The panel appointed by Mayor Bill de Blasio to evaluate the controversial reconstruction of a 1.5-mile decrepit section of the BQE underpinning the Brooklyn Heights Promenade has issued its first report. Panel Chairperson Carlo Scissura said in a release on Wednesday that the group has begun weekly meetings, and has done “some critical background work […]
Macy’s 43rd annual Fourth of July fireworks show will be set off from the Brooklyn Bridge this year for the first time since 2014, according to the retail chain. Since the fireworks display returned to the East River from the Hudson in 2014, its location has shifted — and for the past couple of years, […]
It’s one of the most frequent complaints made by residents of Brooklyn’s scenic neighborhoods: film crews and their paraphernalia flooding local streets, taking up parking and disrupting deliveries to local businesses. New York City Councilmember Inez Barron says that beleaguered New Yorkers deserve a “Bill of Rights” protecting them from such incursions. Barron, who represents […]