Spend Your Summer in Brooklyn with FIT
The Fashion Institute of Technology is perhaps best known as a school for aspiring fashion creatives and entrepreneurs, with a campus located in the heart of Manhattan’s fashion district. But FIT offers so much...
Gounardes Calls For Verrazzano Discount for Brooklyn Residents
BAY RIDGE — State Sen. Andrew Gounardes is calling for Brooklyn to get their fair share in toll discounts, especially as it relates to the Verrazzano Bridge.
The freshman senator introduced bill SS490 calling for residents...
Busy Parents, Let Hungryroot Be Your Healthy Food Concierge
As a parent of two young kids, I’ve got limited time – and energy – for shopping and cooking. So I’m always on the lookout for ways to make getting those things done a...
One Vote for One Book, One New York
The Mayor's Office of Media and Entertainment and BuzzFeed have launched One Book, One New York - where New Yorkers get to pick the ONE BOOK they all want to read together.
VOTE here for one...
Crossing Verrazzano? It’s $5.50 if you are from SI, but $19 if you live...
BAY RIDGE — Hours before the proposed MTA toll hike, Gov. Andrew Cuomo found $6 million to ensure Staten Islanders maintain the $5.50 special residence rate to cross the Verrazzano-Narrows bridge, leaving their Brooklyn neighbors...
Watch Out For Falling Objects: MTA Begins Clearing Underside of Elevated D line
BATH BEACH/BENSONHURST/BORO PARK - MTA workers began cleaning the undersides of the elevated D train line starting from Stillwell Avenue in Bath Beach and expected to go the entire length of the track as...
PJ Masks Live Heads Into Brooklyn To Save The Day This Weekend
SPONSORED: Weekend in the city, and a brave band of heroes is ready to face fiendish villains to stop them messing with your (Satur/Sun)day.
If that slightly altered bit of narration sounds familiar, you probably...
Brannan Introduces Legislation To Create Department of Animal Welfare
BAY RIDGE — On Monday afternoon City Councilman Justin Brannan tweeted a skunk sighting. "Skunk amok in #Bay Ridge? I'm here for it," the tweet read. Now Brooklyn's favorite vegetarian lawmaker is turning his animal...
Mom Of Toddler Hit By Car Demands Answers
BENSONHURST/GRAVESEND - Stephanie Mansfield has three kids; a six-year-old, a four-year-old, and a three-year-old. Last week, her youngest was hit by a car.
Three-year-old Jean Jacques was crossing the street with his class. There were...
A Toddler Was Hit By A Car in Bensonhurst. At First, The NYPD Said...
BENSONHURST - A three-year-old child and a 42-year-old woman were crossing the street when a car making a left turn struck them both in a school zone, landing them in nearby hospitals on March...
EXCLUSIVE: Friends Of NRA To Hold Fundraiser In Brooklyn
BOROUGH PARK/BENSONHURST — It's fundraising time for the NRA, and they're making their usual rounds—among them, Southern Brooklyn.
Signs posted outside of a Brooklyn eatery show the fundraising arm of the NRA (National Rifle Associaton) Foundation...
Industry City Maker Spotlight: Rich Brilliant Willing
SPONSORED: “We believe in the power of light to create atmosphere, that light has a profound influence on shaping the way we feel.”
That’s how Theo Richardson describes the guiding principle behind the work of...
Briefly Noted: The Best of Brooklyn Chinatowns, Industry City Rezoning, Measles and More
Eater put out its Ultimate Guide to Chinese Food in NYC - Everything to know about the Chinese food renaissance in the city right now - and it is soooo good. Here are...
FIT Makes the Brooklyn Army Terminal a Fabulous Spot For Learning
The Brooklyn Army Terminal is officially fabulous.
This spring, the Fashion Institute of Technology, New York’s famed school for aspiring fashion-industry workers and entrepreneurs, is offering seven dynamic courses at the Brooklyn Army Terminal that...
Fearing Federal Funding Cuts, City Focuses On Counting All Brooklynites In The 2020 Census
BROOKLYN — Five Brooklyn neighborhoods lead the nation in underreported census tracts in 2010, and New York City officials hope they can convince all residents regardless of their status to be counted next year. At stake are...