Jul. 15, 2025 By Gabriele Holtermann Namel Colon, 39, will spend the next 25 years in prison following his guilty plea to first-degree manslaughter for fatally shooting Jennifer Ynoa inside a Brooklyn smoke shop, Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez announced July 15. Ynoa, 36, was inside Salim Smoke Shop at 488 DeKalb Ave. in…
Jul. 15, 2025 By Kirstyn Brendlen A proposed development just north of Bushwick Inlet Park is stirring controversy among locals before the official rezoning process has even begun. Developers are hoping to build a mixed-use high-rise building at 40 Quay St., an MTA-owned lot that currently houses a truck wash station, as well as…
Jul. 15, 2025 By Gabriele Holtermann Brooklyn’s champions for the borough’s small and large nonprofits, Brooklyn Org (BKO), have announced the launch of Brooklyn Org Microgrants, a new funding stream designed to strengthen smaller Brooklyn-based nonprofits. The program aims to fill the funding gap for nonprofit neighborhood groups that might not otherwise qualify for…
Jul. 15, 2025 By Olivia Seaman Just ahead of National Hot Dog Day on July 26, Nathan’s Famous is reminding New Yorkers — especially Brooklynites — that all subway lines lead to the borough’s most iconic bite. Earlier this year, the MTA released its first fully redesigned subway map in nearly half a century.…
Jul. 15, 2025 By Meaghan McGoldrick O'Neil It was a big, blue day in Brooklyn on on Sunday as Smurfette, Papa Smurf and the mischievous No Name brought their signature splash of color — and a $10,000 gift — to the Brooklyn Children’s Museum. The July 13 celebration, dubbed SMURFS Summer, was hosted in…
Jul. 14, 2025 By Gabriele Holtermann Local elected officials on July 14 called on the Federal Bureau of Prisons, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and the Department of Justice to immediately halt the intake of immigrant detainees at the troubled Metropolitan Detention Center in Sunset Park, calling the conditions at the federal facility “inhumane” and…
Jul. 14, 2025 By Kirstyn Brendlen The city will stop operations at a controversial concrete recycling facility in the Columbia Waterfront District next month and close the plant altogether by the end of the year, Mayor Eric Adams announced on Friday. Residents have been speaking out against the Department of Transportation-run plant since it…
Jul. 14, 2025 By Olivia Seaman A quiet Bay Ridge street now bears the name of a man whose life was anything but ordinary. The corner of 97th Street and Shore Road in Bay Ridge was officially renamed “Peter L. Bushey Way” on July 12 in honor of the heroic FDNY paramedic who served…
Jul. 14, 2025 By Olivia Seaman Prospect Park’s LeFrak Center at Lakeside is entering a new chapter with upgraded facilities, expanded programming and new food and beverage operators — just in time for a grand reopening celebration Aug. 2 and 3. Originally opened more than a decade ago, Lakeside was the largest capital project…
Jul. 14, 2025 By Kirstyn Brendlen & Lloyd Mitchell Four people were injured by an all-hands fire at a Bath Beach apartment building on Saturday morning. The blaze broke out on the top floor of four-story building at the corner of Cropsey Avenue and Bay Parkway at 11 a.m. on July 12, according to…