriele Holtermann Democratic and independent candidates for New York City mayor attended a town hall on May 1 — the first day of Mental Health Awareness Month — at the First Baptist Church of Crown Heights to discuss how they would improve and reform mental health resources if elected. The…
May. 5, 2025 By Paul Frangipane & Kirstyn Brendlen For 15 years, Flower Bed-Stuy has equipped locals and community groups with the supplies they need to bring the neighborhood to life — literally. On May 3, neighbors gathered once again to celebrate the event’s 15th anniversary and pick up their flowers and other supplies…
May. 5, 2025 By Megan McGibney It took mere seconds after the Pledge of Allegiance to get a sense of how Community Board 15’s general board meeting would unfold last Tuesday night. As soon as attendees lowered their right hands from their hearts, a few began chanting, “No batteries!” Chairperson Theresa Scavo attempted to…
May. 2, 2025 By Lloyd Mitchell Fire marshals are investigating the cause of a two-alarm fire that one person in stable condition in Park Slope on Friday. Squad Company 1 and Ladder Company 122 responded shortly before 9 a.m. on May 2 and found heavy fire coming from the third and fourth floors of…
May. 2, 2025 By Kirstyn Brendlen A Staten Island man who shot at a taxi riding on the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway in 2023 and struck a pregnant passenger was sentenced to 15 years in prison on Thursday. According to the Brooklyn District Attorney’s office, the gunman, 37-year-old Mark Munoz, watched the victims — a 30-year-old…
May. 1, 2025 By Kirstyn Brendlen The Brooklyn Mirage canceled its much-hyped reopening and a sold-out concert on Thursday night after it failed to meet city safety standards In an Instagram post published shortly before DJ Sara Landry was set to take the stage, the Mirage said it had run into trouble with its…
May. 1, 2025 By Robb Pozarycki Detectives apprehended the suspected Manhattan subway rapist accused of sexually assaulting a man on board a 1 train last weekend, police announced Thursday afternoon. Mohammed Azeem, 36, of Bedford Avenue in Brooklyn was taken into custody just before 2:50 p.m. on May 1, hours after the NYPD released video…
May. 1, 2025 By Kirstyn Brendlen After a four-year closure the newly-renovated Bedford Library reopened last week, finally welcoming Bed-Stuy residents back to the stacks. Though the library looks largely the same, it has been retrofitted with a new high-efficiency HVAC system and other energy-conserving measures — making it a “model for energy efficiency,”…
May. 1, 2025 By Jada Camille Brooklynites spotted a familiar face in a new place when they turned their TVs on last month as Adela Mou, a local baker, competed on the latest season of “The Great American Baking Show.” Mou worked her her way through classic “Bake Off” challenges – cookie week, cake…
May. 1, 2025 By Miriam Norwitz Brooklyn’s very own Greenlight Bookstore has been voted New York’s most popular small business, according to a new poll from Advanced Funds Network. The org polled 3,014 people asking which small businesses have products or services so beloved they would travel over an hour to get them —…