Breukelen resident Cynthia Jimenez – or “Boo’elen” as she prefers to call it – has outdone herself again this year.  The Halloween-loving Canarsien has transformed the lawn outside her East 108th Street home into a ghoulish delight.  Not only that, she decorates her first-floor hallway

Kings Plaza Shopping Center held a safe and family-friendly event in celebration of Halloween at the mall’s Center Court on Saturday, October 29th. Costumed characters strolled around the first level of the mall, interacting with guests who donned some pretty cool costumes themselves. The Halloween

Everyone had a howling good time at the Jack-O-Lantern Jamboree, thanks to the folks at Community Board 18: District Manager Sue Ann Partnow, Chairperson Michael Ien, Assistant District Manager Dorothy Paul and Community Associate Gail Fazio who put on a spook-tacular event! The Jamboree was

Days before the 10-year anniversary of Superstorm Sandy, Canarsie residents, especially those living near Fresh Creek, had something to celebrate – the completion of the $14 million Fresh Creek Coastal Resiliency Project that will protect areas most vulnerable to flooding during future storm surges. The

The Marine Park Community Association, in support with the Friends of the Lott House, held their 36th Halloween Fall Festival on Saturday, October 22nd at the historic Lott House. Many wore their Halloween costumes in the spirit of the season, and the lawn was transformed into a

Canarsie residents gathered at St. Alban’s Church for the monthly meeting of the 69th Precinct Community Council on Tuesday, October 25th, where subway crime and smoke shops were some of the many topics discussed. Captain Khandakar Abdullah, commanding officer of the 69th Precinct, thanked everyone who attended

It’s a haunted hallway!  The seventh floor of 875 Pennsylvania Avenue looks more like “Transylvania” Avenue!  The entire hallway has been transformed into a scene out of a horror movie, thanks to the creativity of a special resident of the Penn-Wortman Houses, Elizabeth Figueroa.  She’s

Suggestions for the 2024 budget and a presentation on Phase 2 of the Power Playground reconstruction were on the agenda at the October 19th meeting of Community Board 18 (CB18), held at the board office, 1097 Bergen Avenue, and virtually. Each year, community members, civic and

On Monday, October 10th, production crews were back on East 95th Street, between Avenues K and L, for the filming of the third season of the popular TV series, Godfather of Harlem, which premiered on Epix in September 2019. Workers could be seen leaving props in

Kings Plaza, Brooklyn’s premiere shopping destination, hosted a Job Fair on the upper level of the mall, near Best Buy, on Monday, October 10th. Hundreds of applicants waited on line, seeking positions at some of the mall’s restaurants and popular stores, like Macy’s, Zara and