Mayor Bill de Blasio announced his pick of eight new members of the city’s new Civic Engagement Commission on Tuesday. All of his choices are activists with long histories of civic engagement, from working with political groups to fighting for the rights of the disabled and immigrants. The 15-member commission, which will be chaired by […]
As millions of Catholics around the world poured into churches to observe Good Friday, about 50 Brooklynites gathered in Cobble Hill that evening for a special kind of service. Inside the Parish of St. Paul & St. Agnes, they sang and listened to their priest tell the story of Jesus’ crucifixion. They lined up and […]
Pub crawls are for amateurs. How about a baklava crawl? It takes real single-mindedness to eat dessert all day long. Brooklyn’s got many shops, bakeries and cafes of varying ethnicities that dish up this crispy, crunchy phyllo-dough treat. I decided to embrace my baklava obsession and devise a tour that incidentally also takes you to […]