The borough’s proudest hometown grub will be on full display at Downtown Brooklyn’s City Point next month when Brooklyn BagelFest comes to town on Oct. 2. The bonanza, organized by the bread aficionados behind Brooklyn Bagel Blog, will feature a veritable everything bagel’s worth of noshes and celebrations of the culture surrounding the beloved piece of dough for its second iteration — it first graced the borough in 2019 but was cancelled in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. “Nothing is more New York than a bagel and cream cheese — the bagel has stood the test of time as New York City’s most iconic food symbol for well over a century,” said Sam Silverman, aka “The Bagel Borg,” who founded …
Herroner! New Ruth Bader Ginsburg statue unveiled at City Point
Local politicos unveiled a new statue of the late United States Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg at Downtown Brooklyn’s City Point shopping mall Friday to honor the Brooklyn-born pioneer. “Justice Ginsburg is a product of this borough and we are so proud of that,” said Brooklyn Democratic Party boss and Flatbush Assemblymember Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn at the March 12 ceremony. “Ruth Bader Ginsburg played an absolutely essential role in establishing modern law on equal protection as it relates to equality between the sexes. She is a role model to me and to everyone.” The 6-foot bronze statue lives at the Flatbush Avenue…