Brooklyn Democratic Party Chair discusses party’s future
BOROUGHWIDE — In the June Democratic Primary, the Brooklyn Can’t Wait coalition, a reform movement aligned with Democratic…
14 years empty: Inside Brooklyn Heights’ most stubborn storefront
BROOKLYN HEIGHTS — On bustling Montague Street in Brooklyn Heights, new shops and restaurants regularly come and go,…
More than 100 Brooklynites celebrate learning to swim
MIDWOOD — More than 100 people from central Brooklyn who learned lifesaving swimming skills for free in five…
How a few steps can cost thousands of dollars on Montague Street
Montague Street’s unique structure is by inheritance, rather than design. The street runs from the civic plaza at…
Playing with your food gets a fresh start at Children’s Food Festival
“Having them understand where food comes from is essential because they’re the future,” she said. Families cycled through…
CitiStorage entrepreneur discusses highs and lows in Brooklyn
WILLIAMSBURG — Serial entrepreneur Norman Brodsky can be described as a modern-day Renaissance man. From left: Elaine Brodsky,…
✰PREMIUM Before Brooklyn, there was nature
GREENWOOD HEIGHTS — Landscape ecologist Eric Sanderson has spent nearly three decades painstakingly reconstructing what New York City…
Historian Ron Schweiger retells Battle of Brooklyn
FLATLANDS — To celebrate the country’s 250th anniversary, Flatlands resident and Brooklyn Borough Historian Emeritus Ron Schweiger, 81,…
Mobile soup kitchen North Brooklyn Angels celebrates ninth year
“It started up in my office, and Neil came up and said he wanted to do this food…
NewComm, a design studio run by high-schoolers, expands
CROWN HEIGHTS — Chidi Asoluka began teaching at a charter school in his hometown of Newark, NJ, to…
For actress Lauren Patten, Brooklyn is a creative haven
CLINTON HILL — Some people move to New York City with dreams of someday making it to Broadway.…
Green space can’t catch up with Downtown Brooklyn housing spike
The tour was the fourth led by NY4P, which has identified a neighborhood in each borough with a…