From Brooklyn to London, 400-year-old ‘Hamlet’ flourishes in the age of TikTok
May 8, 2026
The “Hamlet” in Brooklyn leans into the humor of the play for one good reason: The guy playing Hamlet is naturally funny.
The “Hamlet” in Brooklyn leans into the humor of the play for one good reason: The guy playing Hamlet is naturally funny.
FORT GREENE — ONE NINE ROCKWELL, a 174-unit multifamily building in Fort Greene, is now leasing units
The event coincides with the launch of Obama’s new book, “The Look,” which explores her fashion choices during her White House years.
Late-night talk show “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” is filming at the Brooklyn Academy of Music’s Howard Gilman Opera House from Monday through Friday.
DSNY will install stationary, on-street containers — known as Empire Bins — at schools in Fort Greene and Clinton Hill this fall.
Fort Greene’s name reflects its military roots, from Revolutionary forts to the Navy Yard and a park honoring war prisoners who died nearby.
Fort Greene’s legacy includes Black shipbuilders, wartime housing and Revolutionary history, with a community that rebuilt in the 1970s.
Kelvin Bigelow has over 40 years of basketball playing experience and 13-plus years of basketball coaching on his resume.
Obie Award-winning artist Whitney White’s “Macbeth in Stride,” an ambitious reworking of William Shakespeare’s 1623 “The Tragedie of Macbeth.”
THE CONTROVERSY OVER a $24 million redesign of Fort Greene Park, which will axe 78 mature trees, continues.
MORE THAN 250 rallied at City Hall Thursday to protest Mayor Adams’ last-minute decision to force five popular childcare centers to close.
NUESTROS NIÑOS, A 50-YEAR-OLD DAYCARE, is at risk of closing after the DoE announced it will not renew its lease, citing under-enrollment.
Greenlight’s Murakami Midnight party is being held in concert with several other launch events at bookstores across the country.
DOWNTOWN/FORT GREENE — Three illegal smoke shops in the Downtown Brooklyn area have been padlocked within the past two weeks using recently-enacted law enforcement tools, and a giant weed warehouse
This article was originally published on Jun 27 5:00am EDT by THE CITY A group of six violence interrupters in Fort Greene have been responding to shootings, holding vigils, and
The historic Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church in Fort Greene is one of only 16 churches in the U.S. to receive a $250,000 grant from the National Fund for Sacred Places.
Rose bill condemning white supremacists passes House U.S Rep. Max Rose (D-Southern Brooklyn-Staten Island) this week saw the House of Representatives pass his Transnational White Supremacist Extremism Review Act, which
Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez on Thursday announced that a cab driver has been indicted for allegedly raping and sexually assaulting a 12-year-old girl in the early evening hours of
This story was originally published on June 25 by THE CITY. Sign up here to get the latest stories from THE CITY delivered to you each morning. In Times Square,
Within days of the start of the coronavirus crisis, The Brooklyn Hospital Center became the recipient of an outpouring of love and generosity: Thousands of masks and gloves. Hundreds of
The Brooklyn Academy of Music will honor the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on Monday at its 34th annual tribute to the historic civil rights activist. A BAM
Brooklyn State Sen. Velmanette Montgomery has served in the state legislature since 1985.
“We don’t want to just move bodies from one school to another — we want a full, fair merger.”
As many as 6,000 students and faculty have evacuated Brooklyn Technical High School in Fort Greene following a bomb threat this morning. Police told the Brooklyn Eagle that the school received an
At Brooklyn’s first public Brooklyn bus route redesign workshop in Fort Greene Wednesday night, a divide emerged between the needs of older and younger riders. MTA says it’s taking a
If you’re passing by BAM’s Peter Jay Sharp Building some evening this week, you might notice a colorful display projected onto the building’s side. That’s not a rezoning protest, that’s
More than 100 dogs presented their best Halloween costumes to hundreds of spectators in Fort Greene Park on Saturday for the 21st annual Great PUPkin Dog Costume Contest. At the
“Fort Greene’s sought-after Arts & Letters might move to Bed-Stuy in a merger with P.S. 305” was originally published by Chalkbeat, a nonprofit news organization covering public education. Sign up
Longtime Brooklyn State Sen. Velmanette Montgomery has yet to publicly address widespread rumors that she will retire rather than run for reelection in 2020, but a former aide who is
A first-of-its-kind deal to sell the air rights at a Fort Greene NYCHA development is nearing completion after months of negotiation. The deal would transfer nearly 100,000 square feet of
A man and woman were found shot to death inside their 10th-floor Fort Greene apartment late Sunday night, police said Monday. Police responded to a 911 call of “harassment in
The city Parks Department is legally required to do an environmental impact study before destroying dozens of mature, healthy trees in Fort Greene Park and changing park features designed by
John from Fort Greene asks: “Which battles of the American Revolution were fought around Fort Greene and the Brooklyn Navy Yard?” Unfortunately for Gen. George Washington, very few. He had
Two Central Brooklyn women’s health centers serving low-income women and women of color are facing closure due to a Trump administration rule restricting federal funds from abortion-related service providers. Now,
Big changes are afoot at 651 ARTS, Brooklyn’s home for the African Diasporic performing arts since 1988. A few months after Raelle Myrick-Hodges was appointed 651’s new creative director and
An elected official is crying foul about a plan to build a 100,000-square-foot fitness center and field house at Atlantic Yards/Pacific Park. State Assemblymember Jo Anne Simon told the Brooklyn