The 25-foot-wide brick home at 307 Hicks Street has been transformed into a roughly 6,200-square-foot single-family residence with five bedrooms and seven baths, after a full conversion from four separate units. Local developer Eckstrom led the overhaul, layering minimalist modern finishes onto the building's early-20th-century bones.
I can't do anything about some of these big problems that the world and the city are facing. But I can do one modicum of something nice. So she started cleaning up. Ellen Baum's trash-collecting crusade gained the attention of local media and concerned New Yorkers who have joined the effort to clean up a bridge she considers her back yard.
I saw him from the back. I said 'Sir, Sir, please can you help me, I can't get down the stairs.' She said that she explained that she was injured. Dinklage then leapt into action like a frost responder. He ran up the stairs, which were icy and he said 'Lean on me.'
The person lived in the building, and unfortunately, they left behind a wife and two kids. One, I think, being two or three, and the other one being three months old, said Neil Constantine, who came to document the interaction. She was bawling.
At the center of that success is Chef Shorne's philosophy of what he calls New Age Caribbean cuisine. It is food rooted in memory and tradition, presented through refined technique, contemporary ingredients, and a global point of view.
Fueled by the expansion of protected bike lanes and bike-sharing systems like Citi Bike, cycling is increasingly becoming a preferred mode of transportation for many New Yorkers. According to data from the NYC Department of Transportation , the number of daily cycling trips rose 64% between 2013 and 2023. A survey from the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene found that more than 762,000 New Yorkers ride a bike regularly.
Nearly 29,000 bicycle trips, on average, were made across the four major New York City bridges that span the East River last year, making 2025 the fifth straight year to hit an all-time high for cycling journeys over the waterway's crossings, amNewYork has learned. The data, shared with amNewYork ahead of its Thursday release, was gleaned from the city Department of Transportation's (DOT) annual bike counts.
A group of armed robbers forced their way into an East New York home near Vandalia and Fountain avenues just after 9:30 a.m. on Feb. 13, after a woman knocked claiming to be from a cleaning company, police said. According to investigators, the suspects headed directly to a bedroom after getting inside, where they grabbed high-end jewelry worth roughly $118,000, as well as a purse, wallets and credit cards.
My top legislative priorities for 2026 are rooted in delivering dignity, opportunity, and equity for the people I serve. I am focused on advancing humane and comprehensive immigration reform, protecting access to affordable, quality health care, and ensuring technology is developed and governed responsibly. I will continue fighting to safeguard civil and voting rights, and to expand access to safe, affordable housing so every family can thrive in the Ninth Congressional District and across this country.
After being closed for more than a year, Mike's Pizza has reopened in Flatbush. The Bedford Avenue slice shop shut down in January 2025 after its landlord sold the property. It resumed operations last week at 5 Martense Street, just off Flatbush Avenue. Customers lined up for slices from the same team that previously operated the shop. The reopening comes amid ongoing redevelopment in the area that has led to the departure of several longtime small businesses.
There is a strong temptation to stay indoors when the world freezes. But out there in the cold, and especially after snowfall, the brown bones of gardens are suddenly emphasized, outlined in white. Visiting gardens in winter, when leaves and flowers belong to dreams of spring, allows us the thrill of anticipation, the pure pleasure of comparison, and an appreciation of structure, adding layers of understanding to our experience. It also tests our plant identification skills.
Inside Government is a Q&A series that gives New Yorkers a glimpse inside the role of the elected officials who represent them. This edition of Inside Government with PoliticsNY features United States Representative Nydia Velázquez. Representative Velázquez serves the Seventh Congressional District which includes parts of Queens and Brooklyn. What are your top legislative priorities for 2026? Immigration, foreign policy and housing
A 30-year-old man is fighting for his life after an early-morning shooting at East 95th Street and Church Avenue in East Flatbush. Police say officers responding just before 4:30 a.m. found the man with a gunshot wound to the head and rushed him to Kings County Hospital, where he remains in critical condition. Investigators believe the gunfire erupted after a verbal dispute, and the shooter took off.
