May. 20, 2025 By Miriam Norwitz As the sun sets on New York City’s annual design celebration, Dumbo will take center stage. On Wednesday, May 21 — the final day of the 13th annual NYCxDESIGN Festival — the waterfront neighborhood will be officially recognized as a New York City Design District, joining a growing…
May. 20, 2025 By Kirstyn Brendlen Summer has arrived in New York City — unofficially, at least — and Brooklyn’s beaches will open for swimming on Saturday, May 24. Lifeguards will take their stands at Coney Island beach, Brighton Beach, and Manhattan Beach at 10 a.m. that day, and the beaches will be open…
May. 20, 2025 By Gabriele Holtermann Brooklyn’s original all-trans stand-up comedy show, T4T — short for “trans-for-trans” — is celebrating its third anniversary with a transgender comedy spectacular at the Bell House on Monday, June 16. The event highlights the comedic talents of more than 100 trans comics who have performed since T4T launched…
May. 20, 2025 By Gabriele Holtermann Norwegian tradition and culture were on full display May 18 as the Bay Ridge community celebrated the 71st annual Norwegian Day Parade, commemorating the signing of Norway’s constitution on May 17, 1814. The pageantry of Nordic pride kicked off at 1:30 p.m. at the corner of 85th Street…
May. 20, 2025 By Regina Martinez When nearly 30,000 runners lined up in their corrals for the RBC Brooklyn Half Marathon on Saturday, they were among New York Road Runners royalty. Larry Sillen, 80, first met members of New York Road Runners at a running camp in 1983. He mentioned his new hobby —…
May. 20, 2025 By Barbara Russo-Lennon Federal officials were in Manhattan on Monday to investigate the Brooklyn Bridge ship crash involving a Mexican Navy ship on Saturday, a collision that left two crew members dead. Investigators from the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said the training ship, called Cuauhtémoc, was supposed to go south…
May. 19, 2025 By Lloyd Mitchell & Robert Pozarycki Another double shooting rocked Brooklyn on Sunday night as two people, including a teenager, were shot in a Cypress Hills park. The outburst of gun violence was the borough’s third shooting involving two victims during the weekend. Officers from the 75th Precinct rushed to Highland…
May. 19, 2025 By Kirstyn Brendlen More than 28,000 people participated in the 44th annual Brooklyn Half Marathon on May 17, a race beset by grueling conditions that claimed one runners’ life. When the first wave started the race in Prospect Park at 7 a.m., the temperature was already 66 degrees Fahrenheit with 90%…
May. 19, 2025 By Gabriele Holtermann With comfortable temperatures and plenty of sunshine, thousands of spectators packed Fifth Avenue in Park Slope on May 18 for the annual Fabulous Fifth Avenue Fair, which spanned 18 blocks from Sterling Place to 12th Street. Hundreds of merchants and vendors set up shop along the avenue —…
May. 19, 2025 By Meaghan McGoldrick O'Neil The energy was electric on Saturday as the New York Liberty returned home to open their 2025 season in front of a massive crowd — and for the first time in franchise history, as reigning WNBA champions. The team’s long-awaited 2024 title win — their first in…