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Aliyah Huey, co-owner of Continent Brooklyn, stands inside the dining room of the Caribbean-inspired restaurant located within the Indigo Hotel in Brooklyn, N.Y.

Caribbean Life

Continent Brooklyn: A culinary landmark of Caribbean culture and hospitality in New York

Organizers, Sherry Williams, and Trudy King, joined honorees, (no particular order) Israel Gonzalez, Gabriel Espinal, Marie Durand, Zahid Razak, Norman Fraser, Shivani Collado, and Xavier Rodrigues. and legislators, Dorothy L. Goosby, fifth from left, (for which the Plaza was named), seventh from left, Town Clerk Kater Murray, and Zahid Syed, at end, at the Hempstead Town Board & the Department of Community Affairs Caribbean Heritage Month Celebration on May 6, 2025.

Caribbean Life

Hempstead Town honors Caribbean Heritage Month with celebration at Goosby Plaza

FILE PHOTO: Democratic presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg attend a campaign event in Chattanooga

AMNY

NYC Mayor’s Race: Democratic frontrunner Cuomo nabs support from former Mayor Mike Bloomberg

Immigrant in elevator after being arrested by ICE agents in Lower Manhattan court

AMNY

Gone in 30 seconds: Frantic scenes in Lower Manhattan as ICE agents apprehend immigrants attending court hearings

bushwick affordable housing lottery

Bushwick

Bushwick affordable housing lottery, with rents starting at $994, closes soon

By Anna Bradley-Smith

brooklyn faeries gathering

Arts & Entertainment

Brooklyn’s Radical Faeries plan first-ever ‘gatherette’ to celebrate queer joy and connection

By Olivia Seaman

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Bronx Times

Advocates renew push to double bottle and can deposit from 5 to 10 cents

Promotional flyer for “We Outside.”

Caribbean Life

51 ARTS hosts ‘We Outside! A Brooklyn Juneteenth, Vol. III’

brooklynettes dance team on basketball court

Arts & Entertainment

Boogie on the basketball court: Brooklynettes dance team to host open auditions on June 28

By Jada Camille

candidates for council district 38 primaries

NYC Primaries | Meet the candidates for Brooklyn’s City Council District 38

By Max Levine Murray

police are searching for a man they say groped multiple women in downtown brooklyn

Downtown

Police search for man who groped two women in Downtown Brooklyn

By Kirstyn Brendlen

State Sen. Brad Hoylman-Sigal, and Sen. Jessica Scarcella-Spanton lead a news conference on the Million Dollar Staircase at the New York State Capitol in Albany ahead of Monday's vote.

AMNY

New York on the cusp of allowing medical aid in helping terminally ill die as state Senate sends controversial bill to Hochul’s desk

Mayor Eric Adams

AMNY

Op-ed | Delivering on safety: Record-low shootings and homicides in 2025

four people at a podium in NYC during press conference about immigration protests

AMNY

ICE raids unrest: ‘We will not allow violence,’ Mayor Adams warns while encouraging peaceful protests in NYC

Masked ICE agents in immigration court in Lower Manhattan

AMNY

‘Living hell’: ICE presence at Manhattan immigration court fueling fear and anger among lawyers and visitors alike

SUNY Downstate

Hospitals in Crisis

To save cash-strapped SUNY Downstate, advisory board recommends expanding services with massive state investment

By Kirstyn Brendlen

Andrew Cuomo speaking in mayor's race

AMNY

NYC Mayor’s Race: CFB awards Cuomo chunk of public funds it withheld over preliminary findings of illegal coordination with Super PAC

Brooklyn Borough President Candidate Khari Edwards pays tribute in poem, at Memorial Day 2025 Ceremony by the Brooklyn Canarsie Lions, flanked by Assembly Member Jamie Williams, to his immediate right.

Caribbean Life

Khari Edwards vies to be Brooklyn Borough Prez

four Democrats running for NYC comptroller

AMNY

2025 Elections: Who are the four Democrats running for NYC comptroller in the June 24 primary?

Symposim Panel 2

News

Symposium spotlights bold ideas to address Brooklyn’s affordability crisis and economic gaps

By Megan McGibney

More from Around New York

The Phillip Burton Federal Building is one of the courthouses for the United States District Court for the Northern District of California.

Federal court blocks portions of Trump’s anti-trans executive orders

Aliyah Huey, co-owner of Continent Brooklyn, stands inside the dining room of the Caribbean-inspired restaurant located within the Indigo Hotel in Brooklyn, N.Y.

Continent Brooklyn: A culinary landmark of Caribbean culture and hospitality in New York

Anne Frank The Exhibition

New York Family

Anne Frank The Exhibition at The Center for Jewish History Is a Must-See

Jeff McNeil Mets walk-off Nationals

McNeil walks off Mets in 5-4 comeback win over Nationals