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brooklyn botanic garden cherry blossoms

Brooklyn Botanic Garden shakes off the winter blues with blooms and blossoms this spring

By Gabriele Holtermann

Last Night in Brooklyn

Books

Xochitl Gonzalez’s ‘Last Night in Brooklyn’ brings 2000s Fort Greene back to life

By Olivia Seaman

police at scene where child was shot dead in Brooklyn

AMNY

BREAKING | 7-month-old baby shot dead in Brooklyn on walk with mom, sources say

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flatbush house fire

Two firefighters injured in Flatbush house fire

By Kirstyn Brendlen & Lloyd Mitchell

Activists rally in support of Fair Fares program expansion for free subway and bus rides

AMNY

From Fair Fares to free fares? City Council proposes free subway, bus trips for over 1 million New Yorkers

Stacy Harvey

PoliticsNY

Inside Government with PoliticsNY: A Q&A with NYS Gaming Commission’s Division of Charitable Gaming Director Stacy Harvey

Atlantic Avenue ArtWalk

News

Atlantic Avenue ArtWalk returns with 125+ artists and 60 local businesses

By Olivia Seaman

New VillageCare CEO Shaun Ruskin

AMNY

VillageCare names Shaun Ruskin as its new president and CEO

dinner table setting for New Yorkers of faith

AMNY

Editorial | Celebrating the faiths we share as New Yorkers

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AMNY

MAMDANI’S FIRST 100 DAYS: Mayor unveils $108M plan to replace 6,700 catch basins, lifts NYC government TikTok ban

nyc transit museum union members

News

New York Transit Museum workers vote to unionize, seeking better pay and job security

By Ethan Stark-Miller

brooklyn bookstore crawl

Books

Bookworms inch across the borough as the Brooklyn Bookstore Crawl returns, April 18-25

By Kirstyn Brendlen

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AMNY

Brooklyn bribery scheme: Feds indict four for corruption tied to nonprofit, and possibly prominent officials

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AMNY

Brooklyn, Queens apartment developers broke disability access laws when building, suit claims

Miss Norway

Brooklyn’s Vi-Queens shine at 67th Miss Norway pageant

By Olivia Seaman

No Kings March, Park Slope

Nationwide “No Kings” demonstrations bring millions to streets, including 20,000 in Park Slope

By Gabriele Holtermann

police at crime scene in Brooklyn

AMNY

Brooklyn stabbing: Man hospitalized after being assaulted during argument, cops say

CYCLONE coney island

‘Welcome to spring’: Crowds return to Coney Island as iconic amusement parks open for 2026

Kirstyn Brendlen & Erica Price

Bay Ridge Art Walk

Arts & Entertainment

‘Embrace Winter’: 14th annual Bay Ridge Art Walk draws crowds to Third Avenue

By Olivia Seaman

NY: Maimonides Colon Cancer Doc

Health

‘We have to educate ourselves’: Brooklyn doctors spotlight rising colon cancer in under-50s

By Gabriele Holtermann

More from Around New York

New Directors/New Films will showcase out gay actor and writer John Early’s arch feature directorial debut, “Maddie’s Secret”

Several queer films set to screen at 55th annual New Directors/‌New Films festival

Michelle Buonfiglio, Northeast Lead for Inclusive Banking at J.P. Morgan Commercial Banking.

Op-Ed | Fueling NYC’s $50 billion engine: How women business owners can grow and scale

NYC Tartan Week 2026: Celebrate Scotland in the City at the Tartan Day Parade

New York Family

NYC Tartan Week 2026: Celebrate Scotland in the City at the Tartan Day Parade

Kodai Senga Mets Cardinals

Mets’ Kodai Senga looks and feels like an ace again