The Brooklyn-based nonprofit works with rural women in Guatemala to make and sell hand crafted accessories.

“Ideas on the right side of justice don’t die,” says photojournalist Laylah Amatullah Barrayn.

Cremini’s Aperitivo & Kitchen had just opened when the pandemic hit, but through ingenuity and improvisation, they’re surviving.

Brooklynite Aaron Mostofsky was pictured at Wednesday’s attack on the U.S. Capitol wearing fur pelts and brandishing stolen police gear.

Activists and elected officials chanted “Shame on you Nicole” and demanded her resignation in front of her Bay Ridge office this weekend.

Protesters marched peacefully but angrily from Barclays Center to the home of Sen. Chuck Schumer demanding the removal of President Trump.

Sen. Schumer has declared himself the next majority leader. So. What else do you know about him?

A Brooklyn-based sex educator’s online “survival guide” seminar gives advice, pro-tips and career hacks to new and aspiring sex workers.

The mayor says there will ultimately be a total of 160 vaccine sites across the city by the end of this week and 250 by the end of the month.

A five-day pilot program in Brownsville de-emphasized police patrolling in favor of community services.

What pandemic? Borough-wide, the median real estate sales price was up more than $100,000 in 2020. Cobble Hill topped the list, again.

Democratic District Leader Lori Maslow, who posted a racist rant against Chinese people, still retains her elected seat, though.

Visiting the Grain de Sail schooner, fresh off a wind-powered trip from Brittany to Brooklyn.

On the latest episode of the Brooklyn Magazine podcast, Coney Island’s unofficial mayor breaks down the boardwalk’s past, present and future.

The additions, along Flatbush’s mile-long stretch hugging the park, are the first new entrances since the 1940s.

On ‘Brooklyn Magazine: The Podcast,’ the Brooklyn Brewery founder charts his unlikely career and challenging year.

Honoring the history and legacy of Brooklyn’s small businesses at the end of an especially challenging year.

It takes a village, or in the words of one Jamaican proverb: ‘every mickel mek a muckle.’

The nation’s top infectious disease doc gets vaccinated against coronavirus and touts his hometown’s resilience.

Activist groups stage protest, claiming ‘environmental racism.’

In this episode of ‘Brooklyn Magazine: The Podcast,’ a pandemic-born bicycle club, business and movement.

Come and join us on a virtual field trip to the over-the-top Christmas lights of Dyker Heights.

The Brooklyn Nets point guard is among the first celebs to take an active role in securing blockchain networks.

Today marks the 60th anniversary of the New York mid-air collision that claimed more than 100 lives and drove industry reform.

A riddle for the ages: What good is a snow day if we’re all schooling and working from home anyway?

The City’s analysis of data that reveals only a little over half of New York City microbusinesses received the Small Business Administration loans.

One-fifth of historic Montague Street’s storefronts have shuttered.

The Fort Greene home of the free jazz pioneer, who died in 2018, is for sale at an un-free $2.5 million.

From art supplies to accessories to activator, W magazine points us to this list of local goods.

‘As far as I know, I’m only one of two Latina brewers in America,’ says Breeze Galindo.

A probably incomplete roundup of local holiday markets to get you started on your shopping.

Brooklyn Bridge Park breaks ground on the last stretch of shoreside oasis.

“It’s hard to believe how much we’ve come full circle,” says Niki Russ Federman, a fourth generation Russ.

A simultaneous slice at two of the pizzeria’s locations—in Midwood and in Las Vegas—results in an existentially confusing lunch date.

The borough needs a stronger homegrown media. The challenge is how.

How a Bushwick business aims to be a new hub for Brooklyn’s Black photography community.

Today we are introducing a new Brooklyn Magazine, under new ownership and new management, with a new sensibility—and during a pandemic.

Embattled but not defeated, Flea founder Eric Demby still aims to provide a modest ‘spark of joy’

A tree grows in Brooklyn, sure. Some weed grows in Brooklyn, too—often where you’d least expect it.

