Sep. 27, 2024 By Jon Sosa The Big Apple’s biggest book festival is taking over Brooklyn this weekend with its closing chapters: Festival Day and Children’s Day. In this edition, this year’s festival kicked off on Sept. 22 and included bookend events across the borough, a virtual festival day, workshops, panels and more. Here’s…
Sep. 27, 2024 By Gabriele Holtermann Brooklyn’s latest pickleball indoor facility, PKLYN, is set to open in Gowanus for year-round indoor pickleball fun on Oct. 6. Brooklyn Paper got a sneak preview of the five-court, 18,000-square-foot facility on Sept. 25. Even though pickleball has been around for over five decades — it was invented…
Sep. 27, 2024 By Kirstyn Brendlen The 57-page federal corruption indictment of Mayor Eric Adams begins not with hizzoner’s alleged misdeeds at City Hall, but at Brooklyn Borough Hall. “In 2014, Eric Adams, the defendant, became Brooklyn Borough President,” the document reads. “Thereafter, for nearly a decade, Adams sought and accepted improper valuable benefits,…
Sep. 26, 2024 By Adam Daly Outside Mayor Eric Adams’ Bedford-Stuyvesant brownstone on Thursday, neighbors backed calls for his resignation. The mayor is accused of bribery, soliciting illegal campaign donations, and wire fraud as part of an alleged years-long relationship with Turkish officials. Emerson Iannone, 24, who lives down the block from Adams’ Lafayette…
Sep. 26, 2024 By Meaghan McGoldrick O'Neil Mayor Eric Adams was criminally charged on multiple counts of bribery, soliciting illegal foreign campaign donations and wire fraud in a historic Thursday indictment, making him the first sitting New York City mayor to be indicted. Brooklynites were quick to react to the news, which cast serious doubt on…
Sep. 26, 2024 By Adam Daly Brooklyn residents can win free Buffalo Wild Wings for a year, but only if they can wing being one of the first 100 customers at the popular chain’s new Flatbush location on Friday. The new 1,750-square-foot outpost at 1623 Flatbush Ave. will officially open its doors to the…
Sep. 26, 2024 By Adam Daly Flatbush has been named the coolest neighborhood to visit in New York City, according to Time Out’s 2024 global ranking. The Brooklyn neighborhood placed 17th overall in the publication’s annual list, now in its seventh year. The travel and lifestyle magazine consulted writers and editors across major cities…
Sep. 26, 2024 By Jada Camille On Thursday evening, the Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce will join local artist Michael “Kaves” McLeer to cut the ribbon on “Brooklyn Pop,” his highly anticipated art exhibit at Industry City. The exhibit explores Brooklyn’s transformative influence on popular culture. According to Kaves, the brains behind Brooklyn Pop, the…
Sep. 25, 2024 By Jada Camille Late-night television’s favorite DJ Questlove and his eclectic musical stylings are returning to Brooklyn Bowl on Sept. 26 to celebrate the venue’s 15th anniversary with a special edition of Bowl Train. Known for his dynamic mixes of hip-hop, house, and rare grooves, Questlove will also be spinning classic…
Sep. 25, 2024 By Anna Bradley-Smith In a surprising twist, developer Continuum Company is throwing in the towel on its controversial rezoning application for the Spice Factory site in Crown Heights. The move comes just after City Planning Commission approved a tweaked version of the proposal Monday afternoon, designed to protect the nearby Brooklyn…