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By Rob Abruzzese Brooklyn's Italian Restaurant Week kicked off on Tuesday night with a sneak peek at Il Centro, Bensonhurst's soon-to-be-open Italian-American Community Center. Elected officials and local residents gathered to get a glimpse of the new building while chowing down on some of Brooklyn's delectable Italian food.   "Let me welco...

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The 125th Giglio Festival is under way in Williamsburg, Brooklyn where New Yorkers come in droves for the great food and a three-ton sight. NY1's Tara Lynn Wagner filed the following report.Saint Paulinus is said to have freed local men from slavery by offering himself in their place. Returning from captivity years later, he was greeted by townspeo...

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by Rochelle Bilow & Andrew Knowlton   Meat-sandwich lovers are in luck—restaurants from Roman Candle Baking Co. in Portland, Oregon, to Publican Quality Meats in Chicago are doing fine riffs on the Italian combo, that classic sub layered with cured meats, cheese, and veg. But one of the finest comes from Court Street Grocers in Brooklyn,...

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di Elisa Guccione   Nel progetto di servizio, di informazione e di conoscenza alla comunità incontriamo a Carlo Lauricella, da 30 anni fedelissimo di Sicilia Mondo a Brooklyn, NY (USA). 72 anni, nato a Cinisi in provincia di Palermo.   Da 55 anni a New York. Imprenditore, adesso in pensione. Tesoriere della F.I.A.O. (Federation o...

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by Zachary Feldman   As Brooklyn spiritually inches closer to Manhattan's gilded coastline, it has inevitably lost some of the eclectic charm and character that contributed to the borough's branding. This summer, for instance, Williamsburg welcomed its first Starbucks, and a Top Chef winner now cooks in the penthouse of the neighborhood's Ur...

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The owners of a popular restaurant are hoping to broaden their slice of little Italy in Bed-Stuy with the addition of a new bar.   Saraghina, which opened on Halsey Street in 2009 with freshly-made pastas and wood-fire pizzas, will take over another building on the block come February, according to employees.   Read more   Sour...

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by Michael Barbaro   Bill de Blasio drives a gas-sipping Ford hybrid and cultivates tomatoes and peppers from his backyard in brownstone Brooklyn. He works out at the socially responsible Y.M.C.A. and opted for the all-hands-on-deck rigors of the Park Slope Childcare Collective.   His wedding was a multicultural billboard for the...

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By Scott Enman   Brooklyn has long been the mecca of all things hip, trendy and outside the box. One competitor prepares to take a shot at Floyd. Photo courtesy of Floyd In Brooklyn, where the center of the universe is continuously being carved anew, the most popular nightlife venues today feature a pair of antiquated games thoug...

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Hundreds gathered at St. Athanasius Church in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn Sunday morning (May 3rd) for the Festa del Santissimo Crocifisso di Ciminna. Mass was celebrated in Italian with Father Graziano in the basement chapel, accompanied with sacred choral music by the church choir and organist. I was happy to see our friends from the Congrega San Vito...

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By Lore Croghan Carroll Gardens is way less Italian than in decades past. Everybody knows that.   Still, traces of la bella Italia remain among neighborhood merchants. Where else does the Dunkin' Donuts have a patio for customer seating with a grape arbor to provide shade and a statue of the Infant Jesus in St. Joseph's arms? America R...

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