Two big apartment buildings are going up on either side of the Calvary & St. Cyprian’s Episcopal Church on Bushwick Avenue. brooklynpaper.com/apartment-buil…

Pizza and policy came together on Aug. 14 in Bed-Stuy, where AARP New York marked Social Security’s 90th anniversary with a “Pizza Pop-Up” at A Slice of Love — and urged residents to help "protect the pie." brooklynpaper.com/aarp-social-se…

Swimming is prohibited at Brooklyn’s beaches through at least Thursday as Hurricane Erin churns its way north over the Atlantic Ocean. brooklynpaper.com/brooklyn-beach…

“I know you are, but what am I?” takes on a new meaning this weekend at the first-ever Pee-wee Herman look-alike contest in Coney Island. brooklynpaper.com/coney-pee-wee-…

The Sept. 14 show will turn Brooklyn Borough Hall Plaza into a catwalk where five local fashion designers will showcase their creations. brooklynpaper.com/the-peoples-ru…

This year's reunion carries extra weight, with fan-favorite and Brooklyn native Amaya Espinal — better known to viewers as "Amaya Papaya" — taking home the crown. brooklynpaper.com/love-island-us…

The siblings turned themselves in at the Manhattan DA’s office on Thursday morning, along with Lewis-Martin and several other defendants of other bribery schemes. brooklynpaper.com/broadway-stage…

In Brooklyn, where rising housing, food, and childcare costs stretch families to the limit, a program is working to break the cycle of poverty by supporting two generations at once: single mothers and their children. brooklynpaper.com/jeremiah-progr…

The 400-foot wooden bridge, which was built in 1880, crosses Sheepshead Bay and connects Emmons Avenue in the namesake neighborhood to Shore Boulevard in Manhattan Beach. brooklynpaper.com/sheepshead-bay…

The Green-Wood Cemetery’s new visitor center is looking close to finished on the exterior and the construction fence has come down. brooklynpaper.com/green-wood-cem…

The “state of the art” birthing center is scheduled for completion in fall 2027. brooklynpaper.com/brooklyn-beep-…

Six things to do in Brooklyn this weekend! bit.ly/4mxXXkW

Cops are searching for a man they say inappropriately grabbed a young woman inside a Prospect Heights subway station last Friday. brooklynpaper.com/cops-search-ma…

Brooklynites, history buffs, and Revolutionary War reenactors commemorated the anniversary of the Battle of Brooklyn at Green-Wood Cemetery this weekend. brooklynpaper.com/green-wood-mar…

This week, Brooklyn kids can cool off with more than just a swim as Brooklyn Public Library, in partnership with the National Book Foundation’s Book Rich Environments program, hands out out free books and Icees at community pools across the borough. brooklynpaper.com/brooklyn-publi…

Greenpointers are demanding that the city implement a full road diet on McGuinness Boulevard amid allegations that a top mayoral aide was bribed to interfere with a Department of Transportation-approved redesign. brooklynpaper.com/demand-mcguinn…

When Dominique Paloma Bible talks about choice, her eyes light up. Choice, she insists, is at the core of education. Not worksheets, not tests, not standardized curriculum — but the power to choose. brooklynpaper.com/off-da-beaten-…

The mural depicts the evolution of Gowanus from Lenape lands to industrialization, community protest and a hopeful future. brooklynpaper.com/the-heartbeat-…

The rezoning needed to build the project, which will include around 611 apartments, kicked off public review early this year. brooklynpaper.com/historic-linot…

Kids from the Kings County Tennis League capped their summer by joining Sloane Stephens and John Isner for a U.S. Open clinic at Arthur Ashe Stadium, a milestone moment for the Bed-Stuy program that has brought tennis to public housing for 15 years. brooklynpaper.com/kings-county-t…