By Eduardo Cuevas on January 30, 2021
Brooklyn, Democrats, New York City, Politics
Brooklyn, Politics & Policy

A Brooklyn Democratic leader resigned from her position Thursday evening after offensive comments she made about Chinese and Palestinian people surfaced, igniting threats to boycott an upcoming mayoral candidate debate. The Brooklyn politician, Lori Maslow, announced she would leave her position as Assembly District leader in the Kings County Democratic County Committee, which is scheduled […]
By Staff on April 27, 2020
Environment, fashion, NYC, refashion, sustainable, upcycle
Brooklyn, Environment, Multimedia, NY City Scene, Video

Fashion combatting fashion: a glimpse into New York City’s growing demand for sustainable clothing.
By Angie Hernandez Pena on April 11, 2020
Brooklyn, Coronavirus

Public school teachers are coping with a new way of educating their students: remotely. It’s been challenging but also rewarding
By Staff on April 7, 2020
Brooklyn, coronavirus
Brooklyn, Coronavirus, Food & Wine, Multimedia, Video

Volunteers deliver hot meals to homebound seniors during the coronavirus pandemic.
By Yoonji Han on March 31, 2020
Brooklyn, coronavirus, poverty
Brooklyn, Coronavirus

On a normal day, the large and brightly lit cafeteria at St. John’s Bread and Life bustles with people, who sit at round tables and enjoy their freshly cooked meals. At breakfast, there might be scrambled eggs, bacon and pancakes, and at lunchtime, chicken and fries. But these are not normal days. Over the past […]
By Carson Kessler on March 26, 2020
boerum hill, Carroll Gardens, cobble hill, coronavirus, covid-19, quarantine rainbow map, the rainbow connection
Brooklyn, Coronavirus, Life in a Pandemic

In 1979, Kermit the Frog sang: “Someday we’ll find it The Rainbow Connection The lovers, the dreamers, and me” In 2020 during the Coronavirus Pandemic, Brooklynites finally found it. All across Brooklyn, families are placing rainbow drawings and paintings in their windows, creating a makeshift I-Spy game for children in the neighborhood as social distancing […]
By Matthew Benedetti on March 14, 2020
Brooklyn, NY City Scene, Sports

Islanders to return to Nassau roots—and many New York City hockey fans shrug
By Angie Hernandez Pena on March 13, 2020
Brooklyn, Business, chocolate shop, Featured, New York, Video
Brooklyn, Business, Multimedia, Neighborhoods, Video

Damion Badalamenti, chocolate maker at Kah Kow U.S.A. the first Dominican chocolate factory in New York City, explains what makes Dominican chocolate unique. The Rizek Cacao company is a family-owned business that has been exporting cacao beans from the Dominican Republic for over 100 years. Fifth-generation Nadia Rizek wants to share the potential of Dominican […]
By Yuntong Man on February 29, 2020
Brooklyn, Community Board, gentrification, luxury development, Rezoning
Brooklyn, Housing, Neighborhoods, News

Residents of Windsor Terrace say they have too many problems to welcome a 13-story luxury building at 312 Coney Island Ave to their neighborhood.
By Enxhi Dylgjeri on February 28, 2020
Brooklyn, burglary, crime, NYPD, Park Slope, Safety, theft
Brooklyn, Cops & Courts, News

Police are investigating a series of similar apartment break-ins, and they suspect the same person is behind them all
By Currie Engel on February 15, 2020
Brooklyn, Lens on New Yorkers, NY City Scene

At the Macon library in Bed-Stuy, residents gather to learn about African American history through names, objects, food, and memories
By Angie Hernandez Pena on February 10, 2020
Brooklyn, Coronavirus, NY City Scene, Religion

The diocese in Brooklyn and Queens doesn’t want to risk anyone getting sick
By Yoonji Han on February 7, 2020
art, Brooklyn, immigration, Sunset Park
Brooklyn, Immigration, NY City Scene

Many building walls all over Brooklyn are covered by 40-foot advertisements or sleek glass floor-to-ceiling windows. But the borough is also a gallery for muralists, cultivating waves of activist artists who seek to represent the communities around them. Sunset Park in particular, with its diverse immigrant population and sizable industrial buildings, is one neighborhood that […]
By Staff on February 6, 2020
Brooklyn, immigration, Immigration and Customs Enforcement
Brooklyn, Immigration, News

Community activists gather outside Maimonides Hospital in Brooklyn to wait for news on the victim
By Lauren Craddock on May 17, 2019
Brooklyn, NY City Scene

As sales at retail stores like Victoria’s Secret fall, one small lingerie shop in Boreum Hill benefits from its custom touch.