Sponsored By 308 N7. This boutique building in Williamsburg offers spacious residences, thoughtful amenities and a 15-year 421-a tax abatement.  On the site of a former soap factory, sales have launched at 308 North 7th Street, a luxury condo building in the heart of Williamsburg. The nine-floor building, developed by Adam America, was designed by Isaac…

A picture, they say, is worth a thousand words, although it’s clear that “they” haven’t read some of the words I’ve read describing food in breathtaking, drool-inducing detail. The only thing nicer than reading about food in a book is reading about food whilst snacking. As a girl I’d arrive at meals with my nose…

The transformative power of storytelling, in all of its forms, is no secret. But what if the stories we hear most don’t reflect the diversity of our community? And what if the stories that need to be told don’t reach those who need to hear them? We chatted with EV Fitzgerald, member of The Yard…

The transformative power of storytelling, in all of its forms, is no secret. But what if the stories we hear most don’t reflect the diversity of our community? And what if the stories that need to be told don’t reach those who need to hear them? We chatted with Todd Coulter, member of The Yard…

Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but summer will be over before you know it. Have you taken a getaway yet? Whether the answer is yes or no, know that fun can be had just a stone’s throw away from the city. Asbury Park is just a little over an hour outside of…

New York City is famously known as the city that never sleeps. Adding that it’s because everyone’s caffeinated AF would erobably rob the saying of its charm. Coffee is synonymous with New York— so is the subway being delayed due to train traffic ahead. Luckily Abbotsford Road coffee is here to help make the former…

Another day, another new series to binge or film to see. As Netflix, Amazon and HBO re-define how we watch TV and MoviePass upends the film industry, it’s clear we’re looking for more and more stories: from summer blockbusters to updated beloved classics to expansive mini-series to powerful documentaries and biopics. To understand why we’re…

“One consultant even told me that if you challenge Carolyn Maloney, you’ll never have lunch in this town again,” exclaims Suraj Patel with a half laugh from his Astor Place campaign headquarters. The former cocktail bar is decked out in Patel’s pale pink and blue campaign posters, signs emblazoned with slogans such as “Competition fuels…

PHOTOGRAPHY Stevie Love (@stevielove) STYLING Porsha Thelusma (@weekendonweb) JEWELRY The 8th Elementt (@the8thelementt) Some people are just born knowing their earthly purpose. Such is the case with spiritual advisor and Bruja Emilia Ortiz. She’s not your typical happy-go-lucky advisor either— Ortiz gives it to you raw just like her very straight-forward personality. Hailing from a…

Photo Eric McNatt June is an exciting time for the LGBTQ community, and arguably nowhere does Pride Month better than NYC. With each borough putting on its own Pride Parade, the city becomes a rainbow of queer-centric activities. At the the non-profit Queer|Art, this month-long celebration of diversity and inclusion presents a unique opportunity to…

Stepping into ABC Carpet & Home’s newest location in Industry City could feel full of contradictions: the old-fashioned mingles with the modern; clean and bold surfaces give way to patinas. It should feel full of contradictions, but it doesn’t – everything co-exists in a way that’s intentional and feels right. “Co-exist is the perfect word….

As a shopper these days, I’m very picky. My priorities when it comes to purchasing clothing has matured as I have since I was 17 for a number of reasons. At 17, I got my first job working at one of the biggest, most popular, and frankly ethically problematic clothing companies out there. I saw…

Ah, the peak Spring breezes. Can we catch them in our hands, thrust them in our pockets and revisit them for weeks to come? No, friends, we cannot. But we can use this moment of peak seasonal comfort to fully relax and expand our minds with some of the chillest vibes and most out there…

In Brooklyn, Northside Festival is synonymous with the beginning of summer. This past week, summer arrived in Brooklyn with full force, reminding us that Northside Festival is just around the corner! This week, we’re back with another roundup of who you can see at this June’s Northside Festival’s innovation conference, giving you a look at…

Northside Festival is right around the corner- four weeks away, to be exact. As we gear up for our best innovation lineup yet, we’ll be giving you a weekly roundup of this year’s exciting speakers. This week, we’re giving you a look at Buzzfeed’s Ben Smith, Lauren Reddy of The New York Times, and Yanna…

Love stories with organic beginnings aren’t nearly as common anymore as they once were, especially in this digital age. When was the last time you heard someone say they had to leave for a Tinder date? As recently as today or within the last week. When was the last time you heard that someone had…

PHOTOGRAPHY The Sunday Photographer Back before it became a trendy destination known for its brunch spots, farmer’s markets, Smorgasburgs and filled with organic eateries, Brooklyn was a place of industry, a place where immigrants settled and made lives for themselves utilizing what they had brought with them, their crafts. Many of the remnants of Brooklyn’s…

