The new library will be located on the site of the former Canarsie Library, which was originally built in the 1960s.
Eileen Baptistin Level is working to bring back an experience her community deserves: a cinema.
Brooklyn Museum hosts Pop Smoke Gala honoring late rapper with fashion, music, and dance; event led by his mother Audrey Jackson.
Named for its Native founders, Canarsie grew from a fishing village to a beach resort, then into a suburban, diverse Brooklyn neighborhood.
Once a beach resort, Canarsie grew into a suburban hub; after setbacks, it became a diverse, Caribbean-influenced neighborhood.
After years of town halls, rallies and a petition to get a ferry for Canarsie, yet another rally took place at Canarsie Pier for a ferry.
The filter feeders serve as a natural water filter, form reefs that increase habitat and subsequent marine biodiversity levels.
The headquarters of the historic Thomas Jefferson Democratic Club in Canarsie is up for sale for $1.5 million, according to Crain’s.
A flashy Brooklyn preacher who has played up connections to New York City’s mayor was sentenced Monday to nine years in prison for multiple frauds. Lamor Miller-Whitehead, 45, of Paramus, New
With waterfront homes equipped with docks, numerous boat clubs and huge swaths of parkland, the shoreline of Brooklyn’s Community Board 18 could well be the most diverse not just in
CANARSIE – Rose Prophete thought the second mortgage loan on her Brooklyn home was resolved about a decade ago — until she received paperwork claiming she owed more than $130,000.
This article was originally published on Jul 28 5:22pm EDT by THE CITY The Brooklyn pastor who says he was robbed in the middle of giving his Sunday sermon stole
A preacher at the Canarsie-based Leaders of Tomorrow International Ministries, Bishop Lamor Miller-Whitehead, who is known for his friendship with Mayor Eric Adams, was robbed of more than $1 million
It’s a new “subway series” between Brooklyn and Queens. This one, however, has nothing to do with sports. It’s for bragging rights — and billions of dollars in federal funding.
In the late 1990s, Arshay Cooper, now of Brooklyn, lived in Chicago, where he starred on America’s first all-Black public high school rowing team. Cooper, 38, is the author of
Trump tweets to endorse Malliotakis President Donald Trump took to Twitter to announce his endorsement of Republican Assemblymember Nicole Malliotakis for Congress. “Nicole has my Complete and Total Endorsement,” Trump
New leader is first woman to hold post BOROUGHWIDE — The Brooklyn Democratic Party elected Assemblymember Rodneyse Bichotte its new chairperson on Jan. 20, making the three-term lawmaker the first
Cops are looking for the man they say sexually assaulted a 13-year-old girl in Canarsie earlier this month. According to police, at around 11:30 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 1, the
This story was originally published on Oct. 28 by THE CITY. Seven years after Superstorm Sandy deluged New York City, more than eight out of 10 properties in coastal areas the
Newly formed non-profit offshoot of Thomas Jefferson Democratic Club to focus on local philanthropy “Great chefs need great helpers. Where are the full-size buns?” asked Frank Seddio, as he stood
BOROUGHWIDE — The electrical power outages that Brooklyn residents were forced to endure in the summer of 2019 will not soon be forgotten if a hearing the state legislature held
The lights are almost back on in Brooklyn. Con Edison is reporting that just over 2,600 customers in Brooklyn are still without power. The recovery from Sunday’s outages was slowed
Marie Sabatino summed up the feelings of thousands of Bath Beach residents who suddenly found themselves without electricity Sunday night and were forced to sweat it out on an evening
As 14,000 Brooklyn households continue to grapple with widespread power outages, elected officials are demanding more oversight of electricity provider Con Edison — including state and local investigations, hearings, legislation
The FBI agent shot in the back in Canarsie while FaceTiming his wife in late 2018 was visibly upset on the stand Thursday as he recalled firing his gun at
It’s a high stakes game of political musical chairs, and the latest winner will be crowned on Tuesday. That’s the day a special election will be held in the 45th
As a kid who goes to my local park in Canarsie, Brooklyn, a lot, I’m so excited that spring is finally here. It’s almost nice enough for me to leave
Growing up in Canarsie meant that St. Joseph’s Day was always a big celebration for Hon. Frank Seddio. So when he and then-law partner Frank Carone started a law firm
Police arrested 19-year-old Julius Allen on Wednesday, who they suspect gunned down a new father in Canarsie’s Bayview Houses in November 2018. Allen is charged with murder in the second
Manholes across the borough containing Con Edison power lines and transformers exploded on Wednesday, after rain from the previous night washed salt from the roads into underground vaults containing vital
Canarsie residents are speaking out since Mayor Bill de Blasio announced last week that the city will create a ferry stop in Coney Island, but not at the Canarsie Pier.
A fifth grader from Canarsie is one of the stars of a futuristic rock musical produced by a Drama Desk Award-winning theater company. Alfred Nicolas, 10, plays a character called
A serious food allergy is being investigated as the cause of death for an 11-year-old Canarsie boy. On New Year’s Day, police were called to a home on East 82nd
A pair of police officers, a deputy inspector-turned-good Samaritan and a charitable Carroll Gardens restaurant were the last of Borough President Eric Adams’ “Heroes of the Month” for 2018. Adams
Brooklyn Rep Also Reflects on Big Democratic Gains in House Access to affordable housing and public transportation that runs on time are two of the items on the wish list
A Brooklyn couple was federally charged on Monday in connection to an FBI agent who was shot in Canarsie on Saturday afternoon. Ronell Watson was held without bail in