6+ mon, 5+ day ago  (418+ words) It may be the end of the road for the Brooklyn Mirage, as parent company Avant Gardner has filed a demolition permit to bring down the ill-fated music venue. The permit was filed on Oct. 10, as was first reported by…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago  (1081+ words) Kenia Pittman, director of exhibition design operations at the New York Botanical Garden, towers over the Brooklyn Bridge as she talks. But this is more of a baby Brooklyn Bridge than the real thing. While few structures are as symbolic…...

2+ mon, 4+ week ago  (474+ words) The new owners of Crest Hardware's former buildings on Metropolitan Avenue are advancing plans to replace the familiar red structures with a residential tower. City records show developer'Green Street'has filed a new building permit application for an 11-story, 70-unit apartment…...

5+ mon, 3+ week ago  (492+ words) For the third year, the Brooklyn Navy Yard Development Corporation (BNYDC) is inviting Brooklyn-based creatives to submit designs for a fence-line public art installation to be displayed in front of Building 3 along Flushing Avenue between Clermont and Adelphi streets from…...

5+ mon, 2+ week ago  (556+ words) Prospect Park, home to Brooklyn's last remaining forest and only lake, is an oasis for New Yorkers." It's also very expensive to maintain, especially after budget cuts to the city's parks department. This week, lifelong Brooklynite Shelby White gifted the…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (1111+ words) Anthony Marino has been familiar with playwright John Patrick Shanley's work since before he was a theater performance major at Wagner College. He performed a scene from "Danny and the Deep Blue Sea" in acting class, read plays from the…...

7+ mon, 3+ week ago  (300+ words) The Green-Wood Cemetery's new visitor center is looking close to finished on the exterior and the construction fence has come down. The gleaming Weir Greenhouse is now fully visible along with the terra-cotta-clad new building that wraps around the 19th century…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago  (557+ words) For Coney Island, the reopening of the Wonder Wheel each spring marks the start of the summer season, and the continuation of a family story nearly a century in the making. Brothers Steve and Dennis Vourderis, who own and operate…...

1+ year, 1+ week ago  (480+ words) For 70 years, the holiness of Palm Sunday has extended well beyond church walls in Brooklyn. That's because the day marks the "Blessing of the Rides" and the official season opening of Deno's Wonder Wheel Amusement Park in Coney Island. The…...

2+ day, 4+ min ago  (928+ words) Policymakers, community leaders and Brooklynites packed the Beaux-Arts Court at the Brooklyn Museum in Prospect Heights on Thursday evening, where Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso delivered his fourth State of the Borough address, highlighting his administration's accomplishments in 2025 and outlining…...