Photography: Ira Yousey Subject: Abigail Hibbs Neighborhood: Crown Heights Occupation: Works in finance at an art gallery Lived in Residence: 2 years Number of Rooms: There are five separate rooms, with a small entryway, and the living room/dining room being one large space. I had originally wanted to find an apartment that had a separate dining room,…

Everyone celebrates April 20th in their own way. Joints, bongs, edibles: take your pick (or don’t at all, we won’t judge!). No matter your fancy, while weed is decriminalized in NYC, it’s still not always the most straightforward to get your hands on. In honor of the 4/20 holiday, we’re sharing a personal essay from…

PHOTOGRAPHY Shan Wallace When I was presented with the opportunity to have an interview series with Brooklyn Magazine, it took me some time to come up with a name. I wanted it to be a reflection of what I was trying to do, but also a reflection of where I was doing it. Though I’m…

The last time I was at City Point, the mixed-use residential and commercial complex, located in Downtown Brooklyn, I hosted their BKLYN All-Stars Shoot Out Event for NBA All-Star Weekend. Bringing out families from all across the borough, to have them compete for gift cards and bragging rights, was a complete success. Not to mention the fact that,…

Editor’s Note: When we partnered with American real estate company Douglas Elliman to present Brooklyn’s 20 Best Blocks, we wanted to make sure that this came from a sincere place—so we connected with Brooklyn’s own The Sunday Photographer a.k.a Matthew DeFrenza to take us on a journey throughout the borough to show us his favorite blocks. Douglas Elliman is New York…

PHOTOGRAPHY Zach Gross Last night, the entertainment & storytelling studio, Topic, hosted an important discussion on what identity is, and what it means to us inside the beautiful Brooklyn Historical Society in Brooklyn Heights. Investigative reporter Nicholas Kulish kicked off last night’s discussion, speaking about his discrepancies between how the world sees him versus how he sees himself as…

PHOTOGRAPHY Zach Gross There’s just 30 seconds on the clock. The music is pumping. The crowd is roaring. All-star ballers match up, about to face off…but first they stop to pass their jackets to their parents, in preparation to show off their shooting skills. This was the scene, Downtown Brooklyn, at City Point for their…

Age:​ ​28 Pronouns:​ She/Her Neighborhood:​ ​Cobble Hill Most​ ​Likely​ ​To:​ ​Ask For Your Wifi Password Immediately Upon Entering Your Home Favorite​ ​Quote:​ ​“Everything is copy.” – Nora Ephron If you’ve seen young people’s voices amplified, there’s a good chance Taylor Trudon was working in the background. Formerly the editor of the Huffington Post’s Teen vertical…

Name: Sara McDonald Age: 26 Neighborhood: Kensington Most Likely To: Get sick to my stomach during something important, but in high school I was voted most likely to host my own talk show. Favorite Quote: “Don’t try.” (meaning, do it) As a young kid, Sara McDonald would canvass her neighborhood asking for donations to fund her…

Age: 28 Pronouns: They/Them Neighborhood: Williamsburg Most Likely To: Smile at a dog on the sidewalk rather than their owner Favorite Quote: “Heart leaking something so strong, they can smell it in the street.” – Marty McConnell Sam Escobar is the current deputy digital editor of Allure magazine. Previously holding roles as an editor at Bustle and…

Age: 29 Pronouns: He/him Neighborhood: Prospect Heights Most Likely To: Fall asleep at 10pm, at a party at my own house Favorite Quote: “I slept and dreamt that life was joy. I awoke and saw that life was service. I acted and behold, service was joy.” – Rabindranath Tagore It’s not exactly news to the…

Age: 27 Pronouns: He/Him Neighborhood: Bushwick Most Likely to: Start my own venture capital firm Favorite Quote: “It’s great to be here. It’s great to be anywhere.” – Keith Richards  Nate Cotanch grew up with New Mexican roots, where Hatch Chile was a staple in local cuisine. Entrepreneurial in nature, Nate noticed a hole in…

Age: 28 Pronouns: She/Her Neighborhood: Bed-Stuy Most Likely to: Stay in bed all day watching Fixer Upper on HGTV  Favorite Quote: “In the final analysis, it was between you and God, it was never between you and them, anyway.” – Mother Teresa Since her first Psych class, Naiylah knew she’d go into therapy. Currently, she…

Age: 26 Pronouns: He/Him Neighborhood: Crown Heights Most Likely to: Fall asleep in my bathroom with a book and my laptop after a night of hard drinking and dancing because it feels cozy and clever. Favorite Quote: “Language is also a place of struggle.” – bell hooks Myles Johnson’s words make people pay attention. With…

