Sweet Catch, a ‘celebration of Black food,’ opens in Prospect-Lefferts Gardens

BKMag.com 10/5 9:51P Scott Lynch

Ka-Wanna Jefferson may have been born and raised in the Bronx, but she is making her mark here in Brooklyn. In 2016, Jefferson opened the popular booze and brunch spot Sweet Brooklyn Bar on Nostrand...

Eyes On the Street: Huntington Avenue’s Bus and Bike Lane Gets Some Color

StreetsBlog.org 9/28 3:00P Grecia White

Just over a mile long stretch along Huntington Avenue now features a ruby dedicated bus lane in the southbound direction; about a quarter of the T’s 39 bus route.  The 39 bus route closely parallels...

Volunteer Nights Have Returned at Bikes Not Bombs

StreetsBlog.org 9/22 7:20A Christian MilNeil

This summer, Bikes Not Bombs, the nonprofit bike shop in Jamaica Plain, re-started its weekly volunteer night events after a long hiatus during the pandemic. Bikes Not Bombs, established in 1984,...

The Orange Line Is Back, But Several of Boston’s ‘Temporary’ Bus and Bike Lanes Will Remain

StreetsBlog.org 9/20 3:48A Grecia White

Even though the Orange Line service has returned after a month-long closure, several of the temporary bike and bus lanes the City of Boston installed during the shutdown will remain in place to help...

Brooklyn stepped up at New York Fashion Week SS23

BKMag.com 9/17 7:13A Marisa Kalil-Barrino

Runway shows. After parties. Homegrown designers. Brooklyn made itself known at the Spring/Summer ‘23 New York Fashion Week . The event officially wrapped on September 14, but there were still shows...

How New York colleges fared in rankings on quality, affordability

CrainsNewYork.com (Hospitality and Tourism) 9/13 9:40A Jack Grieve

Inaccuracies in the self-reported data from last year’s highest-ranked school mean there’s a new top university in the state

Jonathan Escoffery Has a Reality He’d Like to Share

NYTimes.com (Arts) 9/3 11:00P Kate Dwyer

In “If I Survive You,” Escoffery, the son of Jamaican immigrants, wrote stories are not strictly autobiographical, but feel true to his experience.

Mayor Wu, Bike Commuter

StreetsBlog.org 8/30 7:19A Christian MilNeil

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu, who ran for Mayor last year on a Green New Deal platform, has ridden her bike to work three times this month, and is taking notes about how the city can improve bike...

The Real Housewives of Atlanta Recap: How Low Can You Go?

NYMag.com (Vulture) 8/21 3:00P Ile-Ife Okantah

As I predicted last week, the Jamaica night three dinner cliffhanger was indeed overdramatized and anticlimactic. Though Kenya insists that Ross was overly aggressive, after shutting the conversation down, he leaves the table and takes a walk...

Biking with Mayor Wu and Exploring Biking as Alternative to Orange and Green Line During Upcoming...

StreetsBlog.org 8/12 3:00A Grecia White

Early this Thursday morning over 50 community members gathered in the neighborhood of Roslindale to bike alongside Mayor Michelle Wu from Adams Park to City Hall in downtown Boston. The group rode...

Bonsai trees, Beres Hammond and a drunk ‘Mummy’: 15 things to do this weekend

BKMag.com 8/11 12:42P Ethan Jakob Craft

There is an almost comically varied range of events and activities to choose from this weekend. There’s a pub crawl, a burlesque show, a crash course in bonsai cultivation, a family-friendly Lego...

Photos: Open Streets Event in Roxbury Neighborhood

StreetsBlog.org 8/9 11:17A Grecia White

This past Saturday, the City of Boston hosted its second Open Streets event in the neighborhood of Roxbury along a stretch of Blue Hill Avenue from Warren Street to Dudley Street. The event...

Busway no benefit

Queens Chronicle (Letters) 7/28 4:30A

I’ve ridden the Q54 and Q56 on the Jamaica busway westbound at Friday rush hour (“Jam. bus blowback: Biz call for change,” multiple editions, and “Busway killing historic Jamaica,” Editorial, July 21). The buses are still very slow and infrequent.…

An Astonishing Array of Sri Lankan Specialties, at Queens Lanka

NewYorker.com (Culture) 7/22 12:00A Hannah Goldfield

At an extraordinary new restaurant and grocery store in Jamaica, Queens, Rasika Wetthasinghe and Suchira Wijayarathne offer imported packaged goods, as well as dishes from their native country that comprise a thrilling number of components.

Canoeing trips and cannabis magic: 12 things to do this weekend

BKMag.com 7/14 6:33A Ethan Jakob Craft

This weekend is good for, if no one else, the hungry: think local farmers markets, Italian cooking classes, guided tours of some of Williamsburg’s most unique eateries, and a faux national holiday...