Residents of DUMBO and nearby areas were in shock on Friday upon the sudden news that longtime bar-restaurant favorite reBar, which occupied a large portion of the first and second floors of a former industrial building on Front St., had abruptly closed. The Gothamist blog displayed a photo of the front door at 147 Front … Read More →
BHP: This is the ‘craziest thing’ The group rejected by SUNY in their bid to purchase Long Island College Hospital (LICH) thought they cleared a major hurdle on Friday when a Brooklyn court accepted their non-refundable deposit for $25 million dollars. But in a late-day reversal, after SUNY objected to the deposit, the judge ordered … Read More →
Milagros Day walk across the Brooklyn Bridge The weather was warm and the music was hot on Sunday, as families partied and picnicked at Cadman Plaza Park in Downtown Brooklyn for Milagros Day Worldwide’s third annual Mother’s Day walk across the Brooklyn Bridge. The event honors mothers and brings attention to the issue of domestic … Read More →
Drums echo across Downtown Brooklyn “Something terrible has happened,” sang the young members of the New York African Chorus Ensemble. “Find my sister, find my brother . . . cry for the land.” Those wrenching words of a traditional African lament expressed the fears of those gathered Sunday night at a Brooklyn Borough Hall vigil … Read More →