Brooklyn Real Estate Listings Six Months Later: Two Sold, One in Contract
This week, a look back at four of our featured listings from six months ago focuses on homes in Crown Heights, Bed Stuy, Flatbush, and Cypress Hills.
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Daily Links: Pols Ask City to Rethink Transmitter Park Pitch After Outcry
In the News She Cares for Holocaust Survivors.
For Some Older NYC Bus Riders, Change Comes Easy. Just Not OMNY.
The digital age is dawning for older bus riders who refuse to dump coins for the MTA’s new fare-payment methods.
Stunned Friends Remember an East Village ‘Torchbearer for Sleaze Rock’
A New York punk scene legend was killed by a mail truck while walking home after performing at an East Village watering hole on Friday night.
‘I Did Not Get Sentenced to Malnutrition’
Limited food access and package bans in New York prisons are leading to poor health.
Eyes On The Street: How Will Bus Rapid Transit Fit On Flatbush Avenue’s Narrowest Stretch?
The section of Flatbush Avenue between Prospect-Lefferts Gardens and Midwood is plagued by double-parking and slow buses, but city planners have very little room to work with on the physical streets themselves.
Tuesday’s Headlines: Hot Weather, Sluggish Cops Edition
How many bus lane tickets could you write in a week?
Staten Island judge temporarily blocks Mamdani’s pied-à-terre tax rollout
A Staten Island judge Monday temporarily paused the hotly contested rollout of Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s so-called pied-à-terre tax that levies a surcharge on wealthy New Yorkers who have a second home in the city.
Mamdani takes aim at Amazon subcontracting model in multimillion-dollar delivery bill fight
Mayor Zohran Mamdani publicly threw his support Monday behind legislation that aims to reshape New York City’s last-mile delivery industry, escalating a fight with Amazon.
PODCAST: ¿Qué se sabe de las acusaciones de violencia por parte de agentes migratorios?
Según un nuevo informe de la Alianza de Inmigrantes de Ohio, unos 59 agentes activos o retirados de ICE y la CBP han sido acusados de delitos sexuales y violentos entre 2007 y 2026, muchos de esos casos se refieren a…
Opinion: An Affordable Neighborhood on NYC’s Great Barn Island
"The effort to develop an affordable neighborhood on Wards Island can be mixed with the development of a health museum in a way that supports the health and economy of the neighborhood."
Brooklyn Designers Will Remake the Heights Showhouse This Fall
Talents in Brooklyn and beyond will soon set to work transforming the mid-19th century Greek Revival-Italianate at 1 Monroe Place in Brooklyn Heights for the biennial Brooklyn Heights Association Designer Showhouse.
In Former Bronx Prison, Recently Incarcerated Homeless Men Build New Lives
The Fulton Correctional Facility was shuttered in 2011 and transformed into transitional housing for formerly incarcerated men.
President Trump to visit Nassau amid Bruce Blakeman’s run for governor
President Donald Trump is set to visit Long Island in the midst of Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman's run for governor.
Bay Ridge House With Stained Glass, Garage Asks $1.188 Million
On a block filled almost completely with semi-detached brick houses, this early 20th Bay Ridge dwelling has some vintage details, a sunroom, and parking.
Mamdani says he personally appealed to Trump on Haitian TPS as city ‘forced’ to dismiss workers who lost authorization
Mayor Zohran Mamdani said on Monday that he personally appealed to President Donald Trump to restore protections for Haitian immigrants, as his administration moved to dismiss city workers who lost their legal…
LISTEN: Big Brother Is in the Big Apple
“If you live in New York City, pay the New York City price.
Brownstone Insurance Is Tightening—Here’s What Owners Should Know
Brownstone owners are feeling the squeeze.
Daily Links: Brownsville NYCHA Tenants Sue City Over Alleged NYPD Spying
In the News Jacqueline Woodson Reminds Children Their Stories Matter [NYT] Violations Found at Other Sites After Building Buckles [NYT] Unanswered Questions in Mamdani’s Grocery Store Plan [NYP] FDNY Quickly Subdues…
NYC Student Reading Scores Tank on State Exams, Undoing Progress Seen in Prior Year
This story was originally published by Chalkbeat.
NYC Housing Calendar, Aug. 10-17
City Limits rounds up the latest housing and land use-related events and public hearings, plus affordable housing lotteries that are ending soon.
Commemorate the 250th Anniversary of the Battle of Brooklyn This Month
While the anniversary of the Battle of Brooklyn is always observed with a plethora of events in the borough, this year marks the 250th year since the Revolutionary war fight.
Mamdani’s Latest Focus for Tenants? Sky-High Utility Bills
by Samantha Maldonado, The City Reporter This article was originally published on August 6 at 5 a.m.
Judge Who Sentenced ‘90s Teen Killer Now Wants Him Freed
Jennifer Peña raced home from middle school on a Friday afternoon two weeks before Christmas 1999, trying to beat her 3:30 p.m.
Do You Know About the SHSAT? The Teens of Stuy Prep Want to Make Sure.
Seventeen-year-old Sabrina Gao, a rising senior, and 15-year-old Benjamin Xie, a rising junior, at Stuyvesant High School have taken on a duty some of the grown-ups have shirked: advancing socioeconomic and racial…
Bronx Democrats Filed Reports Years Late, Don’t Face Fines
Enforcement Counsel Michael L. Johnson sued nearly 200 political committees, but declined to seek sanctions against the Bronx Democratic Party.
Opinion: To Save Summer Streets, Lose The Cops, Not the Security
If Summer Streets’ new security measures are here to stay, the city should replace NYPD vehicles with physical barriers, cut police staffing costs and use the investment to make the event last all weekend.
Monday’s Headlines: Kill The Lawyers Edition
Lawsuits pile up. Plus other news.
Top 10 Brooklyn Real Estate Listings: A Park Slope Brownstone
The most popular listings on Brownstoner this week include a row house in Bay Ridge, a Mill Basin standalone, and a Clinton Hill manse.
Mamdani draws line with DSA on police and prisons amid continued ties
Mayor Zohran Mamdani drew a clear line between himself and the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) on public safety last week, saying police, prisons and jails have a role in keeping New Yorkers safe while the…