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"We’ve been part of this neighborhood for more than 50 years and now this one guy is trying to destroy my entire business." ...
BROOKLYN HEIGHTS — Overheard in line at one of most popular pastry outlets on Montague Street: "Hope I can get them into a camp ..." A mother with two pre-schoolers in tow was showing a friend ...
BROOKLYN BRIDGE PARK – THE ANNUAL KITE Festival is returning to Brooklyn Bridge Park this weekend to celebrate the season, offering free, all-ages fun and activities – and, of course, a sky ...
INDUSTRY CITY — Brooklyn designers and makers were highlighted at the Met Gala on May 5, as New York City Commissioner of Cultural Affairs Laurie Cumbo attended the prestigious fashion and art ...
Taking place as it has for decades on Willow Place (off Joralemon Street), the fair features rides and games for the kids, delicious Mexican/Lebanese treats from new local restaurant El Cedro ...
VATICAN — ‘There’s no doubt that God helps me win’: Italy’s Jannik Sinner, left, shares a light moment with Pope Leo XIV on the occasion of their meeting on May 14, 2025. Sinner’s ...
ITALY — Apart from the group, shown in remote village streets: A cyclist pedals amongst typical trulli, a traditional dry-stone hut in the region of Puglia, before the start of the fourth stage ...
BOROUGHWIDE — There are thousands of edible fruit trees in Brooklyn. Yet, much of the fruit residents grab from the supermarket sport an “imported” sticker. As of 2021, 60% of fresh fruit in ...
Gov. Kathy Hochul and the city’s five district attorneys celebrated changes to the state’s evidence-sharing laws that were worked into the state budget Wednesday. While the governor’s ...
CITYWIDE — NYPD DET. JOSEPH BORRELLI, the Brooklyn-born sleuth who put NYC’s notorious “Son of Sam” serial killer behind bars, died this week, according to the New York Post. He was 93.
ATLANTIC AVENUE – ON MONDAY, THE City Council’s Subcommittee on Zoning and Franchises and Committee on Land Use voted to approve the Atlantic Avenue Mixed-Use Plan, a rezoning planned to ...