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Food & Drink

From farm to cup: How Devoción delivers the freshest Colombian coffee in Brooklyn

By Lauren Rapp

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Business

Macy’s to close Brooklyn’s Fulton Street flagship and Sheepshead Bay Backstage as part of nationwide cutbacks

By Adam Daly

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84th Precinct: New Year’s Nightmare

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News

Brooklyn secures two major landmarks in 2024, despite a slow year for designations

By Anna Bradley-Smith

Kids & Education

St. Francis College dedicates chapel to former chancellor Frank J. Macchiarola

By Lauren Rapp

84th precinct stationhouse

84th Precinct: Loaves and stitches

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Stranded for hours: Downtown Brooklyn subway power outage exposes MTA challenges

By Barbara Russo-Lennon

NY: Santa Claus visits ICL Community

Kids & Education

Decade of joy: Downtown Brooklyn Santa brings smiles to ICL families

By Gabriele Holtermann

NY: Tree Lighting Ceremony

Arts & Entertainment

Fulton Mall shines bright with annual tree lighting and holiday celebration

By Gabriele Holtermann

NY: Happy Munkey Opens in Fulton Mall

Leaves of Grass

‘Breaking glass ceilings’: Happy Munkey opens Fulton Mall’s first legal cannabis dispensary

By Gabriele Holtermann

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Brooklyn residents targeted in youth basketball donation scam: NYPD

By Adam Daly

NY: 505 State Street

Development

A new era: Inside 505 State Street, NYC’s first fully electric skyscraper in Downtown Brooklyn

By Gabriele Holtermann

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Moped rider fatally struck by coach bus in Downtown Brooklyn

By Ben Brachfeld

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Politics

How sweet it is! Junior’s honors Election Day history with half-off cheesecake

By Meaghan McGoldrick O'Neil

Brandee Younger, an acclaimed harpist who performed at the first-ever BRIC JazzFest, returns as this season’s Artist Curator.

Music

A decade of jazz! BRIC to celebrate 10th anniversary of JazzFest with slate of performances

By Jada Camille

NY: Fashion Show Abolitionist Place

Kids & Education

Brooklyn youth shine in Fashion Camp 360’s first-ever runway show at Abolitionist Place

By Gabriele Holtermann

NY: Atlantic Antic 2024

Business

Local merchants and global flavors shine at Brooklyn’s 49th Atlantic Antic

By Gabriele Holtermann

The Downtown Brooklyn Arts Festival returns this month with a fresh line-up

Things to Do

Downtown Brooklyn Arts Festival returns this month with DJs, dance and soulful sounds

By Adam Daly

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Arts & Entertainment

Brooklyn Org and Groundswell unveil mural spreading love and celebrating borough’s spirit

By Gabriele Holtermann

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Books

Brooklyn Book Festival returning this September with nine days of literary revelry

By Natalie Dahan

More from Around New York

The 2025 NYC Pride March lined the streets of Manhattan in commemoration of the 1969 Stonewall Uprising.

NYC Pride March brings the heat on a sizzling Sunday in Manhattan

Dancers entertained the large crowd at the 2024 Folk Festival at the Old Boys High School grounds, at 746 Rutland Rd., Brooklyn.

Guyana Cultural Association NY marks 25th Anniversary with Summer–Fall cultural series

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New York Family

NYC Public Pools Are Now Open for the Summer Season!

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NYPD fumes over gay officers’ group’s ‘disgraceful’ exclusion from Pride March