Although the year is coming to an end, the Regina Opera Company kicked off its 56th season, from November 2025 to May 2026, with a stellar performance of Giacomo Puccini’s legendary 1896 opera, La Bohème, on Saturday, November 15th. Residents and opera lovers gathered at

Residents packed the Salt Marsh Nature Center, at 3302 Avenue U, to hear Brooklyn Borough Historian Ron Schweiger recount Brooklyn’s 1898 merger with New York City at an event sponsored by the Salt Marsh Alliance, Inc. on Sunday, November 2nd. Schweiger, a former science teacher,

By Tony Lindsay, President, New York Homeowners Alliance Corp. Intro 948A has nothing to do with tenants or housing stock  —  it’s a targeted reform to protect private-dwelling homeowners who actually live in their homes from politically driven attacks disguised as “tenant protection.” New Yorkers

Old things are new again at Triple Promise Academy for the Performing Arts in the heart of Bay Ridge!The canon of American musical theatre dates back nearly a century. But this heritage is too often ignored in education, which tends to repeat just the flashiest

The Carmine Carro Community Center, at 3000 Fillmore Avenue, was awash in green and purple t-shirts as the Marine Park Alliance (MPA) held its fifth annual Volunteer Appreciation Luncheon on Saturday, November 8th, for its teen leaders, who wear green, and frequent volunteers, who wear

It may have felt like summer, but the spirit of fall was in full swing as hundreds of families gathered for Assemblywoman Jaime Williams’ Annual Family Fall Festival at the Carmine Carro Community Center in Marine Park on Sunday, October 26th. Despite the unseasonably warm

Your Home, Your Rules: Why Canarsie Homeowners and Businesses Must Stand Up for Their RightsBy Tony LindsayPresident, New York Homeowners Alliance Corpwww.nyhomealliance.org | tlindsay@nyhomealliance.orgOur neighborhood has always been built on hard work, homeownership and community pride. For generations, families and small business owners alike have

With a teacher’s heart and a fighter’s determination, Athena Clarke has emerged as a rising voice for change as a Republican candidate for City Council in District 46, making her presence known from Canarsie and Bergen Beach to Mill Basin, Marine Park, Gerritsen Beach and Sheepshead

Why This Mayoral Race Matters for the Middle ClassBy Tony Lindsay, President, New York Homeowners Alliance Corp.If you live in Canarsie, Flatlands or Mill Basin, you know what homeownership means. You’ve spent years building it, paying it off, maintaining it and fighting to keep up

A night of elegance and pure fun is the only way to describe the 5th Annual Fundraising Awards Dinner and Masquerade Ball, hosted on Friday, October 17th, by the Brooklyn Canarsie Lions. The event was held at Studio 718, located at 922 Remsen Avenue, and

Marine Park shined bright, as the Marine Park Alliance (MPA) launched its fifth annual Festival of Lights series, where residents gathered to observe Diwali at the Carmine Carro Community Center, 3000 Fillmore Avenue, on Saturday, October 19th. The MPA’s Festival of Lights is a series

The excitement, energy and enthusiasm were electric on Sunday, October 19th, as more than 550 residents turned out to rally against the city’s controversial “bait-and-switch” plan on Coyle Street. What began as a peaceful gathering at 2134 Coyle Street quickly surged into a full-blown march

It’s football season in New York City, and Friday night lights were shining bright as the Xavier Knights faced off against the Xaverian Clippers in an exciting non-conference matchup at Aviator Fields in Floyd Bennett Field on October 17th. The Knights pulled off a hard-fought

Horns blared and flags waved as a spirited caravan of vehicles by “New Yorkers First” wound its way from the 2049 Flatbush Avenue campaign office through eight southern Brooklyn neighborhoods on Saturday, October 11th, rallying support and “get out the vote” for mayoral candidate Curtis

There was a lot to celebrate at the Pastoral Anniversary and Appreciation Celebration on Sunday, October 12th, at Rehoboth Open Bible Church.  The church, located at 888 East 56th Street, was adorned with sparkling red, gold and white decorations, as the congregation celebrated the 15-year