Oct. 15, 2024 By Kirstyn Brendlen There’s a chill in the air at Coney Island, and the spooky spirit has settled in at Luna Park for the 12th annual Halloween Harvest celebration. The park has decked out with hay bales and pumpkins, transformed into a fall wonderland stuffed with seasonal activities. Visitors can explore…
May. 20, 2024 By Kirstyn Brendlen
Nearly 30,000 people crossed the finish line at the RBC Brooklyn Half Marathon in Coney Island on Saturday morning afternoon after pounding the Kings County pavement for 13.1 miles.
Apr. 24, 2024 By Adam Daly
Brooklynites rolled up to events across the borough to celebrate the weed-smokers’ unofficial holiday — 4/20 — on Saturday.
Mar. 26, 2024 By Isabel Song Beer
Friends, family and supporters of Evan Gershkovich — the journalist detained in Russia last March — gathered together to mark the one-year anniversary of his wrongful imprisonment with an event in Brooklyn’s Brighton Beach and at a beach of the same name overseas.
Mar. 25, 2024 By Gabriele Holtermann
It was the luck of the Irish as the torrential downpours the city experienced on moved out just in time for the 29th annual Bay Ridge St. Patrick’s Day Parade on Sunday.
Feb. 13, 2024 By Robert Pozarycki & Brooklyn Paper
Brooklyn was covered in a blanket of white snow Tuesday, thanks to a winter storm that’s expected to deliver the five boroughs’ biggest snowfall in two years.
Jan. 15, 2024 By Kirstyn Brendlen
The holiday season officially came to an end in northern Brooklyn on Sunday as the annual Three Kings Day Parade – delayed a week by bad weather — made its way through Williamsburg and Bed-Stuy.
Dec. 8, 2023 By Melissa Fishman & Kirstyn Brendlen
More than 1,000 people gathered in Grand Army Plaza on Thursday night to celebrate the first night of Hanukkah by lighting the borough’s largest menorah.
Nov. 2, 2023 By Augostina Mallous & Kirstyn Brendlen
Cobble Hill and Park Slope became spooky strongholds on Tuesday night as ghouls and goblins gathered together for annual Halloween festivities.
Oct. 30, 2023 By Adam Daly
Thousands of New Yorkers marched across the Brooklyn Bridge on Saturday in support of Gaza, calling for an immediate ceasefire in the Middle East as Israel continues to expand its ground operations in the Gaza Strip.