Aug. 7, 2024 By Kirstyn Brendlen
A former federal corrections officer will spend two and a half years in prison for smuggling illegal contraband into the Metropolitan Detention Center in Sunset Park.
Aug. 6, 2024 By Dean Moses & Brooklyn Paper staff
The second suspect behind an antisemitic graffiti spree that targeted the homes of Jewish members of the Brooklyn Museum’s board of directors, who is also an credentialed member of the New York City media, turned himself into police on Tuesday.
Aug. 6, 2024 By Kirstyn Brendlen
A tree grows in Green-Wood Cemetery — or, it will soon.
Aug. 6, 2024 By Robert Pozarycki
House Minority Leader and Brooklyn Congressman Hakeem Jeffries was back in his home district Monday morning to help ceremonially break ground on a federally-funded accessibility project on the G line.
Aug. 6, 2024 By Anna Bradley-Smith
A new Middle Eastern restaurant and bar with an equal focus on food, booze and music will be opening on Bed-Stuy’s Malcolm X Boulevard in coming months, with the aim to bring the feel of Tokyo listening rooms mixed with Istanbul taverns.
Aug. 5, 2024 By Kirstyn Brendlen
A Crown Heights man will spend seven years behind bars for slashing a straphanger’s face on the subway last year.
Aug. 5, 2024 By Natalie Dahan
Reporting from the halls of New Utrecht High School, student-run newspaper The Utrecht Pigeon aims to create an outlet where voices that are often disregarded are free to be expressed through poetry, writing and activism.
Aug. 5, 2024 By Gabriele Holtermann
CenterLight Healthcare PACE, a program offering all-inclusive care for adults aged 55 and older, celebrated the reopening of its Bushwick center on Aug. 1 with a ribbon-cutting ceremony and Carnival celebration.
Aug. 2, 2024 By Natalie Dahan
The Bushwick Film Festival is set to return for its 17th year from Oct. 16-20 with a new theme, and submissions are still open through mid-August.
Aug. 2, 2024 By Anna Bradley-Smith A controversial development on the site of a 19th century home for the aged in the Crown Heights North II Historic District appears to be wrapping up construction, and a housing lottery for pricey but income-restricted apartments has opened. Approved by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, the building at 959…
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