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May 28, 2026
Local Law 75 rollergate rules could force costly storefront changes, raising concerns among Brooklyn small businesses ahead of enforcement.
Local Law 75 rollergate rules could force costly storefront changes, raising concerns among Brooklyn small businesses ahead of enforcement.
The Coney Island BID will have a first-year operating budget of up to $1 million and will be Brooklyn’s 24th BID.
MAYOR ZOHRAN MAMDANI ON SUNDAY SIGNED THE CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION to establish the long-awaited Coney Island BID.
The final Open Streets event of the season hosted by the Montague Street BID on Sunday, Oct. 26, featured a dog Halloween costume contest.
Montague Diner’s second annual Dog Costume Contest, part of its Halloween Spooktacular event, celebrated canine creativity.
MYRTLE AVENUE has seen 15 new businesses open in 2025, from a specialty beer bar to a renovated bagel shop
Music instructor Christian Apuzzo along with student musicians Louie Piscitello and Caine Nation-Ng, both age 11, entertained with guitars.
In what has become a much-anticipated neighborhood tradition, the annual Tree Lighting Ceremony in front of the Basilica of Our Lady of Perpetual Help (OLPH) on Fifth Avenue at 60th
The decorations are up, a winter chill is in the air, and the holiday season is upon us. Over on Fifth Avenue between 38th and 64th Streets, the Sunset Park
The first of its kind in the city, a gun buyback sponsored by the Sunset Park Fifth Avenue BID will be held on Saturday, October 26.
In conjunction with the Kings County district attorneys office and the 72nd Precinct, the BID will hold the buy back at the Beit El-Maqdis Islami …
The bar and gallery spaces at Brooklyn Fire Proof on Ingraham Street in Bushwick were hopping on Thursday, September 12 thanks to the huge turn-out of businessowners, real estate developers
Can you explain what the decal “Safe Stop” posted in a local storefront means? What is a Safe Stop location? In August 2011, I started Project Safe Stop in
Graham Avenue’s grand annual street fair celebrated another year of community fun, family, and entrepreneurship on Saturday, May 18, continuing through the rain to bring live music, tasty treats, festival
Now that it is spring and May sunshine has brought out the flowers and the foodies, there is a lot for Brooklynites to do each weekend. But this Saturday, May
BY SCOTT BURK, ESQ. It’s a question a lot of property owners and commercial tenants have regarding Business Improvement Districts (BIDs). This is especially true in New York City, which
Bay Ridge halal food vendor Sammy Kassen will receive his very own Vendy Award on September 15.
The Street Vendor Project at the Urban Justice Center has been giving out the awards for the past eight years to the best street vendors in the city.
Brooklyn-born 21-year-old Kassen will …
The food vendor controversy centered on the corner of 86th Street and Fifth Avenue has grown from a neighborhood dispute to a citywide legislative debate, with the issue of Sammy Kassen and his cart now in the hands of Deputy Mayor Cas Holloway.
This is much bigger than Bay Ri …
Some stores in New York and around the country saw Black Fridayweekend crowds become downright dangerous. At businesses insouthern Brooklyn, though, the atmosphere was busy, but stillcivilized.
It was a little bit busier, but not too much. It was like aregular Friday, said Javier Sanchez, …
Since launching in August, the Safe Stop initiativehas expanded to include 168 participating merchants throughoutSunset Park, Bay Ridge, Park Slope, …
After Leiby Kletzky was found brutally murdered last month, KingsCounty District Attorney Charles J. Hynes reacted with the sameshock, disgust and outrage as his fellow Brooklyn …
The 144th annual Brooklyn Memorial Day Parade, the oldestMemorial Day Parade in the country, which takes place here on Thirdand Fourth Avenues, needs your financial support. According toparade Chairperson Peter De Angelis, also the general chairpersonof the sponsoring United War Veterans of Kings …
Months of debate over the potential arrival of a Walmartsuperstore to New York City – specifically, Brooklyn – came to ahead last week as advocates on both sides gave passionate, oftenemotional testimony to NY City Council members.
The nearly four hours of testimony was, at times, drawn out …Despite opening hundreds of superstores in all corners of thecountry and across the globe, Walmart has faced years of oppositionin its efforts to open a New York City outpost, first in Manhattan,then Staten Island and most recently in Queens. But with jobsscarce and the city eager to court ever-b …