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1 week ago | 
brooklynpaper.com | Gabriele Holtermann
The Trump administration on Wednesday pulled the plug on Empire Wind 1, the largest offshore wind project in New York, citing concerns over its approval process. In a statement on X, Interior Secretary Doug Burgum said he directed the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management to “immediately halt all construction activities” on the project, claiming the Biden administration rushed its approval without sufficient analysis.
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1 week ago | 
brooklynpaper.com | Gabriele Holtermann
It was all about the bees last week for two Park Slope residents who set up a hive on the roof of a Brooklyn brownstone, home to about 12,000 fuzzy pollinators. Early Friday morning, the beekeepers — Danny Peña and friend Maura — buzzed to Manhattan to pick up a wooden box containing the worker bees and their queen from Andrew Coté, owner of Andrew’s Local Honey and a pioneer in urban beekeeping.
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1 week ago | 
brooklynpaper.com | Gabriele Holtermann
Di Fara Pizza, hailed by food critics as one of the best in New York City, is coming to grocery store freezers — bringing its famed slices to pizza lovers beyond the five boroughs. The Brooklyn institution has partnered with BossBites, a disruptor in the consumer packaged goods industry, to launch a frozen line that delivers restaurant-quality, Brooklyn-style pizza straight to home ovens.
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1 week ago | 
amny.com | Gabriele Holtermann
Di Fara Pizza, hailed by food critics as one of the best in New York City, is coming to grocery store freezers — bringing its famed slices to pizza lovers beyond the five boroughs. The Brooklyn institution has partnered with BossBites to launch a frozen line that delivers restaurant-quality, Brooklyn-style pizza straight to home ovens.
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1 week ago | 
politicsny.com | Gabriele Holtermann
Pins, plans and progress: BP Reynoso talks 2025 at State of the Borough Address Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso on Thursday delivered his third State of the Borough address, highlighting his administration’s accomplishments in 2024 and outlining his vision for the city’s most populous borough in the year ahead.
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1 week ago | 
brooklynpaper.com | Gabriele Holtermann
Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso on Thursday delivered his third State of the Borough address, highlighting his administration’s accomplishments in 2024 and outlining his vision for the city’s most populous borough in the year ahead. Addressing fellow policymakers, community leaders and Brooklynites who gathered at the Boys and Girls High School auditorium in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Reynoso reflected on the progress made over the past year.
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1 week ago | 
brownstoner.com | Gabriele Holtermann |Brooklyn Paper
By Gabriele Holtermann, Brooklyn PaperBrooklyn businesses and consumers are bracing for higher prices after President Donald Trump imposed sweeping tariffs on imports from about 60 U.S. trade partners, only to abruptly revise the policy hours later. The original tariffs, ranging from 11 percent to 104 percent, took effect at midnight Wednesday, April 9.
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2 weeks ago | 
brooklynpaper.com | Gabriele Holtermann
Brooklyn businesses and consumers are bracing for higher prices after President Donald Trump imposed sweeping tariffs on imports from about 60 U.S. trade partners, only to abruptly revise the policy hours later. The original tariffs, ranging from 11% to 104%, took effect at midnight Wednesday.
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2 weeks ago | 
brooklynpaper.com | Gabriele Holtermann
The 10th annual Brooklyn Bookstore Crawl returns April 20–27, inviting bookworms on a literary journey through as many as 26 independent bookstores across the borough. Inspired by similar bookstore-led events in cities like Seattle and Washington, D.C., the crawl celebrates Brooklyn’s literary spirit and cultural diversity. Participants can pick up a “Bookstore Crawl Passport” at any of the participating indie shops and collect stamps or signatures as they visit throughout the week.
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2 weeks ago | 
brooklynpaper.com | Gabriele Holtermann
The 10th annual Brooklyn Bookstore Crawl returns to the borough from Saturday, April 20, through Saturday, April 27, taking bookworms on a literary journey by visiting as many of twenty-five participating independent Brooklyn-based bookstores as possible. Inspired by similar bookstore-run programs in Seattle, Washington, DC, and other metro areas, the crawl celebrates Brooklyn’s spirit of literacy and diversity.
