GeneralThe City
Protesters Block Newark ICE Detention Facility as Hunger and Work Strike Enters Day 3
Dozens of protesters blocked entrances to Delaney Hall, a massive ICE detention facility in Newark, for hours Sunday evening after word spread that guards were trying to move a detainee involved in an ongoing work and hunger strike. The detainee, Martin Soto, was among those who announced the strike
5h agoby Gwynne Hogan
GeneralGothamist
Spreadsheets, quizzes, dedication, but no AI: NYC's best spellers prep for national bee
Liam Kwon, 10, hoists his trophy. He's competing in nationals this week. Liam Kwon and Jay Nayak will join nearly 250 spellers from around the country. [ more › ]
7h agoby {"#text":"Jessica Gould","$_xmlns:dc":"http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"}
Rental MarketBrownstoner
Top 10 Brooklyn Real Estate Listings: A Prospect Lefferts Gardens House
The most popular listings on Brownstoner this week include a Windsor Terrace row house, a Brooklyn Heights brownstone, and a Park Slope limestone. Listings in Windsor Terrace and Park Slope were popular with readers this week, with other listings scattered from Williamsburg to Flatbush The least exp
1d agoby Susan De Vries
Rental MarketBrownstoner
Top 5 Stories on Brownstoner This Week: A Housing Lottery in Gowanus
Affordable Housing Lottery Opens With $903 Units in Gowanus Waterfront Build An affordable housing lottery opened for a new nine-story development that replaced a former parking lot next to the now-demolished Green Building in Gowanus. This is the affordable component of Rabsky Group’s two-tower Wes
2d agoby Susan De Vries
Tenant RightsCity Limits
Opinion: NYC Parks Faces a Staffing Crisis. Budget Cuts Are Not the Answer.
“Maintaining a world-class parks system is a cornerstone of ensuring affordability and quality of life in our city. This year it is imperative that we fund our parks accordingly in the budget.” The lawn at Brooklyn’s Sunset Park in August 2020. (Jeanmarie Evelly/City Limits) With summer
2d agoby Jeanmarie Evelly
Tenant RightsCity Limits
State Lawmakers ‘Not Giving Up’ in Push for Hochul to Fund More Rental Vouchers
Supporters say expanding the state’s new Housing Access Voucher Program, which helps low-income New Yorkers at risk of homelessness afford a place to live, could bridge the gap for 5,500 city households whose federal rent assistance expires this year. State lawmakers and advocates on the steps
2d agoby Jeanmarie Evelly
Rental MarketStreetEasy
NYC open houses for May 23 and 24, 2026
It's a holiday weekend, but that doesn't mean the open houses are off! There's still plenty to look at for those interested in landing a home in addition to enjoying a (rainy) beach day. We've rounded up a few that caught our eye, including a Beekman Place 3-bedroom with serious architectural bona f
2d agoby Adrienne Gaffney
GeneralGothamist
NYC health department investigates Legionnaires' cases in East Village
Residents of Haven Plaza apartments have been advised not to take showers, pending an investigation of the water supply. [ more › ]
2d agoby {"#text":"Caroline Lewis","$_xmlns:dc":"http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"}
Rental Market6sqft
NYC to widen protected bike lane on Sixth Avenue before World Cup
Sixth Avenue’s protected bike lane will be widened along one of its most congested stretches as part of a series of street safety projects launched by the Mamdani administration ahead of the World Cup this summer. Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced Wednesday that the corridor’s bike lane will expand fro
3d agoby Aaron Ginsburg
Data & InsightsThe City
LISTEN: The Past, Present and Future of an Island of Exiles
We could create permanent affordable housing on Ward’s Island. There is a lot of unused space that’s occupied by an under-censused hospital. It is public land, so it would cost money to build but we wouldn’t have to buy the land. The housing could be affordable, and it could be mix
3d agoby Lit NYC
Rental MarketBrownstoner
Sunset Park Finnish Co-op With Wainscoting, Built-ins Asks $645K
