The group gathered first at Brooklyn Borough Hall mid-afternoon for a peaceful Yizkor prayer service and speeches.

On Thursday afternoon, the 28-member Brooklyn Marine Terminal Task Force is scheduled to vote on a Final Vision Plan that could transform Brooklyn’s neighborhoods and maritime industry for generations ...

DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN — EXTELL DEVELOPMENT and the Feil Organization paid $7.7 million to the Jemal family’s JJ Operating for 30,735 square feet of air rights from the landmarked 372-374 Fulton Street in ...

CITYWIDE — ELECTION RESULTS ARE IN FOR THE 2025 Community and Citywide Education Council Elections, New York City Public Schools Chancellor Melissa Aviles-Ramos announced on Monday, June 16. The ...

SUNSET PARK — LATIN-AMERICAN RESTAURANT and grocery owners along Fifth Avenue in Sunset Park say revenue has plunged 25-30% in just three weeks after Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents were ...

BROOKLYN — BROOKLYN TOWNHOUSES are dominating the city’s luxury real estate market lately, with 78% of deals over $5 million from January to July 2025, up from 76% during the same period last year and ...

BROOKLYN HEIGHTS — The Macy’s Fourth of July Fireworks extravaganza, launched from barges in the East River and sending cascading showers of light off the Brooklyn Bridge, dazzled New York City crowds ...

GREENPOINT — THE RIVERIE, an all-electric, geothermal development taking up a solid block at 18 India St. along the Greenpoint waterfront, is set to open in October, Australian real estate and ...

BROOKLYN — House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries has not yet endorsed Democratic primary winner Zohran Mamdani for NYC mayor, reports Fox News, citing a lack of familiarity with the relative newcomer, ...

COLUMBIA STREET WATERFRONT DISTRICT — A task force comprised of elected officials and local leaders voted 17-8 Monday to approve a controversial $3.5 billion redevelopment plan of the Brooklyn Marine ...

Midwood lies between the original Dutch town of Flatbush and the English town of Gravesend. Because of its thick forests, the Dutch called it Midwout (middle woods). The neighborhood became known for ...

CONEY ISLAND — A 95-YEAR-OLD WOMAN with dementia fatally beat an 89-year-old fellow resident with a metal wheelchair component during a clash late Sunday at the Seagate Rehabilitation and Nursing ...