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Flatbush named one of the ‘coolest neighborhoods’ in the world …
Sep 26, 2024 · Flatbush has been named the coolest neighborhood to visit in New York City, according to Time Out’s 2024 global ranking. The Brooklyn neighborhood placed 17th overall in the publication’s annual list, now in its seventh year. The travel and lifestyle magazine consulted writers and editors across major cities to compile the list.
New digs! Brooklyn Football Club makes temporary move to …
Sep 19, 2024 · Brooklyn Football Club has secured a new home field for the remainder of the 2024 season — but it’s not in Brooklyn. Team leads struck a deal with Columbia University to host seven home matches at Rocco B. Commisso Soccer Stadium, located within Columbia’s Baker Athletics Complex at West 218th Street and Broadway in Manhattan.
Bay Ridge restaurant South Brooklyn Foundry closes after nine …
Jul 2, 2024 · South Brooklyn Foundry, a beloved Bay Ridge restaurant, has closed its doors for good after almost nine years in business. The closure comes after the eatery, at home on lower Third Avenue, was featured on an episode of Gordon Ramsay’s “Kitchen Nightmares” when it returned for an eighth season earlier this year.
Brooklyn healthcare workers stand with Haitian immigrants, …
Sep 19, 2024 · Hours before former President Donald Trump was set to take the stage at a campaign rally in Uniondale on Long Island on Wednesday, 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East, the nation’s largest healthcare union, held rallies at Brooklyn’s Interfaith Medical Center in Bedford-Stuyvesant and Maimonides Medical Center in Borough Park.
New York City Wine & Food Festival brings smorgasbord of events …
Oct 2, 2024 · Organizers of the New York City Wine & Food Festival announced the groundbreaking move to the new 450,000-square-foot Invesco QQQ Campus in Sunset Park earlier this year, after years of hosting the festival in Manhattan.. For the first time this fall, fan-favorite events such as The Grand Tasting and walkaround pier parties will be consolidated into one expansive and tented location at the ...
Creepy crawlies: Brooklyn Children’s Museum opens competition …
Oct 1, 2024 · The spiders join reptiles and insects in the museum’s living collection. File photo courtesy of Winston Williams/Brooklyn Childrens Museum. Creativity is encouraged, but the tarantulas — native to the Paraguaná Peninsula in Venezuela — are Brooklynites now, and entrants are encouraged to take inspiration from Kings County, its history, famous residents, or even their next door neighbors ...
Developer pulls plug on planned Crown Heights rezoning near …
Sep 25, 2024 · In a surprising twist, developer Continuum Company is throwing in the towel on its controversial rezoning application for the Spice Factory site in Crown Heights. The move comes just after City Planning Commission approved a tweaked version of the proposal Monday afternoon, designed to protect the nearby Brooklyn Botanic Garden from shadows ...
Two Brooklyn-based home care agencies agree to pay $7.5 million …
Oct 3, 2024 · The settlement stemmed from whistleblower complaints filed under the New York and federal False Claims Acts. According to court documents, the facilities filed false Medicare claims and violated the Wage Parity Act — which states that facilities cannot receive government funds if they are paying healthcare workers less than a set minimum wage.
Community calls for unity after LGBTQIA+ memorial bench for Bay …
Oct 11, 2024 · The NYPD’s Hate Crime Task Force is investigating the desecration of a Bay Ridge memorial bench dedicated to the life of a local LGBTQIA+ teen. The bench, painted in the colors of the progressive Pride flag, was installed along Shore Road in memory of Megan Alano, who died in March 2020. The Oct. 5 incident marks the second act of vandalism ...