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Rescued Kemp’s ridley sea turtle Elton makes splashy return to ocean off Coney Island

By Gabriele Holtermann

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Crown Heights block makes history as Brooklyn’s greenest

By Anna Bradley-Smith

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‘The Dear Neighbor Project’ examines flooding and community resilience in Gowanus

By Gabriele Holtermann

Earthquake measured on a seismograph

AMNY

Earthquake! NYC experiences a Saturday night shakeup from New Jersey tremor

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Subway

Rain check! Torrential downpours flood parts of Brooklyn, spare others

By Gabriele Holtermann

News

Four Sparrow Marsh restoration bolsters Jamaica Bay environment

By Ajani Stella

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‘By and for the people’: Brooklyn launches city’s first community-led solar project in Sunset Park

By Gabriele Holtermann

rendering of monitor point development near bushwick inlet park

Locals split over proposed mixed-use development, Monitor Point, near Bushwick Inlet Park

By Kirstyn Brendlen

Person running into rain-soaked street in New York City amid flooding rain

AMNY

NYC’s sewer system faces decades-long overhaul as storms intensify, officials warn

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After months of backlash, city to close concrete recycling facility in Columbia Waterfront District

By Kirstyn Brendlen

NY: MicroGrid Networks Williamsburg

News

Brooklyn’s power play: Williamsburg battery energy storage hub supercharges local grid

By Gabriele Holtermann

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Parks

Judge tosses lawsuit against planned Fort Greene Park overhaul, citing ‘significant’ long-term benefits

By Kirstyn Brendlen

A modular Portland Loo restroom is delivered to Hoyt Playground in Queens, one of five installed across the city as part of a pilot program to expand public bathroom access

AMNY

Million dollar potties: Five new modular restrooms open in NYC parks topped $1 million each to install

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News

Families flock to Coney Island for cleanup outside aquarium for World Ocean Day

By Kacie Moschella

NY: Summer Heat

News

The heat is on! Brooklyn braces for first heat wave of summer 2025

By Gabriele Holtermann

mini forest in williamsburg

City opens ‘mini forest’ filled with native trees and grasses on Williamsburg waterfront

By Kirstyn Brendlen

el puente

‘Setting ourselves backwards’: EPA terminates $3M grant for El Puente, jeopardizing environmental justice project

By Kirstyn Brendlen

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Bronx Times

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

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Rooted in time: Brooklyn Botanic Garden celebrates 100 years of bonsai

By Regina Martinez

flower bed-stuy celebration

Flower Bed-Stuy celebrates 15 years of neighborhood beautification and civic pride

By Paul Frangipane & Kirstyn Brendlen

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New York Family

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blood on subway platform after man stabbed in Harlem

Bloody assault in Harlem leaves man stabbed in back following argument in subway: cops