The Jewish Origin Story of Comic Books
The discourse surrounding comic book culture takes on the past and present.
New Yorkers Celebrate the Arrival of Cherry Blossoms
Brooklyn Botanic Gardens to resume events every weekend in spring
Brooklyn Democratic Leader Resigns Ahead of NYC Mayoral Debate
A Brooklyn Democratic leader resigned from her position Thursday evening after offensive comments she made about Chinese and Palestinian people surfaced.
On the Frontlines: Stir-Fry Meals on Wheels
Volunteers deliver hot meals to homebound seniors during the coronavirus pandemic.
On the Frontlines: Fighting Hunger in a Pandemic
[caption id="attachment_22226" align="aligncenter" width="1200"] A staff member prepares items for pantry bags at Bread and Life's food pantry / Photo Courtesy of St. John's Bread and Life[/caption] 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 few weeks, the only signs of life at the Brooklyn soup kitchen have been the dedicated staff members as
A Scarce Commodity
To help fill demand spurred by COVID-19, some distilleries in New York are now producing sanitizers.
The Art of Making Dominican Chocolate
The Rizek Cacao company is a family-owned business that has been exporting cacao beans from the Dominican Republic for over 100 years.
Plans to Build a 13-Story Luxury Building in Brooklyn is Under Fire
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.
Park Slope and Cobble Hill: A Burglar is Breaking Through Doors
Police are investigating a series of similar apartment break-ins, and they suspect the same person is behind them all
Brooklyn’s Muralists Take a Stand
[gallery columns="1" size="full" ids="21589,21590,21591,21592,21593,21594,21595,21596,21597,21598"] 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 attracts this sort of large-scale communal art, much of it a commentary on pressing sociopolitical issues that afflict the community, including immigration. Immigrants have long faced social, political and legal challenges—and continue to do so. Last Monday, the Supreme Court ruled to greenlight President
ICE Agents Shoot Brooklyn Immigrant During Altercation
Community activists gather outside Maimonides Hospital in Brooklyn to wait for news on the victim
After El Chapo
That’s a wrap at the federal courthouse in Brooklyn
Poetry Without Borders
Author Hala Alyan talks writing and resilience in the Trump era
Deaths of Two Children in Park Slope Accident Prompts Protests
Concerned parents and community members gathered in front of the Park Slope YMCA on Tuesday to protest the city’s lack of street safety in response to a car collision that killed two children.
Taxidermy 101: The Art of Wildlife Preservation
Some people spend their Sundays in church, others like to unwind with a good book, but in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn, a small group of artists are rolling up their sleeves, grabbing scalpels and cutting open a mischief of mice to learn the craft of taxidermy. Leading the course is Katie Innamoroto, 27, a woman whose curiosity and passion for wildlife led her to the study of preservation, natural history and inadvertently, a side job as a teacher. Innamoroto’s perfectionist nature and ethical practices have gained her tens of thousands of followers on social media and are shaping the emergence of a