A group of residents and a southern Brooklyn lawmaker are bringing the city’s Department of Transportation to court in hopes of halting the conversion of a stretch of 7th and 8th avenues into one-way streets.
A series of outdoor musicals at Park Slope’s Old Stone House will showcase the lesser-known history of the neighborhood as a lesbian sanctuary once affectionately coined “Dyke Slope.”
Construction is under way on a wastewater treatment facility in Sheepshead Bay, and city officials claim the new green infrastructure will be equivalent to taking 109 passenger cars off the road.
Coney Island’s newest attraction, The Phoenix roller coaster, will soon open at Deno’s Wonder Wheel Amusement Park, where it will serve as the latest addition to the neighborhood’s skyline.
The COVID-19 pandemic washed over the city and brought countless stories of death and despair for New York’s vulnerable — but it also robbed many seniors of much-needed social interaction.
City transportation officials are looking to convert a span of 7th and 8th avenues to one-way streets, but members of more than one community board maintain that the agency hasn’t done enough to inform residents about the major traffic adjustment.
An expansion to construct flood barriers and a new tower at Coney Island Hospital is underway despite slight delays after the coronavirus pandemic forced officials to halt work last spring.
The Brooklyn Public Library is outfitting the roofs of four southern Brooklyn literary emporiums with solar energy backup systems that guarantee the lights stay lit.
The National Park Service will soon embark on a planned cleanup of southern Brooklyn’s Dead Horse Bay, but one local author and expert on the area is looking to salvage the trash currently scrapped in the bay.
City Planning is proposing zoning measures in southern Brooklyn’s coastal neighborhoods that could help property owners protect their homes in flood-prone areas.
