Jul. 16, 2024 By Jada Camille
All in this together!
All hands on deck! Volunteers beautify Coney Island on City of Water Day
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Pump the brakes! SONIC opens premiere Brooklyn drive-through in East New York
Jul. 16, 2024 By Natalie Dahan
SONIC is shifting gears with the borough’s first full-fledged drive-through.
Brooklyn Botanic Garden launches ‘Jazz in July’ concert series
Jul. 15, 2024 By Natalie Dahan
Brooklyn Botanic Garden last week kicked off a unique concert series, Jazz in July, in celebration of its summer exhibition, “Natural Attractions: A Plant-Pollinator Love Story.”
New street photography exhibit ‘They’re There’ opens at the Corner Gallery
Jul. 15, 2024 By Natalie Dahan
A new exhibition titled “They’re There,” featuring the works of six street photographers, debuted last week at the Corner Gallery inside Brooklyn Made at City Point.
BKCM’s Jazz Leaders Fellowship empowers Black musicians with $12,500 award and support
Jul. 15, 2024 By Natalie Dahan
The Brooklyn Conservatory of Music (BKCM) has named Goussy Célestin and Keyanna “Key” Hutchinson as this year’s Jazz Leaders Fellowship winners. Each artist will receive $12,500, plus rehearsal space and curatorial opportunities to support their musical ambitions.
Turning the page: Library lovers and officials celebrate return of Sunday service at Grand Army Plaza branch
Jul. 15, 2024 By Gabriele Holtermann Elected officials and bookworms celebrated the return of Sunday service at seven library branches across the city on July 14, following an agreement between Mayor Eric Adams and the City Council last month to restore $58.3 million in funding to the New York, Brooklyn, and Queens public library systems…
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Play on! Brooklyn Music School’s summer programs saved by last-minute crowdfunding concert
Jul. 13, 2024 By Jada Camille
It’s not curtain call, yet!
70-year-old Brownsville Recreation Center receives $160M for total reconstruction
Jul. 13, 2024 By Kirstyn Brendlen
A $160 million cash infusion will allow the city to demolish and completely reconstruct the decades-old Brownsville Recreation Center.
Op-Ed | ‘No Criminality Suspected’: Holding Reckless Drivers Accountable in Brooklyn
Jul. 12, 2024 By state Sen. Andrew Gounardes and Council Member Justin Brannan
Traffic violence is ravaging neighborhoods across Brooklyn. In just the last two months, a string of reckless driving incidents have left several beloved neighbors, many of them seniors, dead.
‘It’s their identity’: Roll N Roaster sticks to tradition on National French Fries Day, despite past potato perils
Jul. 12, 2024 By Emily Davenport & Meaghan McGoldrick O’Neil
Since 1971, Roll N Roaster has been living by their motto, “You can have cheez on anything you pleez” — and this National French Fries day, they’re sticking with tradition.