AGE: 24 PRONOUNS: She/Her NEIGHBORHOOD: Bushwick MOST LIKELY TO: Stay in on a Friday night FAVORITE QUOTE: “You arrived like a day and passed like a cloud.” – The Pretenders Seeing the world through the lens of women is eye-opening. I not only mean this in the sense that we’re in a time where more women are behind-the-camera—Ava Duvernay,…

Age: 9 Pronouns: She/Her Neighborhood: Windsor Terrace Most Likely to: Surprise you Favorite Quote: “Girls just wanna have fun.” Lola Glass has a lot on her plate. She’s spray painted murals in Coney Island, at the Bushwick Collective, and at Art Basel in Miami. She’s also currently collaborating with Unfamous and Brooklyn Cloth to design…

Age: 27 Pronouns: She/Her Neighborhood: Crown Heights Most Likely To: keep it real with you (and have fly nails) Favorite Quote: “Caminante, no hay puentes, se hace puentes al andar. (Voyager, there are no bridges, one builds them as one walks.)” – Gloria E. Anzaldúa Lauren Argentina Zelaya has a fierce personality and an even…

Age: 28 Pronouns: She/her Neighborhood: Prospect Heights Most Likely to: Get the party started; Fight the Patriarchy; Have a Spontaneous Dance Party; Go Sky-diving; Have a silly-string fight Favorite Quote: “Nothing can make our lives, or the lives of other people, more beautiful than perpetual kindness” – Leo Tolstoy As a member of the Safe…

Age: 29 Pronouns: She/Her Neighborhood: Flatbush Most Likely to: Takeover the planet, then vacation Favorite Quote: “My job is to somehow make them curious enough, or persuade them, by hook or crook, to get them more aware of themselves and where they came from and what they are into and what is already there, and just…

Age: 29 Pronouns: She/her Neighborhood: Ditmas Park Most Likely to: Win the Nobel Prize for a Graphic Novel Favorite Quote: “Dr. Weiss, at forty, knew that her life had been ruined by literature.” ― Anita Brookner, A Start in Life What do you do when you’re at a Junot Díaz reading and Junot, the literary…

Name: Jenny Treantafilos Age: 26 Pronouns: She/Her Neighborhood: Bushwick Most likely to: Give a hug when you need it most Favorite Quote: It’s more of a mantra “Trust the process.” But recently have randomly using, “Be the change you wish to see in the world,” to rally the cooks. It’s just motivating/corny enough to set…

Name: Harry Portnof Age: 29 Neighborhood: Prospect Heights Most Likely to: Crowd surf Favorite Quote: “Tomorrow belongs to those who can hear it coming.” – David Bowie Accountant turned record label owner isn’t a phrase you’d normally have a reason to utter, but that’s exactly what Harry Portnof is. As a teen, Harry discovered his…

Age: 29 Pronouns: She/Her Neighborhood: Clinton Hill Most Likely to: Host a fertility séance Favorite Quote: “Be here now” Product marketing manager at Planned Parenthood’s innovation lab, Hannah Pyper, has a strong connection to her role. After beating ovarian cancer, Hannah found a career that utilized her digital media background while ensuring women have proper…

Age: 26 Pronouns: She/Her Neighborhood: Bedford-Stuyvesant Most Likely to: Do it for the story Favorite Quote: “I am deliberate and afraid of nothing.” – Audre Lorde If you ever want to understand a writer at their core, read their work. What a writer takes to the page is often more telling than anything they could hope…

Age: 26 Pronouns: She/her Neighborhood: Weeksville (Crown Heights) Most Likely To: Ride their bike in 20-degree weather Favorite Quote: “Loneliness does not come from having no people around, but from being unable to communicate the things that seem important to oneself.” – Carl Jung After completing her master’s thesis at Pratt, Giovania Tiarachristie, or “G”, revived the…

Age: 28 Pronouns: She/her Neighborhood: Bed-Stuy Most Likely To: Ask to say “Hi” to your dog Favorite Quote: “I am a superficial woman of depth.” -Melissa Broder It’s no secret that magazines are struggling to keep up with the rapidly changing patterns of media consumption. Figuring out how to deal with the rocky media landscape…

Age: 26 Pronouns: He/Him Neighborhood: Bed-Stuy Most Likely To: pet the dog, eat too much fruit, or scream for fun Favorite Quote: “Make good art.” – Neil Gaiman Gabriel Gomez founded Crooked Letter Films—a bicoastal production and management agency, based in Williamsburg—to create visual narratives across various fields, including documentary, commercial, music video, and narrative….

