The developer defrayed the city’s costs, helping to save the treasured ride but amplifying questions about whether private donations to favored causes influence policymakers.
The dispute between a South Bronx landlord and a radical arts collective has become a rallying cry for supporters of the group, which combines youth development with political activism.
Yes, you could bring your famous asparagus dip to the big New Year’s Eve party. Or you could come ready to spur stimulating conversation with our list of Top 5 lists to argue about.
For years, the Heatwave barbecue in Prospect Park was a huge event for young black professionals. Then it disappeared. Why?
A trip to six Brooklyn branch libraries in low-income neighborhoods found that many classic novels are not on the shelves. As budgets tighten and many readers go digital, do these missing titles represent A Brave New World or Darkness at Noon?
When Brooklyn residents become poets and storytellers, Brooklyn is a place of elusive magic, summer memories and a world on the doorstep.
For 10 years, as the neighborhood around her Wyckoff Street address has changed, Susan Gardner has been covering her house in color.
Three of New York’s boroughs are among the eight least broadband-connected counties in New York State, according to data published Friday.
A theater organization has LGBT youth play the roles of people who spurned them, giving the actors a chance to write their own next act.
Community leaders know they can’t stop every new bar. But they can try to impose rules—on everything from hours of operation to soundproofing—for watering holes to live by.
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