Category: Brooklyn

Take home an adorable rescue dog like Auggie here at Woofstock in Park Slope on May 4, 2024. Photo by Rich Fury/provided The Badass Animal Rescue is bringing back Woofstock Badass Spring Fest this weekend in Park Slope! Today, Saturday, May 4, from noon to 5 p.m., President Street (between 3rd Avenue & Nevins Street)…

Paul McCartney took to social media Friday, responding to a 60-year-old fan interview taken on the cusp of “Beatlemania” arriving in the US. The legendary singer-songwriter’s photographs are the subject of a new Brooklyn Museum exhibit, on view now. Images via Instagram/Paul McCartney Are you Adrienne from Brooklyn? If so, Paul McCartney is looking for…

A team of craftsman unveiled their latest work, a set of custom benches in front of the Oculus at the World Trade Center. Photo courtesy of Brooklyn Workforce Innovations A Brooklyn-based vocational training initiative recently unveiled a set of custom benches constructed by formerly incarcerated Brooklynites in front of the Oculus at the World Trade Center. The…

Firefighters battled a smoky fire at a garage in “The Hole” on Tuesday. Photo by Lloyd Mitchell A dilapidated garage in “The Hole,” a small neighborhood on the border of Brooklyn and Queens, went up in flames on Tuesday afternoon. The blaze started shortly before 3:30 p.m. at 482 Emerald St., according to the Fire…

The Diocese of Brooklyn will close two Catholic elementary schools at the end of the school year. File photo by Lloyd Mitchell Facing low enrollment and a dire financial situation, two Catholic elementary schools in Brooklyn will close permanently at the end of the current school year, the Diocese of Brooklyn announced on Thursday. Salve…

Police arrested a bodega worker for allegedly assaulting his Boerum Hill co-worker with a baseball bat late last month. Getty Images Cops arrested a 63-year-old bodega employee after he allegedly hospitalized a co-worker at a Boerum Hill store on April 27. According to the 38-year-old victim, he was working the morning shift at the Nevins…

NYS Department of Environmental Conservation A Borough Park man pleaded guilty to violating the state’s environmental conservation laws Thursday after he sold a cougar head and other prohibited wild animal parts to an undercover investigator. As part of his plea deal handed down by Brooklyn Criminal Court Judge Dale Fong-Frederick, 26-year-old Usher Weiss was ordered…

Flames shoot through the roof of a Brooklyn supermarket during a five-alarm fire on May 1, 2024. Photo by Lloyd Mitchell Fire marshals are looking to figure out what sparked a devastating five-alarm blaze in Brooklyn on Wednesday that gutted a closed supermarket and several nearby residences. Seven people, including six firefighters, suffered minor injuries…

EnvatoElements/DragonImages Starting next year, New York will be the first state to require employers to offer paid prenatal leave for expecting mothers. As part of the legislation included in the recently-enacted state budget aimed at tackling infant and maternal mortality, pregnant employees will be able to receive an additional 20 hours of paid sick leave…

Koi Bā, a new Japanese-inspired speakeasy, is slinging specialty cocktails and bar food in Williamsburg. Photo courtesy of Julian Bracero/Koi Bā A new Japanese-inspired speakeasy is slinging specialty cocktails and bar food with a twist in Williamsburg.   Koi Bā, a cozy cocktail bar above Nem’s Japandi Bistro on North 6th Street, bills itself as a…