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NY: NY: Park Slope Tree Lighting

Park Slope

Park Slope rings in holiday season with 16th annual tree lighting on Small Business Saturday

By Gabriele Holtermann

Japan Village

Holiday Craft Fair returns to Japan Village with 2 days of local makers, art and seasonal shopping

By Olivia Seaman

Jamaican singer Shaggy.

Caribbean Life

US$1M goal for star-studded Jamaica Strong Relief Concert

Brooklyn, NY. Polar Bear Plunge on Jan 1st 2025. Photo by Erica Price

Sign-ups open to dive into 2026 at the Coney Island Polar Bear Plunge

By Kirstyn Brendlen

Assembly Member Jaime Williams, center, in all-black, flanked by Assembly Member Monique Chandler-Waterman to her immediate right; Sen. Roxanne Persaud, to Williams' immediate left; and Brooklyn Canarsie Lions President Jean Joseph, to Persaud's immediate left.

Caribbean Life

Brooklyn leaders rally community for Jamaica relief

MTA New York City Transit President Demetrius Crichlow visits the Robert Couche Senior Center in Springfield Gardens on Thursday, Nov 20, 2025 for an outreach session about fare payment transitioning to OMNY.

News

MTA sends mobile sales vehicles into New York City to help transition riders to Tap and Ride ahead of MetroCard’s end

By Emily Davenport

Bay Ridge

Bay Ridge fire sends residents fleeing with pets, injures four

By Lloyd Mitchell

Casino site in Queens

AMNY

Op-Ed | Making sure NYC casinos are a win-win for New Yorkers

The Dyker Heights Holiday Lights.

AMNY

Light it up! Check out the amazing Christmas house lights in these NYC neighborhoods this holiday season

DTBK Gets Lit! Celebration

Downtown

Living lightscapes transform Downtown Brooklyn for the holidays

By Meaghan McGoldrick O'Neil & Paul Frangipane

trump and velázquez

Kids & Education

Velázquez urges Trump administration to reverse ‘illegal’ magnet school funding cuts

By Kirstyn Brendlen

City Council Member Julie Menin expected to be the next speaker

AMNY

Julie Menin says she has enough votes to become the next NYC Council Speaker

News

Cops seek two men in subway stabbing near Newkirk Avenue station

By Lloyd Mitchell

NY: Tredway-City Harvest Turkey Distribution

NY Giants’ Ezeudu helps Tredway, City Harvest distribute turkeys in Coney Island

By Gabriele Holtermann

Turkey Distributions

News

South Brooklyn turkey distributions deliver hundreds ahead of Thanksgiving

By Olivia Seaman

outside of stores in brooklyn

Business

Small Business Saturday: 10 best places to shop in Brooklyn

By Olivia Seaman

Bay Ridge Center

Bay Ridge

Gift hunting: Bay Ridge Center hosts second annual ‘Holiday Treasures Fair’

By Olivia Seaman

MTA officials cut ribbon on new subway accessibility features in Brooklyn

AMNY

Subway accessibility: Top MTA officials mark completion of new elevators, upgrades at Brooklyn station

christmas tree lighting

Arts & Entertainment

Season of Joy: A roundup of holiday lightings across Brooklyn

By Gabriele Holtermann

lakay bistro

Bedford-Stuyvesant

Lakay Bistro opens on Ralph Avenue, bringing Haitian flavors to Bed-Stuy

By Anna Bradley-Smith

More from Around New York

The NYC AIDS Memorial on World AIDS Day. The city issues its annual HIV surveillance report in conjunction with World AIDS Day.

‘Progress has stalled’: New HIV infections increased in NYC in 2024, surveillance report shows

Caribbean Coconut Curry Lamb Chops recipe.

Caribbean Coconut Curry Lamb Chops

Family-Friendly Holiday Train Shows in and Around Westchester

New York Family

Family-Friendly Holiday Train Shows in and Around Westchester

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City locks in operator to build 500 secure bike parking units across five boroughs