Soil vapor is still leaking into the annex of PS 372 in Gowanus, according to a letter to parents and staff from the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) and the Department of Health (DOH) sent out over the Juneteenth holiday weekend.  Now, the Gowanus Canal Community Advisory group is seeking answers from the state agency about the

The city broke ground on the Red Hook Coastal Resiliency project in September 2025, and now, almost a year later, it’s more disruptive than ever, according to local business owners and residents. On Thursday, Aug. 6, a group of local businesses convened with City Council Member Alexa Avilés and representatives from the New York City Department of Design and Construction

On July 1, Tanya Chernyak, a former Scholastic book designer, and her husband, Patrick Preziosi, a small press and consignment manager at McNally Jackson, opened a bookshop in Red Hook. Red Hook Books will be a new place to “buy, read and make books.” The couple and their dog, Ralphie, live in the neighborhood and have always dreamt of opening

For more than a decade, the Democratic establishment has relied on the same warning whenever a progressive candidate threatens its preferred nominee: They are too radical. Too divisive. Their politics might play in a Democratic primary, the argument goes, but they could never survive a general election. The problem for those still making that argument in 2026 is that Democratic

It’s late morning on May 26, and Mayor Zohran Mamdani, standing in front of a posse of New York City media outlets, announces his new “Block by Block” housing plan at Powerhouse Arts in Gowanus. He has just come from a tour of some of the new housing developments popping up along the Gowanus Canal, the same posse of journalists

The planned demolition of the Fulton Elliot-Chelsea (FEC) NYCHA houses is once again underway after a New York State Appellate Court found that a lawsuit brought by tenants was not legally sound. “It is undisputed that the tenants have been guaranteed appropriate and accessible relocation apartments, units in the new buildings once complete, and packing and moving assistance,” reads the