Sophie’s Choice” — a term from William Styron’s 1979 novel of the same name — describes an impossible decision between two ...

Adam SuerteBorn and raised in South Brooklyn, Adam studied at the Art Student’s League, The High School of Music and Art and ...

Walk across the Gowanus Canal on the Union Street bridge and you’ll find yourself surrounded by construction noise, towering scaffolding, and new, spotless—but equally devoid of personality and design ...

Unlike last year, the elections this year turned out more to my liking. Except for the ballot initiatives. It’s sad for me to see that groups like Open New York have convinced a majority of otherwise ...

Dear Readers, As most of us know, elections are on Tuesday. While we often write about the doings of our local politicians, we haven’t heard from anyone specifically about this election. Except for ...

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It’s the evening of Dec. 18, 2024. The Brooklyn Marine Terminal task force is meeting for the fourth time, just before the winter holidays. Alexa Avilés, council member for District 38 and vice-chair ...

Two kinds of people live in Chicken Hill, Pennsylvania: immigrant Jews and Blacks. These two groups eye each other warily, thinking they have nothing in common. Neither is especially thrilled to be ...

Did you go on any trips this summer? Traveling has many benefits. You might interact with different people, learn a new language, and discover things about another culture’s values. Whenever you go ...

There has been a bit of hue and cry lately concerning the fact that the Brooklyn Dems have nominated a candidate for Supreme Court who, as a law student, once questioned Roe v. Wade, and later chose ...

Note: I intended this to be just one piece, but to give former Borough President Howard Golden, whence he came from and where he went, his due turned out, even with heavy editing, to require far too ...

When you read a newspaper or magazine for a long time, you start to recognize the bylines. Favorite writers emerge. Over time, you begin to feel like you know them. And you do. You know how they think ...