At around 9 PM on Monday, May 21, 34-year-old Amjad Barakat was crossing 7th Avenue at the intersection of 72nd Street in Bay Ridge when he was struck and killed … Read more

Democratic congressional candidate Mark Murphy brought TV celebrity Ty Pennington along to the Norwegian Day Parade in Bay Ridge on Sunday to underscore Murphy’s tongue-in-cheek message that Congress needs an … Read more

Vegans aren’t just a punch line any more. The message that meat

is cruel, unhealthy

and environmentally catastrophic is increasingly resonant, yet governments around the world,

particularly the U.S. … Read more

In a press release, Democratic Andrew Gounardes, running against local Republican State Senator Marty Golden, says he’s knocked on 4,000 doors in the district so far.

Southern Brooklyn hasn’t seen … Read more

The Bloomberg Administration is exploring privatizing the city’s nearly 40,000 parking meters, inviting ideas from contractors willing to fund developing technologies like a smartphone or mobile app that uses pavement … Read more

The Exhibition Center at the Coney Island History Project, just off the Boardwalk under the Wonder Wheel entrance sign at 3059 West 12th Street, will host a retrospective, “Abe Feinstein: … Read more

The Fifth Avenue Business Improvement District will host its Annual Fifth Avenue Spring Festival from 11 AM to 6 PM on Sunday, June 3, from 69th Street to 85th … Read more

The Mummers, a Philadelphia band, decked out in Second Line-style costumes;

I didn’t make it to the parade itself, although I heard that there was a great turnout this year. I … Read more

A limbless stump standing behind a Marine Avenue apartment house is all that remains of a beautiful American Linden tree that, for a hundred years, graced the courtyards of the … Read more

Responding to negative coverage by the New York Times of his office’s handling of child sexual abuse cases in the ultra-Orthodox Jewish community, Brooklyn district attorney Charlie Hynes has appointed … Read more

According to the Brooklyn Paper, the organizers of the 145-year-old Kings County Memorial Day Parade -- now that its cash flow crisis has been eased -- are trying to get … Read more

This Sunday, May 20, from 11 AM to 4 PM, the New Amsterdam Market will host its Second Annual “Gathering of Fisheries” on South Street (between Beekman and Peck Slip) … Read more

The Board of Elections has announced, after finishing a time-consuming hand recount of the last votes from the March 20 special election to replace former State Senator Carl Kruger, that … Read more

A bill passed by the State Assembly that would increase the minimum

wage was pronounced dead by Albany insiders this week. Republican Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos and his rank-and-file … Read more

As part of NYC Bike Month, Levy’s Unique New York will lead a four-hour bike tour of the historic breweries of Williamsburg, East Williamsburg and Bushwick, on Sunday, May 20, … Read more

Prospect Heights Democrats for Reform will meet tomorrow, May 17th from 7 to 9 PM at Duryea Presbyterian Church, at 362 Sterling Place, Brooklyn.

All interested Prospect Heights neighbors are … Read more

OpSail, the nation’s premier tall ship event, which began in New York

City 50 years ago, has not visited since 2000.

This Memorial Day weekend, thanks to a partnership between OpSail … Read more

Concerned about homeless and feral cats in your neighborhood? Learn how you can help. Trap, neuter return (TNR) is the only humane, effective way to control the feral cat population … Read more

Rocco’s Pizzeria, at 7818 5th Avenue (between 78th and 79th Streets) in Bay Ridge, and Super Roofer, will co-sponsor the 8th “Annual Brooklyn Pizza Eating

Contest”™, all day on Sunday, … Read more

The Bay Ridge Center Community Advisory Board presents its annual “A Night at the Races” at the Bay Ridge Center, 6925 4th Avenue in Bay Ridge, on Friday, June 15. … Read more

There are an estimated one million disabled and special needs New Yorkers living in state-operated, certified or licensed facilities and programs. Last year, more than 10,000 allegations of abuse were … Read more

Six-term Brooklyn District Attorney Charlie Hynes has to be feeling the heat from a recent series of New York Times articles roasting his office for its velvet-glove treatment of ultra-Orthodox … Read more

The Scandinavian East Coast Museum has chosen the late Paul Busse as its “Scandinavian of the Year for 2012”. Although not Scandinavian, he was instrumental in preserving, sharing … Read more

At a press conference last week, local attorney Lamis Deek, representing embattled Arab food cart vender Sammy Kassen, target of a harassment campaign by a group of brick-and-mortar business owners … Read more