Age: 26 Neighborhood: Lefferts Gardens Most Likely To: Bring Judith Butler into the conversation. Occupation: Writer, Editor, Organizer of Queer Community Favorite Quote: “You guys know about vampires? You know how, vampires have no reflections in a mirror? There’s this idea that monsters don’t have reflections in a mirror.  And what I’ve always thought isn’t that monsters…

Age: 29 Pronouns: He/Him/His Neighborhood: Greenpoint Most Likely to: Run for Office Favorite Quote: “Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don’t matter and those who matter don’t mind.” – Dr. Seuss There was a time when our private lives were understood as wholly separate from our public personas….

Age: 22 Pronouns: She/her Neighborhood: Bed-Stuy Most Likely to: Have a dollhouse in their adult home Favorite Quote: “If you go home with somebody, and they don’t have books, don’t fuck ’em!” – John Waters Food isn’t generally a medium associated with art, but that hasn’t stopped Emma Orlow. After studying “Food Art as Body Politics”…

Age: 29 Pronouns: She/her Neighborhood: Boerum Hill Most Likely To: Get an anxiety-induced bloody nose while trying to play it cool Favorite Quote: “Nobody can eat fifty eggs.” As a kid, Emma would clip all the cartoons from the New Yorker and keep them in a folder. Now, she’s the first woman to run the…

Age: 29 Neighborhood: Bed-Stuy Most Likely To: Share TMI Favorite Quote: “We are torn between nostalgia for the familiar and an urge for the foreign and strange. As often as not, we are homesick most for the places we have never known.” ― Carson McCullers If you follow any social influencer or clothing brand, you know that…

Age: 29 Neighborhood: Crown Heights Most Likely To: deliver an impassioned (and unprompted) monologue about why you should love the film adaptation of Roald Dahl’s The Witches Favorite Quote: “Frankly there isn’t anyone you couldn’t love once you’ve heard their story.” -Mary Lou Kownacki Dylan Marron is a hilariously smart and thoughtful content producer making…

Age: 27 Neighborhood: Williamsburg Most Likely to: Be the first one awake Favorite Quote: “As you wander on through life, whatever be your goal, keep your eye upon the donut, and not upon the hole.” Daniel King is a builder and a fixer. His mentality that “vintage is the future,” is what led Daniel to…

Age: 29 Neighborhood: Crown Heights Most Likely to: Produce a Broadway musical by 2020. Favorite Quote: “No matter what accomplishments you make, somebody helped you.” – Althea Gibson Everybody wants to be the boss. Or at least, most infatuate themselves with the idea of being a boss because of the association with power. But power…

Age: 27 Neighborhood: Bed-Stuy Most Likely to: Have a deep and heartfelt conversation with you upon meeting you Favorite Quote: “American history is longer, larger, more various, more beautiful and more terrible than anything anyone has ever said about it.” – James Baldwin Ashleigh Eubanks is a woman of few words. Not because she has…

Age: 29 Neighborhood: South Williamsburg Most Likely To: Be Unpredictable Favorite Quote: “Things are what you make of them.” Sometimes sparkly agendas emblazoned with “Live Your Truth” or “Too Legit To Quit” are a little bit forced, but Adam J. Kurtz has found the sweet spot of encouraging art that’s  inspirational and honest. You might…

Every year, our annual 30 under 30 lists highlight young Brooklynites who are marching fearlessly into the future, taking the borough with them―wherever they go. Following their lead, we asked ourselves what we could do better to ensure that these lists fairly reflects this borough’s population, and everything it has to offer. If not everything,…

There’s likely one person in every subway car who can intro you to an investor, connect you to the perfect freelance gig or make a great new hire for your startup. But let’s face it: we excel at pretending our headphones are playing music and avoiding eye contact with strangers. So how do you meet…

PHOTOGRAPHY DP Jolly NAME Holly Elizabeth Rice OCCUPATION Writer and Plus-Size Youtuber AGE 25 NEIGHBORHOOD Bushwick When I pull up to Holly’s crib and she shows me her looks for the shoot, I notice—almost immediately—that, of the three outfits, only one includes a coat. Wanting to make sure that she was knew it was brick-ass-cold outside, and it was outside and not inside that…