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Founders of now-empty Bed-Stuy Aquarium hope to install permanent fish pond

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Jan. 13, 2025 By Kirstyn Brendlen Though it has been temporarily disassembled, the Bed-Stuy Aquarium has big plans for the future, organizers said last week, and those plans haven’t changed despite recent news about one of its co-founders. The controversial sidewalk fish “pond” made headlines again this month when Hajj Lovick, who helped create…

Brooklyn prepares to get lit this holiday season with tree and menorah lightings

CHRISTMAS TREE

Nov. 24, 2023 By Isabel Song Beer

The holiday season is upon us, and Brooklyn is preparing for the festivities with a number of popular neighborhood Christmas tree lightings and other wintery events. From Park Slope to Downtown Brooklyn and more, here are some of the can’t-miss holiday events in the borough.