A $10M proposal to operate Aviator Sports at Floyd Bennett Field was rejected over an email error as a lease decision nears.
Ahmed Alaahri was sentenced for kidnapping and sexually abusing a 17-year-old in Brooklyn. He and a co-defendant face deportation.
Floyd Bennett Field has a rich history as New York City’s first major municipal airport. It opened in 1931.
“We are doing our best to take care of your parks at this time, but some amenities and services may not be available.”
Following management’s announcement that indoor facilities of Aviator Sports and Events Center at Floyd Bennett Field will be closing April
Rep. Nicole Malliotakis stated her office is working with the National Parks Service to find a new operator, so activities aren’t disrupted.
Factors include economic downturns, Superstorm Sandy, government shutdowns, COVID-19, and a migrant camp outside its front door.
Although the sun was shining, the chill, fierce ocean winds of the Atlantic ocean reminded the birding group gathered by the Ryan Visitor
The main institution where people are likely to interact with federal employees — at least until the advent of email — is at the post office.
On Jan. 15, standing on the frigid windswept tarmac of the former airfield, opponents of the migrant encampment held a press conference.
THE CITY ON Saturday at last began the process of closing down the controversial Floyd Bennett Field migrant camp shelter.
THE CITY’S ANNOUNCEMENT on Tuesday that several migrant shelters around the city will soon close — including one at Floyd Bennett Field.
NYC is shrinking the huge emergency shelter system it created to house tens of thousands of migrants as the number of new arrivals drops.
25 MIGRANT SHELTERS across the state will shutter by March of next year, Mayor Adams said at a Tuesday morning press conference.
CITY OFFICIALS ARE worried about the uncertain future of the migrant tent camp at Floyd Bennett Field, ahead of the Trump administration.
A TAPESTRY OF COLLECTIVE DREAMS will cover a cluster of benches in Downtown Brooklyn as part of a participatory art project.
With the Sept. 14 deadline looming, a last ditch effort to revoke the migrant shelter lease at Floyd Bennett Field took place.
PERMITS HAVE BEEN FILED FOR A FOUR-STORY MIXED-USE BUILDING at 703 Midwood Street in East Flatbush, not in a flood zone.
FLOYD BENNETT FIELD — Dozens of around-the-world and trans-Atlantic flights started or ended on Floyd Bennett Field’s runways in the 1930s-40s, including those piloted by Charles Lindbergh, Amelia Earhart and
FLOYD BENNETT FIELD — Dozens of around-the-world and trans-Atlantic flights started or ended on Floyd Bennett Field’s runways in the 1930s-40s, including those piloted by Charles Lindbergh, Amelia Earhart and
FLOYD BENNETT FIELD – A rainy and foggy morning served as the backdrop for a bipartisan group of elected officials — which included Rep. Nicole Malliotakis (R-Southwest Brooklyn-Staten Island) —
When New York City officials erected a sprawling tent complex on a remote former airport in Brooklyn to house asylum-seeking migrants this fall, many of the recent arrivals and their
Security guards at the migrant shelter at Floyd Bennett Field in Brooklyn confiscated toy scooters from playing children on Christmas Eve.
“We had a nice, close, neighborhood group of people, now we have a literal invasion of people knocking on doors begging, asking for money.”
MARINE PARK — Mayor Eric Adams seemingly had one message for migrants who decided to leave shortly after arriving at a newly-opened shelter at Floyd Bennett Field in Marine Park:
This article is part of an ongoing collaboration between Chalkbeat and THE CITY. Mayor Eric Adams announced two striking policy shifts for migrant families with children on Monday afternoon, in
MARINE PARK — Floyd Bennett Field in Marine Park, in its 92-year history has contained many things: A commercial airport, a staging point for many record-breaking solo flights, a U.S.
This article was originally published on Mar 13 at 10:07pm EDT by THE CITY. Two federally owned swaths of land in the city could soon host “glamping” and tiny cabins
The imperious Snowy Owl is one of the few birds that can attract even non-birders to come out for a look. The largest North American owl by weight, Snowy Owls
Brooklyn Greenway Initiative (BGI) has announced the start of its 2020 Brooklyn Waterfront Challenge, a competition that invites participants to run, walk or cycle a 131-mile exploration of Brooklyn’s iconic
My father, Irving Kaufman (1910 – 1982), was a professional photographer who started in Brooklyn in the mid 1930s working for the Brooklyn Daily Eagle. He captured thousands of images
My father, Irving Kaufman (1910 – 1982), was a professional photographer who started in Brooklyn in the mid 1930s working for the Brooklyn Daily Eagle. He captured thousands of images
My father, Irving Kaufman (1910 – 1982), was a professional photographer who started in Brooklyn in the mid 1930s working for the Brooklyn Daily Eagle. He captured thousands of images
My father, Irving Kaufman (1910 – 1982), was a professional photographer who started in Brooklyn in the mid 1930s working for the Brooklyn Daily Eagle. He captured thousands of images
My father, Irving Kaufman (1910 – 1982), was a professional photographer who started in Brooklyn in the mid 1930s working for the Brooklyn Daily Eagle. He captured thousands of images
My father, Irving Kaufman (1910 – 1982), was a professional photographer who started in Brooklyn in the mid 1930s working for the Brooklyn Daily Eagle. He captured thousands of images