There’s some historically important and fabulous jazz available again this month on vinyl and CD, and it might be a surprise ...

Gowanus is a neighborhood in formation, and this is part one in a continuing series that will try and introduce some of the ...

The newly formed Columbia Street Waterfront Association (CSWA) had a few key updates this month, including news about the concert recycling facility on Columbia St. Locals had been frustrated over ...

A lot happened in Gowanus in 2025. The development boom promised by the rezoning kicked off in earnest along both sides of the Gowanus Canal, but new neighbors still wake up many a rainy morning ...

As Red Hook West considers the federal Permanent Affordability Commitment Together (PACT) program to revamp the complex, ...

Brooklyn Marine Terminal redevelopment process for the Red Hook Star-Revue. But so much happened that it’s easy to forget ...

Community Board 6’s December board meeting got off to a rocky start with tech issues plaguing communication from elected ...

The Red Hook Star-Revue is providing an update on the quality of Community Board 6’s website, four months after a first look.

Happy New Year and welcome to 2026 my lovelies. What year 2025 was and I was so grateful to share my musings and adventures ...

In 2017, three Swedish transplants living in New York started BonBon—a company that imports Swedish candies. The brand became popular fast, thanks to their fun branding (light pink packaging with ...

George Fiala has worked in radio, newspapers and direct marketing his whole life, except for when he was a vendor at Shea Stadium, pizza and cheesesteak maker in Lancaster, PA, and an occasional comic ...

Now that the Brooklyn Marine Terminal Task Force has approved their “vision plan” to redevelop the 122-acre industrial waterfront site, the long process leading to a groundbreaking for the proposed $3 ...