Prospect Park is reopening a portion of the park that has been restricted for nearly 30 years. Officials held a ribbon-cutting ceremony Wednesday for Fallkill Trail, an area near the “dog beach” that has been closed off for park goers since 1995. The trail’s centerpiece is the Fallkill Waterfall as part of a “restored urban forest” […]

For art fans, it was a bonanza. This past weekend, at nearly 100 locations in Gowanus, approximately 500 artists invited the public into their private studios to check out their latest work, chat about their process (or anything else), grab a snack or a cup of wine, maybe purchase a print or a painting, and […]

On a recent chilly October evening, nicHi Douglas took us to church. The Brooklyn-based playwright’s new production, “(pray),” presented by National Black Theater, is a love letter to Douglas’ ancestors — and more specifically to their own younger selves: Many of the questions Douglas often worried over as an adolescent are raised and dissected right […]

Don’t expect to find artist, octogenarian, gender-hacker, satirist and inventor Pippa Garner perched on a stool calmly reading from her new book at its Pioneer Works launch on October 24. Don’t expect the self-described “senior slut” to field questions about it, either. There will be no signing line for “$ELL YOUR $ELF,” an archival survey […]

Cheng Lin (Courtesy Shota Omakase) Cheng Lin never planned on becoming a master sushi chef. Or owning his own restaurant. In fact, when he arrived in New York from Fujian, China, in 1997, he had never set foot in a professional kitchen. But, in need of a job, he ended up at Hatsuhana as a […]

Pop punk icon and UFO researcher Tom DeLong is adding a new line to his bio: film director. The Blink-182 guitarist has emerged as an unexpected voice in the Capitol Hill conversation around unidentified anomalous phenomena (or UAP, which has replaced UFO as the preferred nomenclature). Now he’s made a movie to try to get […]

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You know it’s fall again when Greg’s Great Pumpkin Patch is back at the corner of Bedford and Broadway. Pick out your favorite gourd now through Halloween. Then get ready to start the party early this weekend with a Taste of Red Hook on Thursday. Nip and nosh from Red Hook’s own purveyors of food […]

Victor, the spunky Mediterranean restaurant in Gowanus, is closing after about two-and-a-half years in business. “We want to thank everyone that made this space so special over the past 2.5 years — it was truly a pleasure working with our dedicated team and serving our neighborhood,” the restaurant announced on Instagram. View this post on […]

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Actress Pauline Chalamet and writer Shauna Fitzgerald were at dinner in Brooklyn, discussing the quirks that make New York feel unlivable — that is, until they become funny stories to share over drinks. Filmmaker Luca Balser happened to ride past on his bike. They called him over to join the conversation. “It’s an anecdote that […]

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