Bed-Stuy & South Brooklyn Spotlight: Two Big Bets on the Future
A 2,000-unit development is heading through public review in Bed-Stuy, while Mayor Mamdani launches the South of Prospect Plan to rezone corridors south of Prospect Park ahead of the future IBX.
Brooklyn’s South of Prospect Plan: What the New Rezoning Means for You
Mayor Mamdani’s new South of Prospect Plan will rezone Coney Island and McDonald Avenues south of Prospect Park for more housing. Here’s what Brooklyn residents need to know.
Rose Marie in Williamsburg Is Closing June 13
If you’ve been meaning to get to Rose Marie, the Southern-inspired bar and restaurant at 524 Lorimer Street in East Williamsburg, time is running short. The restaurant announced this week that its last day of service will be June 13 — less than a year after opening in the space that previously housed Magdelene. It’s […]
Brooklyn Community Board 14 June 2026 Meetings: Flatbush, Midwood & Kensington
If you live in Flatbush, Midwood, or the parts of Kensington that fall within Brooklyn Community Board 14’s district, June is a busy month for civic engagement. CB14 has published its full June 2026 meeting calendar, and several committees are tackling issues that hit close to home for residents — from housing and land use […]
Brooklyn Backs Brooklyn: 16 Nonprofits Get $1.5M Lifeline
When federal funding cuts started hitting Brooklyn’s nonprofit sector in 2025, Brooklyn Org — the borough’s community foundation — responded with a campaign and a check. In December 2025, the organization announced it had committed more than $1.5 million in new, multi-year grants to 16 nonprofit organizations working across the borough on food access, immigrant […]
Weeksville to Prospect Park: Brooklyn’s Forgotten History Walk
Brooklyn’s most famous neighborhoods — Williamsburg, DUMBO, Park Slope — get all the attention. But some of the borough’s most compelling stories are tucked into the blocks that visitors never reach: a surviving free Black community from before the Civil War, a cemetery that doubles as a Victorian arboretum, and a corner of Prospect Park […]
Brooklyn Weekend Preview: Photoville Closes, Smorgasburg Returns, May 30-31
Brooklyn ends May with energy. The city’s most celebrated free photography festival wraps its 15th year on Saturday at Brooklyn Bridge Park, Smorgasburg is running at two waterfront locations across the weekend, and community events stretch from Williamsburg to Bay Ridge. Here is your guide to the borough this weekend. Photoville Closes Saturday — Last […]
Bushwick in 2026: Art, Development Tensions, and What to Know
Brooklyn Construction Workers: New Mental Health Training Required by August 1
Local Law 10 of 2026 replaced drug and alcohol training with mental health awareness for NYC construction workers. Here’s what Brooklyn workers and contractors need to know before August 1.
Ilis Is Closing: Greenpoint Loses One of Its Best Restaurants
It’s the kind of news that stops a neighborhood cold. Ilis, the ambitious Nordic-influenced tasting menu restaurant at 150 Green Street in Greenpoint, has announced it will close after service on May 28, 2026. The reason: the building was sold to a developer, and the restaurant — along with its fellow tenants — lost its […]