Mar. 26, 2025 By Shane O’Brien The City Council approved a legislative package Wednesday afternoon to reduce the number of scaffolding structures on New York City streets. The package of five bills takes aim at the temporary steel and wooden scaffolding structures – known as scaffolding sheds – that line and darken thousands of…
Nov. 19, 2024 By Gabriele Holtermann After a four-year hiatus, the Sixth Avenue Bible Baptist Church at 97 Lincoln Place in Park Slope, revived an annual tradition that began in 2013: honoring officers of the 78th Precinct with the “Police Officer of the Year” award. Senior Pastor Richard Johnson established the award after officers…
Oct. 28, 2024 By Lloyd Mitchell Authorities are investigating after a man in his 20s was shot dead in Crown Heights on Sunday. Police responded to reports of a shooting at 1008 St. Marks Ave., near Prospect Place just after 7:19 p.m. on Oct. 27. Officers arrived to find the victim with multiple gunshot…
Oct. 25, 2024 By Naisha Roy Last Saturday, a dozen volunteers from immigrant advocacy group Make the Road New York gathered at Bushwick’s Maria Hernandez Park, with banners and signs reading “Vote Yes for Prop One!” and “Defend Democracy in NYC.” Over the next few hours, the group spoke with hundreds of Brooklynites, helping…
Oct. 21, 2024 By Adam Daly A Bushwick man will serve over three years in prison for slashing a stranger and assaulting a bystander who tried to intervene during a 2022 street attack in Greenpoint, the Brooklyn District Attorney’s office announced Friday. On Oct. 18, Brooklyn Supreme Court Justice Laura Johnson sentenced Michael Ruiz,…
Nov. 6, 2023 By Jada Camille & Augostina Mallous
With Election Day upon us Nov. 7, two southern Brooklyn pols draw closer to victory or defeat in one of this year’s most eventful and talked-about City Council races.