May. 22, 2025 By Gabriele Holtermann Three Brooklyn schools — P.S. 10 and P.S. 39 in Park Slope and P.S. 130 in Kensington — will each receive $40,000 in state funding to support evidence-based literacy instruction and professional development. The grants are part of Assembly Member Robert Carroll’s “Structured Literacy” initiative. Previous recipients include…
May. 22, 2025 By Kirstyn Brendlen Meera Joshi, the city’s former Deputy Mayor for Operations, is taking charge of a new group of New Yorkers: the 570,000 permanent residents of Green-Wood Cemetery. Joshi, who resigned from City Hall earlier this year over Mayor Eric Adams’ willingness to cooperate with President Donald Trump, has been…
May. 22, 2025 By Matt Tracy As a customer, K. Kerimian always enjoyed visiting bookstores, but when they would ask workers about the whereabouts of the queer section, they started noticing a pattern. “I would be met with, ‘There isn’t one,’ or a catchall of ‘Here is all the marginalized identities,’” said K. Kerimian,…
May. 22, 2025 By Lloyd Mitchell Officials are still investigating the cause of a fire Monday morning that trapped multiple civilians in a Sunset Park building and claimed the life of a man during evacuation. Units responded to 3902 9th Ave. just after 7 a.m. on May 19, where they encountered heavy flames and…
May. 22, 2025 By Lloyd Mitchell Mexican nationals and New Yorkers gathered in mourning after two cadet sailors died in a crash involving the Cuauhtémoc, a Mexican naval training vessel that struck the Brooklyn Bridge on Saturday night. More than 300 people braved the pouring rain on Wednesday to honor the sailors, remembering those…
May. 21, 2025 By Jada Camille Brooklyn’s culinary scene welcomed a new addition this last month as Fish Cheeks, a beloved seafood-focused Thai restaurant, opened in Williamsburg. Founded by Thai immigrants Jenn Saesue and Chat Suansilphong, Fish Cheeks quickly gained a reputation for its fiery, seafood-centric dishes and for a dining environment that feels…
May. 21, 2025 By Gabriele Holtermann Brooklyn lawmakers rallied alongside community members and homeowners on the steps of City Hall on May 20, calling on the City Council to allocate $5 million of next year’s budget toward fighting deed theft and supporting victims of the crime. Black and Brown homeowners in rapidly gentrifying neighborhoods…
May. 21, 2025 By Miriam Norwitz The Williamsburg classic JR & Son bar and restaurant re-opened its doors at 575 Lorimer St. this month with a new look and a whole new menu. Once an Italian social club and more recently a bar, JR & Son closed in 2020 and has been reimagined by…
May. 21, 2025 Regina Martinez Last weekend, Leanna Scaglione was among the nearly 30,000 people who celebrated as they crossed the finish line of the RBC Brooklyn Half Marathon in Coney Island. The race itself is a cause for celebration: after months of training, she and the other runners had just finished running 13.1…
May. 20, 2025 By Arthur de Gaeta NYC Health + Hospitals/South Brooklyn Health is marking a milestone this month: the one-year anniversary of “26 Minutes with Dr. Warren Seigel,” a local health talk show that has quickly become a staple of community-based medical storytelling and education. Since launching last year, the show has recorded…