59+ min ago  (501+ words) In a city as large and diverse as New York, access to books is not always equal. Brooklyn Book Bodega is working to change that by making sure more children and families have books in their homes. Founded in 2018 by…...

2+ hour, 59+ min ago  (466+ words) While Maimonides" physicians focus on addressing patients" physical ailments, a team of social workers concentrates on their mental, holistic and psychosocial needs. Michelle Kerner, a licensed clinical social worker and chief of Outpatient Social Work in the Department of Psychiatry,…...

16+ hour, 14+ min ago  (498+ words) Since its opening in September 2025, the Brooklyn Basketball Training Center has served as a hub for young athletes. Operated by Brooklyn Basketball " a partnership between the Brooklyn Nets and New York Liberty " the facility aims to empower youth through after-school…...

22+ hour, 59+ min ago  (283+ words) There's some time left to apply for an affordable housing lottery at a Brownsville building was converted from a two-story brick industrial building into a three-story, 68-unit apartment building. Included in the lottery for 400 Thatford Ave. Apartments are 17 studio apartments,…...

23+ hour, 59+ min ago  (1111+ words) Anthony Marino has been familiar with playwright John Patrick Shanley's work since before he was a theater performance major at Wagner College. He performed a scene from "Danny and the Deep Blue Sea" in acting class, read plays from the…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago  (522+ words) Police are on the hunt for a driver they say hit an 11-year-old girl and fled the scene in Sheepshead Bay last month. The victim was crossing Emmons Avenue midblock between Bragg and Brigham streets at around 4 p. m. on March 16 when…...

21+ hour, 4+ min ago  (481+ words) The New York Transit Museum is marking its 50th anniversary with a yearlong slate of events, including vintage train rides, a citywide scavenger hunt and a new exhibition highlighting the history of mass transportation in New York City." Over five decades,…...

23+ hour, 46+ min ago  (508+ words) The vintage Danish furniture shop Lanoba is coming back bigger and better than ever, just six months after a devastating fire. Lanoba, owned by husbands Lars Noah Balderskilde and David Singh, was one of dozens of small businesses and artists…...

2+ day, 2+ min ago  (432+ words) The event will feature comedians including Ronny Chieng, John Oliver, Zarna Garg and Hasan Minhaj, with celebrity presenters including John Turturro, Kenan Thompson, Susie Essman and more." The Bensonhurst native is a longtime supporter and advisory board member of Garden…...

2+ day, 2+ hour ago  (760+ words) Brooklyn has never been short on inventive live performance, but comedian Lane Moore's might be one of its most playfully chaotic yet. On April 10 at the Twisted Spine bookstore in Williamsburg, Moore will host the first in-person performance of "Heart-Throb…...