Bronx company Golden Krust grows by introducing Jamaican food to new audiences

CrainsNewYork.com (Education) 6/16 12:33A Lilah Burke

About 200,000 Jamaican-born people live in New York City, according to the American Community Survey. But many more New Yorkers than that have tasted Jamaican food. And Golden Krust, a fast-casual restaurant chain that serves the Caribbean...

Two-alarm fire sparks at Grand Central, snarling LIRR service

CrainsNewYork.com (Education) 6/10 7:55A Caroline Spivack

A Tuesday fire in a train tunnel has snarled Long Island Rail Road service at Grand Central Terminal, according to fire and transit officials. The FDNY responded to a track fire just after 8 a.m. that appeared to be sparked by an electrical...

Le Chêne and 5 other restaurants to try in June

CrainsNewYork.com (Education) 6/2 12:33A Lilah Burke

Alexia Duchêne says she’s ready for a solo project. The French chef, once a semifinalist on Top Chef France , trained in kitchens in Paris and London. But in New York, she saw an opening. Most of the French restaurants in the city skew very...

Council to approve 4,600-home revamp of Atlantic Avenue in Brooklyn

CrainsNewYork.com (Education) 5/28 7:59A Nick Garber

The City Council on Wednesday will approve a major rezoning of Atlantic Avenue in Brooklyn, which promises to transform a thoroughfare lined with warehouses and auto shops into a mixed-use neighborhood with some 4,600 new homes. The...

Jamaica Hospital Medical Center forges ahead on state-funded cancer center

CrainsNewYork.com (Education) 5/27 12:33A Amanda D Ambrosio

Jamaica Hospital Medical Center is mapping out construction of a new oncology hub in Queens as part of a state-funded effort to modernize struggling safety-net hospitals. The 408-bed facility, based in Richmond Hill, requested approval last week...

Crime is dropping in city’s business districts, Tisch says

CrainsNewYork.com (Education) 4/23 6:10A Nick Garber

Crime has dropped significantly in some key business districts in the first few months of 2025, mirroring an encouraging citywide trend, Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch said at a Crain’s New York event Wednesday morning. There were zero...

Adams’ neighborhood-reshaping rezonings could permit 40,000 homes in 2025

CrainsNewYork.com (Education) 4/22 12:48A Nick Garber

Mayor Eric Adams’ administration is making steady progress in its quest to rezone four neighborhoods by the end of 2025, an effort that could produce some 40,000 new homes and burnish Adams’ legacy if he leaves office after this year. The largest...

Judge appoints receiver for Chetrit-owned apartment complex in Queens

CrainsNewYork.com (Education) 3/26 7:28A Aaron Elstein

A federal judge appointed a receiver to manage two market-rate apartment buildings in Queens after their owner, Meyer Chetrit, fell behind on nearly $2 million in utility bills and risks putting thousands of residents in the dark. The appointment...

City's hospitals try to tackle housing with mixed success

CrainsNewYork.com (Education) 3/20 12:33A Amanda D Ambrosio

A building with three-bedroom apartments in a refurbished tuberculosis treatment center in Jamaica. Studio apartments with a back garden on an old parking lot in Bed-Stuy. A residence with one-bedroom units and a community health clinic on the...

State awards more than $50M to 4 city affordable housing projects

CrainsNewYork.com (Education) 3/18 8:28A Eddie Small

A quartet of affordable housing projects in the city are getting a funding boost of more than $50 million total. The money for the outer-borough developments comes from federal and state low-income housing tax credits, Gov. Kathy Hochul and Rep....