Our Town

How a Brooklyn Giving Circle Sets a Trend in Charity

ALLINBKLYN, a local philanthropy composed of 60 women, has given away nearly $1 million since its recent founding

By Arden Phillips

Industry

Indie Workers, Take Heart: a Freelancers Hub Is Coming

The Dumbo-based center will provide support and services for the city's growing ranks of non-traditional workers

By Arden Phillips

Design & Tech

Eileen Fisher Opens Her First Brooklyn Shop: Making Space

The renowned minimalist designer creates a store where she hopes customers will find not only products, but inspiration

By Sara Lieberman

Real Estate

Developer Admits Pacific Park Project Will Take Until 2035

Affordable-housing goals are still due to be met by 2025, the previous estimate for the project's completion; 11 more towers are expected

By Norman Oder

Design & Tech

Wheels on the Wall: a Brooklyn Bike Maker Shows Its Stuff

A Greenpoint manufacturer opens a showroom designed to feel like an art gallery

By Arden Phillips

Design & Tech

Dean With a Dream: How a Physicist Put a School Together

As the pivotal leader of Brooklyn's NYU Tandon steps down, he talks about his legacy and future science

By Stephen Koepp

Design & Tech

How Veterans Learn to Turn Their Ideas into Startups

A new Brooklyn program called VET graduates its first class of future tech entrepreneurs

By Arden Phillips

Industry

How the Clampdown on Uber Affects Brooklyn

The costs and benefits hit home here and in Queens, where struggling drivers live but many residents lack mass transit

By Graison Dangor and Arden Phillips

Food & Drink

What It Means to Be a Woman in the Business of Bread

At the Brooklyn Bread Lab, pioneering bakers talk of culinary experiments and life in a sometimes-unsavory workplace

By Angelica Frey

Real Estate

As Towers Rise up in Coney Island, Is the Carnival Over?

Sleek new residential development brings the promise of economic growth, but also gentrification and blandness

By Hannah Frishberg