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…
Feb. 5, 2025 By Anna Bradley-Smith Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso has given his approval with conditions to the Atlantic Avenue Mixed-Use Plan, a sweeping rezoning proposal aimed at transforming a stretch of Atlantic Avenue and surrounding blocks in central Brooklyn. While endorsing the plan’s goals of expanding housing, job opportunities, and infrastructure improvements,…
Feb. 5, 2025 By Adam Daly A Homecrest man was sentenced Tuesday to three to six years in prison for causing a Memorial Day 2022 collision that killed a 65-year-old pedestrian in Gravesend. Isidro Rodriguez, 38, pleaded guilty to second-degree manslaughter in November and received his sentence on Feb. 4 from Brooklyn Supreme Court…
Feb. 5, 2025 By Kirstyn Brendlen Violent crime dropped significantly across Brooklyn during the first month of the new year, according to the latest NYPD statistics. In the 28-day period from Jan. 4 to Feb. 2, the combined rate of major felonies — murder, rape, robbery, felony assault, burglary, grand larceny, and grand larceny…