Feb. 9, 2025 By Lauren Rapp Luigi’s Pizza has all the makings of a perfect pie, but over the past 52 years, it’s grown into something more than just a pizza place for the Park Slope community. “I want people to come in here and feel like this is their neighborhood store,” owner Giovanni…
Feb. 7, 2025 By Lauren Rapp For one weekend only, the Video Game Superstars of the Past, Present, and Future exhibition filled the Summertime Gallery, highlighting the work of artists with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD). The exhibition, supported by YAI Arts & Culture, showcased the group of artists’ love of video games, both…
Feb. 7, 2025 By Emily Davenport The NYPD is looking for a creep who forcibly touched a woman in the Atlantic Avenue—Barclays Center station last month. According to police, at 12:27 p.m. on Jan. 25 a 30-year-old woman was walking down a staircase at the station when she was approached by an unknown individual.…
Feb. 7, 2025 By Emily Davenport New York City’s Catbird stores are celebrating Valentine’s Day early with special events at all three of their locations. From 1 to 7 p.m. on Feb. 8, Catbird will host special popups at each of their stores. Catbird’s Williamsburg location (108 N. 7th St., Brooklyn) will be featuring…
Feb. 7, 2025 By Lauren Rapp Four individuals have filed lawsuits against the Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn, alleging they endured sexual abuse and harassment by church officials between 1960 and 1980. The defendants were between the ages of 10 and 14 at the time of the alleged assaults. “The suit alleges that the…
Feb. 6, 2025 By Paul Frangipane & Adam Daly A new art exhibition, “I GOT A STORY TO TELL,” celebrating Black womanhood and storytelling through the works of four talented Black female artists, has opened at Industry City. Running from Feb. 1 to March 8, the exhibition honors Black History Month and marks the…
Feb. 6, 2025 By Robert Pearl Assembly Member Lester Chang was inaugurated for his second term representing New York’s 49th Assembly District during a ceremony at New Utrecht High School last month. The event, attended by city and state officials, underscored Chang’s resilience, dedication, and the growing political influence of the Chinese-American community in…
Feb. 6, 2025 By Elder Shirley Barkley God calls us to look after our most vulnerable. In my work as Pastor of God’s Divine Tabernacle of Prayer, these are often seniors struggling to access and afford their medical care. Lawmakers have the power to remove that burden from them by supporting the Medicare Advantage…
Feb. 6, 2025 By Lloyd Mitchell Firefighters quickly contained a house fire in Midwood on Wednesday afternoon. Units began receiving calls about the blaze at 1422 East 15th St., near Avenue N, just before noon on Feb. 5. Firefighters arrived to find flames emanating from the rear of the three-story dwelling. Fire Department personnel…
Feb. 5, 2025 By Lauren Rapp Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso has announced the first six organizations that will receive up to $5,000 from his Community Baby Shower Fund, with more to be named. Reynoso’s office set aide $50,000 in discretionary funds last year to support new and expecting parents as they begin their…