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Pathmark Is Making a Comeback in East Flatbush

After months of extensive interior and exterior renovations, the 47,000-square-foot Pathmark is ready to reopen this week.

Apr 4, 2019 11:05 AM Read more >

Restoration Reimagined! Architect David Adjaye Will Bring New Vision for Bed-Stuy Plaza to Life

A five-year plan will help re-envision Restoration Plaza as a symbol for equity to help close the racial wealth gap in Central Brooklyn

Apr 3, 2019 11:50 PM Read more >

Espinal Pushes for Affordable Commercial Rent Laws to Protect Mom-and-Pop Shops

Espinal's bills include provisions to require affordable commercial space set aside in city-subsidized housing developments

Apr 3, 2019 1:22 PM Read more >

Citi Bike Is Expanding to Bushwick this Month (Finally!)

Citi Bike will add 19 new docking stations along the L train corridor, with the majority of those planned for Bushwick.

Apr 3, 2019 11:28 AM Read more >

Brownsville Residents Alarmed by Landlord's Plan to Install Facial Recognition System

Tenants at Atlantic Plaza Towers fear that their privacy and civil liberties will be violated by an entry system that collects biometric data

Apr 2, 2019 2:59 PM Read more >

Fort Greene Park Honors Literary Greats with 'Pieces of Poetry' Mosaic

The community art project celebrates the legacy of Fort Greene icons Walt Whitman, Marianne Moore and Richard Wright.

Apr 2, 2019 12:17 PM Read more >

Brooklyn Community Foundation Launches 'Elders Fund' to Support Brooklyn Seniors

More than one in five of Brooklyn seniors live below the poverty line.

Apr 2, 2019 10:30 AM Read more >

Tracy Morgan Joins Bed-Stuy to Celebrate Revamped Hattie Carthan Garden

After much-needed renovations, the community garden is spring-ready with new garden beds, plants, benches, picnic tables and a mural!

Apr 1, 2019 5:14 PM Read more >

Wyckoff Hospital Convenes 2nd Annual Sexual Assault Conference

The free conference aims to educate survivors and the public about resources available for the prevention and treatment of sexual and domestic violence

Apr 1, 2019 3:18 PM Read more >

New Book 'Bobby in Naziland' Tells a Different Tale of Flatbush

Growing up in the '50s, Robert Rosen learned about life, death and bigotry from the WWII vets and Holocaust survivors who surrounded him.

Apr 1, 2019 1:50 PM Read more >