CROWN HTS. AND QUEENS — Rabbi Moshe Kotlarsky, Vice Chairman of Merkos L’Inyonei Chinuch and Director of the annual International Conference of Chabad-Lubavitch Emissaries, drew a crowd for his funeral at Montefiore Cemetery on Wednesday, June 5, 2024, in Queens. According to an obituary published in the Jewish Journal, Kotlarsky was born on May 28, […]
WASHINGTON AVENUE — The Brooklyn Botanic Garden recently held a gala the planners called “massively successful,” largely attributable to a special guest: the renowned forestry scientist Dr. Suzanne Simard. The gala came at an important moment for the BBG: As it continues to protect its plants from the impacts of climate change, it also struggles […]
NORTH BROOKLYN — The area containing Bedford-Stuyvesant, Williamsburg, DUMBO, the Brooklyn Navy Yard, Bushwick, Crown Heights, Clinton Hill and Fort Greene is leading the growth of small businesses in the city, according to “Small Business Dynamism in New York City’s Economic Recovery,” a report issued by the city’s Economic Development Corp. this week. Citywide, “new […]