Tag: weed

Get lit in Brooklyn: Your guide to 4/20 celebrations across the borough

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Apr. 14, 2025 By Emily Davenport Brooklyn is going big for the “high holy day” with a weeklong lineup of cannabis-friendly events leading up to — and lighting up — 4/20. From flower-themed workshops and free coffee pop-ups to DJ sets, nail art bars, and all-day block party vibes, the borough is rolling out…

Big Chief: Unlicensed Brooklyn smoke shop hit with $6 million penalty

Big Chief, an illegal dispensary, was previously located on 74th Street and 3rd Avenue

Feb. 13, 2025 By Adam Daly The owner of an unlicensed cannabis store in Bay Ridge has been ordered to pay $6 million in penalties for operating illegally and ignoring repeated warnings from authorities, New York Attorney General Letitia James announced Wednesday. Big Chief Smoke Shop, located at the corner of 74th Street and…

Brooklyn welcomes The Flowery’s fourth cannabis dispensary in NYC

NY: The Flowery Williamsburg Opening

Dec. 27, 2024 By Gabriele Holtermann The Flowery, a Florida-based medical dispensary, opened its newest legal adult-use cannabis dispensary in Williamsburg on Dec. 20, marking the company’s fourth location in New York City. This opening at 692 Grand St. marks part of The Flowery’s continued expansion in New York, where it aims to set…

PHOTOS: Brooklynites celebrate a dope 4/20

people celebrate 4/20 in Brooklyn

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.

High times! Where to celebrate 4/20 in Brooklyn

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Apr. 18, 2024 By Meaghan McGoldrick O'Neil & Emily Davenport The phenomenon of 4/20 — weed-smokers’ unofficial holiday — dates back to the 1970s, when a group of California high school students would meet at 4:20 p.m. to search for a rumored, abandoned cannabis crop. While their search proved fruitless, the term “4/20” stuck, eventually…
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