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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.

a recipe for unconstitutional chaos, with no map in place and uncertainty as to whether nominating petitions can start circulating on February 24, with no end in sight.

"the best vibes in Brooklyn."

As an organization, we're excited to support the culture," Fernández said.

Colton, a Democrat who represents Gravesend, Bensonhurst, Bath Beach and Dyker Heights, sent a letter on Feb. 9, urging the city's Department of Transportation to conduct a comprehensive traffic study of Bath Avenue, where the fatal collision occurred days earlier. A copy of the letter was sent to the mayor's office.

Partway through the performance, Bad Bunny wound his way through a crowd of dancers toward a set depicting a New York City street and took a shot offered by a beaming woman standing inside a bar. The set was a precise replica of Toñitas, the beloved Puerto Rican social club in Williamsburg. Above Bad Bunny's head, the bar's address, 244 Grand Street, was visible in reflective letters, just as it looks at the real bar.

If you've ever wandered through Dumbo wondering where to grab a last-minute art class, find a cozy snow-day activity or track down a hyper-specific bakery, the Brooklyn waterfront neighborhood now has a new digital helper ready to answer. The Dumbo Business Improvement District has officially rolled out Dumbo Concierge, an AI-powered neighborhood guide designed to help locals, office workers and visitors navigate one of New York City's busiest creative hubs.

But rather than walk away from his creative calling, Driven said he pivoted - teaching himself videography and landing his first paid job through a Craigslist post filming Caribbean DJ, and DJ Mad Out. "That opportunity introduced him to New York's Caribbean music scene, where he went on to work with artists such as Shaggy, Ding Dong and Kranium," she said. "Those early experiences sharpened Hillmedo's eye for authenticity, capturing Caribbean culture not as spectacle, but as lived reality," she added.

In 2023, then-U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy declared loneliness - exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic - an epidemic posing a major public health concern. People experiencing loneliness are at greater risk of cardiovascular disease, dementia, stroke, depression, anxiety and premature death than their socially active peers. A 2024 poll by the American Psychiatric Association found that 30% of adults reported feeling lonely at least once a week over the past year,

From February 15 through February 21, the museum will host its annual Black Future Festival, a weeklong slate of performances, workshops, and hands-on programs designed to give children and families space to imagine the next century of Black creativity, resilience, and innovation. The festival runs during New York City public schools' midwinter recess and fills the museum's galleries with movement, sound, and art-making.

"I missed you!" "I was devastated. My heart just broke down. I was like, thank God. It was right the next day. I was so emotional. I was so happy because you found her. To know that your kid is gone. I come home everyday to her. Just thinking how long it is going to take to find her."

Last Friday, Brooklyn Public Library officially broke ground on a brand-new Canarsie branch on Rockaway Parkway and the newly released renderings are a masterclass in good library architecture. The two-story, 11,000-square-foot building will double the existing library's public space and stand out as one of New York City's first public buildings constructed with mass timber, a sustainable, low-carbon approach that also happens to look gorgeous.

The first blaze broke out shortly before 6 p.m. Friday at 301 Pennsylvania Ave. in East New York, where members of the 15th Division arrived to find heavy fire on the first floor and extension to the second. Engine Company 290 and Ladder Company 103 knocked back the flames, and the fire was declared under control at 6:45 p.m.

I will never forget watching the Winter Olympics with my Mom and my Nanny on the black-and-white TV we had on the kitchen table in our Windsor Terrace home. It wasn't big, but it was thrilling. I'll always remember them screaming and cheering as the U.S. took home the gold. Though things have changed a lot since then, the Olympics are always memorable.

The robbery occurred Saturday evening at approximately 9:40 p.m. in front of 1531 Fulton Street. Investigators said two unidentified individuals approached a 28-year-old man and repeatedly punched him in the face before taking property valued at about $40. After the assault and theft, the suspects fled the scene on foot, heading southbound on Throop Avenue. The victim survived the encounter, and no arrests have been made.

A woman was struck and killed by a hit-and-run school bus full of students while she was crossing a Brooklyn street Thursday afternoon, according to cops and sources. The female pedestrian was attempting to cross the street at the intersection of 23rd Avenue and Bath Avenue in Gravesend just after 3 p.m. when the school bus driver failed to navigate the roadway properly and careened into her, the NYPD said.