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Brooklyn Paper

How well do you know Brooklyn? Prove it at the Center for Brooklyn History’s inaugural spelling bee

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Brooklyn Paper

‘Tove Jansson and the Moomins’ exhibit celebrating beloved author and her fantastical stories, to debut at BPL

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Brooklyn Paper

Threading the past: Brooklyn Lace Guild revives a timeless craft, honors the women who helped shape it

(L) The Lott House following exterior renovations (R) The Lott farmscape in 1927

Brooklyn Paper

Marine Park to get ‘living neighborhood museum’ at historic Lott House

Liberty wins WNBA Championship but the journey to this monumental win was marked with triumph and tribulation.

Brooklyn Paper

Long awaited victory: Liberty’s championship win marks history and spurs controversy

Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel: The Exhibition is now open at Industry City’s 7/8 building on the ground floor.

Brooklyn Paper

A sight to behold! Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel: The Exhibition opens at Brooklyn’s Industry City

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Brooklyn Paper

City announces $3.9 million restoration of landmark Weeksville Hunterfly Road Houses

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Brooklyn Paper

Great moments in tree-story: Parks Department adds 17 local legends to list of ‘Great Trees of New York City’

Iconic World War II fighter plane at Intrepid museum

News

Iconic World War II fighter plane arrives at Intrepid Museum

Posted on October 2, 2024

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Brooklyn Paper

Creepy crawlies: Brooklyn Children’s Museum opens competition to name 3 new tarantulas

Sunnyside Post

Rep. Velázquez’s recently unveiled portrait in Capitol was decades in the making for artist

The Feast of San Gennaro returned to Little Italy

Hey paisan, embrace the history of San Gennaro

Posted on September 15, 2024

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Brooklyn Paper

‘The Fish Queen of the Gowanus Canal’ explores love, history and waste in floating production

At 74-years-old, Philippe Petit once again defied the odds.

Upper West Side

Famed tightrope walker Philippe Petit marks 50th anniversary of historic high wire walk between Twin Towers with artistic performance

Posted on August 11, 2024

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News

Pride Month: What happened here in New York?

Posted on June 27, 2024

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Brooklyn Paper

Brooklyn Edison building gains support at landmarking hearing, despite concerns

Ruth Bader Ginsburg street conaming

Brooklyn Paper

Ruth Bader Ginsburg Way: Midwood street co-named after late Supreme Court justice

Sylvia Plachy photographed music composer Tom Waits in 1985

Brooklyn Paper

Village Voice photographer Sylvia Plachy reflects on 30 years of New York City history in Brooklyn Public Library exhibition

World

As the Turkish Republic turns 100, here’s a look at its achievements and challenges ahead

Posted on October 28, 2023

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Brooklyn Paper

Seeking to ‘democratize history,’ renovated Center for Brooklyn History reopens with new exhibit

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Brooklyn Paper

Madame Morbid’s ghost trolley tours return for the spooky season

Jewish refugees and their Chinese neighbors at a market in Hongkou

Arts & Entertainment

New exhibit coming to NYC shows little-known history about WWII Jewish refugees and survivors in Shanghai

Posted on July 31, 2023

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Gay City News

Storytelling show at Stonewall celebrates LGBTQ history

News

U.S. is offering free lighthouses as it aims to preserve history

Posted on May 27, 2023

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Bronx Times

Newly appointed (volunteer) Bronx historian to continue predecessor’s legacy

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Brooklyn Paper

Commute through time: New York Transit Museum to celebrate transportation history at Bus Festival

Arts & Entertainment

Grammys could make history with Beyoncé, Bad Bunny wins

Posted on February 5, 2023

Politics

Loud and clear: New Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson speaks volumes at bench

Posted on October 8, 2022

Gay City News

Museum plans virtual, in-person LGBTQ+ History Month events

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Gay City News

City to consider landmarking Julius’ Bar

David McCullough, Pulitzer-winning historian, dies at 89

Posted on August 8, 2022

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Brooklyn Paper

Exhibit exploring NYC’s history of sanitation on display at Floyd Bennett Field

Theodore Roosevelt as commander of ‘Roosevelt’s Roughriders’

PoliticsNY

Sheinkopf Speaks: Speak softly and let history carry a big stick

Politics

Senate panel to vote on Jackson nomination to Supreme Court

Posted on April 4, 2022

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News

Artist, East Flatbush community celebrates John Lewis’ birthday with new mural

Posted on February 21, 2022

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Remembering 9/11

Maisel: Why we shouldn’t forget 9/11 after 20 years

Posted on September 9, 2021

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Travel

Enjoy a revolutionary summer vacation touring Lexington and Concord

Posted on June 15, 2021

Bogardus Building on northwest corner of Washington and Murray Streets, being prepared for demolition to make way for Washington Market Urban Renewal

Noho

Back to the future? Historic photos of SoHo seen as a possible vision of what rezoning may build – or bulldoze

Posted on April 17, 2021

NYC:Tom Suozzi announces Introduction of Harlem Hellfighters Congressional Gold Medal Act

Harlem

A new push to give the ‘Harlem Hellfighters’ of World War I a golden honor, a century late

Posted on April 9, 2021

NYC: Kirsten Gillebrand and Members of Congress anounce legislationn to establish African American Burial Museum

Lower Manhattan

Renewed push to expand Lower Manhattan’s African Burial Ground and preserve history

Posted on April 1, 2021

Former New York City Mayor Dinkins and New York City Mayor Bloomberg participate in 20th anniversary memorial for victims of 1993 bombing of World Trade Center in New York

David Dinkins, New York’s first Black mayor, dead at 93: reports

Posted on November 24, 2020

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‘This is What Democracy Looked Like’: The Cooper Union window display features 70 years worth of ballots

Posted on October 19, 2020

Storyfile CEO Heather Smith poses for a photo next to an A.I.-powered life-size hologram in Gardena

Business

Tired of Zoom calls? Company offers at-home hologram machines

Posted on August 8, 2020

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Politics

Civil rights icon and Georgia Congressman John Lewis dead at 80

Posted on July 18, 2020

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Brooklyn

Feeling tubular: Celebrating Hugh Carey Tunnel’s 70 years of Brooklyn-Battery connections

Posted on May 24, 2020

FILE PHOTO: A statue of George Washington on a horse is pictured outside the Virginia State Capitol building during a session of the General Assembly in Richmond

Nation

Washington sought honest British workers over ‘slovenly’ Americans: letter

Posted on February 22, 2020

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How the CGI experts from ‘Motherless Brooklyn’ brought back the old, iconic Penn Station on film

Posted on February 17, 2020

Take a look inside the Museum of Interesting Things

Posted on February 11, 2020

More from around NYC

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Battling hunger: DOE food truck distributes free summer meals in Edenwald

González-Rojas files to run against Ramos for western Queens state Senate seat, touts ‘bold leadership’

people dancing at our wicked lady

After 10 years, Our Wicked Lady to close permanently on July 21

Lee Soulja-Simmons delivers remarks during NYC Black Pride's 2022 Heritage Image Awards.

NYC Black Pride, slated for mid-August, presses on despite budget cuts