2+ day, 19+ hour ago  (326+ words) The third annual Red Hook Film Festival has once again washed ashore, celebrating local filmmakers and the film industry. The festival kicked off May 8 with an opening party and screening of Charles Gay's "The Secrets of Barnacle," a documentary about…...

2+ day, 21+ hour ago  (561+ words) A Brooklyn man convicted of gunning down an innocent bystander during a chaotic shooting in a crowded Crown Heights park was sentenced Tuesday to 15 years to life in prison. The ruling caps a yearslong prosecution tied to a broad-daylight attack…...

2+ day, 23+ hour ago  (165+ words) A fast-moving two-alarm fire tore through a Brownsville apartment building early Friday morning, leaving multiple apartments uninhabitable and displacing several residents and pets. Firefighters from Engine Company 231 and Tower Ladder 120 arrived shortly after 2: 30 a. m. on May 15 to find heavy fire consuming…...

3+ day, 16+ hour ago  (252+ words) The New York City Economic Development Corporation is bringing its lineup of community events back to the Brooklyn Army Terminal this summer. The agency will transform the waterfront campus into a hub of music, dance and entertainment throughout the season....

3+ day, 15+ hour ago  (224+ words) A kinetic burst of color now spins in place on the median of Fourth Avenue and Second Street, where a new public art installation is reshaping a familiar stretch of road bordering Park Slope and Gowanus. The massive, 11-foot-by-8-foot…...

3+ day, 16+ hour ago  (417+ words) As Brooklyn prepares for the FIFA World Cup's global spotlight, local arts groups, libraries and cultural institutions are set to play a central role in how New Yorkers experience the tournament beyond the stadiums." The initiative aims to direct World…...

4+ day, 16+ hour ago  (150+ words) Fifteen years after transforming shipping containers in Brooklyn Bridge Park into galleries for photographers around the world, Photoville is returning bigger than ever. The nonprofit photography organization announced that the 2026 Photoville Festival will run May 16-30, bringing more than 85 free exhibitions…...

4+ day, 23+ hour ago  (782+ words) On a Gowanus film set, emerging filmmaker Amber Jesse stood surrounded by a crew of nearly 20 people, cameras rolling on her debut short film, "I Almost Forgot." But behind the production itself was another story " one about the city's growing…...

5+ day, 9+ hour ago  (1297+ words) The New York Road Runners will station a new "last-ditch" resuscitation device at the finish line of the RBC Brooklyn Half Marathon this Saturday, in case a runner suffers a serious cardiac event." An ECMO (extracorporeal membrane oxygenation) machine will…...

5+ day, 14+ hour ago  (382+ words) A controversial touring real estate expo, billed as "The Great Israeli Real Estate Event" and offering properties in the occupied Palestinian territories, has become the focus of dueling pro-Palestinian and pro-Israel demonstrations in New York City. Monday's protest was organized…...