CARROLL GARDENS — FERDINANDO’S FOCACCERIA, the city’s oldest Sicilian restaurant, closed suddenly over the weekend after 121 years, Gothamist reported. Owner Francesco “Frank” Buffa, 75 ...

DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN — A BROOKLYN MAN was sentenced to 19 years in prison for fatally stabbing 21-year-old Tyler Kobe Nichols in an unprovoked attack while he was walking home with his brother in ...

BEDFORD-STUYVESANT — A BROOKLYN MAN fought for nearly two years to retrieve his Ford Flex after a local auto shop refused to return it — while the vehicle accumulated over $2,000 in parking ...

BUSHWICK — THE NEWLY-APPOINTED CEO OF NYC HEALTH + HOSPITALS/WOODHULL will be returning to the city hospital system where she was born and later began her career in healthcare administration.

EAST NEW YORK — A YELLOW SCHOOL van flipped over Monday morning, Feb. 24 on Cleveland Street near Belmont Avenue, according to New12. No children were on board, but the driver was hospitalized.

LOS ANGELES — Those nails, that dress … they are wicked: Cynthia Erivo, left, and Ariana Grande in the audience during the 31st annual Screen Actors Guild Awards at the Shrine Auditorium, Feb ...

SHEEPSHEAD BAY — ABS PARTNERS’ Randy Modell and Steven Hornstock received final City Council approval for a nine-story mixed-use development at 2185 Coyle St. with 380 apartments and over ...

PROSPECT HEIGHTS — THE BROOKLYN MUSEUM has canceled its very popular First Saturdays for March and April, citing financial difficulties, Hell Gate reports. The museum previously announced ...

CITYWIDE — B’NAI B’RITH INTERNATIONAL HAS OPENED APPLICATIONS for its annual Sally And George Schneider Scholarship for Jewish women students. B’nai B’rith International will award the ...

BROOKLYN HEIGHTS — ONLY ONE TRAFFIC LANE will be available on Furman Street under the Triple Cantilever section of the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway starting on or about March 3 and lasting roughly ...

FLATBUSH — THREE PEDESTRIANS, including a 34-year-old mom and her children ages 10 and 2, were sideswiped by a vehicle near Coney Island Avenue and Webster Avenue early Sunday morning, according ...

DYKER HEIGHTS — RESIDENTS ARE CALLING for the demolition of a 67th Street building after a sixth fire in two years left one woman dead, according to News 12. Officials say the victim, a 40-year ...