Building on a Successful Pilot, NYCEDC Expands Summer Programming to Deliver More Community– and-Culture Driven Programming at the Brooklyn Army Terminal  Programming Includes Performances, Markets, Screenings and Family-Friendly Events — Serving as a Vibrant Cultural Destination in Brooklyn and Welcoming New Yorkers from All five Boroughs  Milestone Aligns with NYCEDC’sContinue Reading

Loisaida Festival mainstage (Courtesy of Melvin Audaz) The seven block extravaganza celebrates the Lower East Side with live music, food, theater, and more! The 39th Annual Loisaida Festival returns on Sunday, May 24 and will take place throughout the afternoon from 12PM to 5PM, rain or shine, along Avenue C between E. 5th Street and E. 12th Street. ThisContinue Reading

Aerial view from Amsterdam Avenue looking east.  Rendering by Brooklyn Digital Foundry. The Baron Theater and Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF) Gardens Anchor Project in Recognition of Major Gifts Design by Hood Design Studio, WEISS/MANFREDI, and Moody Nolan Incorporates Feedback from Thousands of Community Members Opening Summer 2028, Part of the StavrosContinue Reading

Evacuation Day, Edmund P. Restein, 1870–1880, date depicted November 25, 1783, Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Inspired by and presented in conjunction with The Occupied City: New York and the American Revolution, opened May 1, 2026, and as part of the nationwide America250 commemoration, the Museum of the CityContinue Reading

Unidentified artist, Excelsior, last quarter of the 18th century. Oil on linen. The New York Historical, X.731 On View May 29 – October 25, 2026, to Mark the Nation’s 250th Anniversary Commemorating the nation’s semiquincentennial year, The New York Historical presents Revolutionary Women, a new exhibition on view May 29 – OctoberContinue Reading