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Jun 11, 2024 | 
brooklynpaper.com | Melissa Fishman |Brooklyn Paper
Time to break out the popcorn!Brooklyn’s biggest and baddest mafia family is back in a big way as filming for the third season of “Gravesend” gets underway in Coney Island with a larger-than-life guest star.
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Feb 6, 2024 | 
brooklynpaper.com | Melissa Fishman |Meaghan McGoldrick
Raising Cane’s, the beloved food chain with roots in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, has opened its fourth New York City location — and just second spot in Brooklyn — inside Fulton Mall. Known for its iconic chicken finger meals, Raising Cane’s sauce, and “ONE LOVE” brand, the chain ushered in its newest location with a fun disco-themed party on Jan. 30, complete with free entertainment and giveaways.
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Jan 29, 2024 | 
brooklynpaper.com | Melissa Fishman |Brooklyn Paper
Ahead of its historic 46th year, the multi-disciplinary arts and media institution BRIC has appointed Saidah Blount as the Executive Director of its flagship program, BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn!With Blount at the helm, BRIC will continue to further the legacy of the beloved event, bringing a wealth of experience and an expert’s eye to the curation and vision of New York City’s longest-running, free, outdoor performing arts festival.
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Jan 24, 2024 | 
brooklynpaper.com | Melissa Fishman |Brooklyn Paper
Beginning on March 13, Brave New World Repertory Theatre will debut its 2024 Season with the world premiere of “Leni’s Last Lament,” a one-woman show about the controversial World War II filmmaker Leni Riefenstahl. The play stars Jodie Markell as Riefenstahl, whose propagandist films for Hitler and the Third Reich propelled them all to international infamy.
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Dec 25, 2023 | 
brooklynpaper.com | Melissa Fishman |Meaghan McGoldrick
The Brooklyn Nets will be taking over the City of Lights in the New Year for a series of fun fan experiences as they prepare for the 2024 NBA Paris Games. Starting on Jan. 8 and ending on Jan. 13, the Nets will delight Parisians with several pop-up events that pay homage to their home city. With experiences ranging from an authentic New York pizza to a tribute to one of Brooklyn’s most famous musicians, the Nets are celebrating this historic game with “the best of Brooklyn.”Leading up to their Jan.
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Dec 18, 2023 | 
brooklynpaper.com | Melissa Fishman |Brooklyn Paper
Fans of the Brooklyn-based crime drama series “Gravesend” have a reason to rejoice with the announcement of the show’s highly anticipated third season. The popular Amazon Prime show centers on the historic south Brooklyn neighborhood during the 1980s and tells the story of its central character Benny Zerletta, a self-described “soldier” in the Italian mafia. Zerletta is played by the show’s writer and director William DeMeo who created the show as an homage to the neighborhood he grew up in.
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Dec 8, 2023 | 
brooklynpaper.com | Melissa Fishman |Kirstyn Brendlen |Erica Price
More than 1,000 people gathered in Grand Army Plaza on Thursday night to celebrate the first night of Hanukkah by lighting the borough’s largest menorah. The joyful celebration, filled with live music and fresh latkes and hot chocolate to ward off the December chill, was particularly meaningful, attendees said, as has spiked in New York City and across the country as the war between Israel and Hamas rages on.
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Dec 5, 2023 | 
brooklynpaper.com | Melissa Fishman |Brooklyn Paper
Gravesend neighbors and politicians want the city to cancel plans to open a homeless shelter in the neighborhood. Despite the rain on Sunday, Dec. 3, a large crowd of south Brooklyn residents gathered on 86th Street to protest the opening of a 150-bed facility at the corner of 25th Avenue. The facility, which is planned to be operated by Bronx-based VIP Community Services, is being developed by 86th Street NY LLC, and will likely be for single men.
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Nov 30, 2023 | 
brooklynpaper.com | Melissa Fishman |Brooklyn Paper
A multi-million dollar plan for two Brooklyn greenspaces is underway in order to promote accessibility and cultural awareness for all. On. Nov. 22, parks department officials, local politicians, and Brownsville community members gathered to unveil a $4.1 million overhaul of the Lion’s Pride Playground on Riverdale Avenue. The Lion’s Pride Playground was named so in 1998 in order to honor an animal that is symbolic of strength, power, and beauty, according to the parks department.
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Nov 28, 2023 | 
brooklynpaper.com | Melissa Fishman |Brooklyn Paper
The G train will be partially suspended during late nights from Nov. 30 to February 2024 as the MTA works to upgrade and modernize signal technology along the critical Brooklyn-Queens route. Starting on Thursday, G trains will not run between Bedford-Nostrand Avenues and Court Square from 9:45 PM to 5:00 a.m., Mondays through Fridays, with an exception overnight service on December 25-26. The work is expected to wrap in early February.
