MTA Chair and CEO Janno Lieber said the agreement will also allow the MTA to rake in a projected $1 billion over time from lease payments and property tax revenues for the site. Those dollars will go toward the agency's capital program, he said. Lieber also noted just how important the East Side LIRR terminal is.
The MTA took its first plunge into the summer season on Thursday afternoon with the launch of its express Long Island Rail Road Hamptons service ahead of Memorial Day Weekend. MTA Chair and CEO Janno Lieber and LIRR President Rob Free announced the return of the agency's Cannonball service ahead of the first such train of the season departing New York Penn Station at 4:07 p.m. on May 21. The service resumed just in time for the unofficial start of summer, and days after the MTA and five unions representing about half of the LIRR workforce resolved a three-day strike late Monday night.
Starting May 26, The Ordinary is launching a free, limited-run shuttle called The Ordinary Bus, connecting Domino Park in Williamsburg directly to Prospect Park. The service will run through June 9 and is designed to cut one of Brooklyn's most frustrating journeys roughly in half.
Commissioned by a growing and well-to-do Episcopal congregation in the 1880s in what is now Crown Heights, one of Brooklyn's finest architects and also a local resident, George Poole Chappell was inspired by the British Arts and Crafts movement and Richardsonian Romanesque when he designed St. Bartholomew's Church and rectory using local materials in a park-like setting.
Police could still be seen on the platform of the New Lots Avenue station after a man had been fatally struck by a northbound 3 train just before 12:45 a.m. on May 19. Sources familiar with the investigation say the incident occurred when a man left his backpack on the train, only to return and discover it had been taken by another rider. The straphanger confronted the apparent thief, and the pair had some kind of physical altercation that moved between the train cars.
Mayor Zohran Mamdani and New York City Emergency Management on Monday activated the city's heat emergency plan, which includes opening cooling centers, ramping up outreach to vulnerable populations and coordinating with utilities and healthcare providers.
One 2024 instance alleges that Sprei approached two people with an opportunity to invest in New Jersey property, requesting funds to show that "proof of liquidity" be placed into an escrow account that King, a sitting judge at the time, oversaw. The investors allegedly wired $6.5 million into a bank account under King's name, according to the U.S. attorney's office in New York and coverage by Law.com.
Reynoso is running in the Democratic primary against Queens Assembly Member Claire Valdez, who is backed by the Democratic Socialists of America and Mayor Zohran Mamdani, and Queens Council Member Julie Won. The winner would be heavily favored to succeed Velázquez, the first Puerto Rican woman elected to Congress and one of New York's most influential progressive lawmakers.
Firefighters first responded just after 12:45 p.m. to an apartment fire at 210 Stuyvesant Ave. near Gates Avenue in Bed-Stuy. Units from the 57th Battalion arrived to find fire in an apartment and quickly deployed two hoselines to bring the main body of the fire under control. Searches of the building did not find anyone inside.
Summer Activities in NYC: Visit MoMA PS1, the Bronx Zoo, the New York Aquarium, and The Whitney on free museum days. Iconic NYC summer spots: Explore Central Park, walk the High Line, visit Grand Central Terminal, browse the New York Public Library, and ride the Staten Island Ferry. Classic Summer Experiences: Enjoy Shakespeare in the Park, watch outdoor movies, and see fireworks displays.
The festival kicked off May 8 with an opening party and screening of Charles Gay's "The Secrets of Barnacle," a documentary about the group of Red Hook residents who organize the Barnacle Parade each year, celebrating the neighborhood's collective resilience following Hurricane Sandy, at the new Red Hook Distillery.
The planned 52-story development at 280 Kent Avenue will have two towers rising from a three-story podium, according to zoning documents. When Brownstoner stopped by recently, the podium structure was in place, and was ringed by a construction fence with cranes, other building equipment, and a number of workers onsite. The concrete structure has reached the seventh floor, according to Two Trees rep David Lombino.
Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez said 48-year-old Waajid Pierce was sentenced to 22 years in prison followed by five years of post-release supervision for the fatal shooting of Daishawn Benjamin. Pierce previously pleaded guilty to first-degree manslaughter on February 27. The deadly shooting happened on October 27, 2021, around 8:30 a.m. near the corner of Belmont Avenue and Mother Gaston Boulevard in Brownsville.