This two-bedroom apartment could use a bit of TLC, but it boasts numerous period details and a location across from Sunset Park. It is on the third floor of 4404 6th Avenue and within the Sunset Park North Historic District. The intricately patterned brick building was constructed in 1914 to designs
3d agoby Susan De Vries
Rental Market6sqft
Work on skate park in Mount Prospect Park could begin next spring
Work on an $11 million skatepark in Brooklyn’s Mount Prospect Park could begin next spring after New York City’s Public Design Commission and the local community board approved the project last month. Known as the Brooklyn Skate Garden, the project is one of four skateparks planned across the
3d agoby Aaron Ginsburg
Tenant RightsCity Limits
Attorney General To Shut Down ‘Predatory’ Law Firm, And What Else Happened This Week in Housing
The Tenants Counsel Network ripped off renters with monthly fees and left them hanging in eviction court, officials say. An agreement with the Attorney General’s office will shut down the firm and refund clients. New York State Attorney General Letitia James at a press conference in 2020. (Flickr/NY
3d agoby Jeanmarie Evelly
GeneralGothamist
LIRR strike serves as reminder: It pays big to work for the MTA
LIRR workers are some of the highest paid transit employees in the country. But most everyone at the MTA, including many people with office jobs at the agency's headquarters, gets premium pay. As LIRR workers went on strike, MTA Chair Janno Lieber pointed out they're the highest paid railr
3d agoby {"#text":"Clayton Guse","$_xmlns:dc":"http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"}
GeneralGothamist
Manhattan parking garage yanks spaces used by ICE after activists protested
Immigration right activists protest outside a Metropolis Garage in Manhattan on May 14, 2026, demanding the company stop leasing spaces to the federal government for Immigration and Customs Enforcement. A federal government spokesperson said the contract termination would not affect its enforcement
3d agoby {"#text":"Arya Sundaram","$_xmlns:dc":"http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"}
GeneralGothamist
Early Addition: Partially treated sewage water gets dumped into Long Beach channel
Because nearly 30,000 of yucky water accidentally poured out, here are your early links: Alison Roman's shoppy shop, vintage Roosevelt Island tram cars, idling fines for delivery trucks and more. [ more › ]
3d agoby {"#text":"James Ramsay","$_xmlns:dc":"http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"}
Rental MarketBrownstoner
Colorful, Kinetic Sculpture Enlivens 4th Avenue Median
by Gabriele Holtermann, Brooklyn Paper A kinetic burst of color now spins in place on the median of 4th Avenue and 2nd Street, where a new public art installation is reshaping a familiar stretch of road bordering Park Slope and Gowanus. The massive, 11-foot-by-8-foot colorful kinetic sculpture title
3d agoby Brooklyn Paper
Rental MarketBrownstoner
Daily Links: Coney Island Mermaid Parade to Get $20K a Year From BP
In the News At DanceAfrica, When the Rules Disappear, the Party Begins [NYT] Digging Into Dog Poop Data: Which Neighborhood Is the Worst? [NYT] NYC Hit With Flash Floods, Leaving Drivers Submerged [NYP] Pols to Host Rally Aimed at Judges' Parking Lot [Eagle] Willowtown Annual Fair Still Delights Aft
3d agoby Anna Bradley-Smith
GeneralGothamist
The unlikely organizers: Even NYC luxury renters are starting tenant associations
Randi Song (left) and MacKenzie Chambers formed a tenant association at their upscale Downtown Brooklyn apartment building. Renters paying premium prices for New York City rentals are organizing with neighbors to get their money’s worth. [ more › ]
3d agoby {"#text":"David Brand","$_xmlns:dc":"http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"}
GeneralThe City
Two Legionnaires’ Cases Found at East Village Complex
City health officials are advising residents of an East Village apartment complex to take precautions after two residents contracted Legionnaires’ disease there within the last 11 months. The advisory went out Tuesday in a Zoom call arranged by the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) in
3d agoby Greg B. Smith
