Sunset Park, Brooklyn News

The Sunset Post is a trilingual, hyperlocal community newspaper covering Sunset Park, Brooklyn.

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• A Cuban emigrant reflects on life and death

  A Cuban writer reflects on exile, death and belonging while entering Green-Wood for Día de Muertos.

• Stones of service trace U.S. wars at Green-Wood

  A Veterans Day walk through Green-Wood reveals military grave markers and stories spanning the Civil War, World Wars and Iraq.

• Slightly Sooty Salad: From prehistoric dinosaur snack to your snack

  Sunset Park's ginkgo trees offer a taste of prehistory, but their seeds carry serious risks and demand careful scrutiny.

• Neighbors mourn lives lost and demand stalled street redesign

  Sunset Park neighbors marched after another Third Avenue death, demanding long-delayed safety improvements and immediate protections for pedestrians.

• Art and community intersect at Open Studios

  Sunset Park Open Studios brought artists and neighbors together through art, cultural heritage and creative work at locations across the neighborhood.

• New Sunset Park truck route has locals bracing for more crashes

  Sunset Park residents worry about crashes and enforcement after Second Avenue becomes a truck route as the Third Avenue safety redesign remains delayed.

• Trash moves to new pen beside Rec Center as Parks promises faster pickup

  NYC Parks outlined changes to Sunset Park trash collection, while the long-delayed recreation center now has a target opening of winter 2027.

• Workers protest CPC and Hochul over alleged unpaid wages

  Home-care workers at an October 22 Brooklyn protest accused agencies including CPC of unpaid wages and demanded state action on wage complaints.

• Steve Chan discusses his record as District 17 race heats up

  Republican Sen. Steve Chan discusses his record and priorities as Larry He challenges him in Brooklyn’s State Senate District 17.

• Divided board vote advances St. Rocco’s housing proposal

  CB7 voted 17–12 to support a rezoning at 783 Fourth Avenue and amended its district-needs priorities to seek more health resources.

• Mayor rallies Mitaynes supporters as early voting begins

  Mayor Zohran Mamdani joined Assemblymember Marcela Mitaynes at a Sunset Park rally on the first day of New York City early voting.

• Still Here: Purple asters put on a fall finale along Fifth Avenue

  Purple asters brighten Sunset Park's late fall near Green-Wood Cemetery, supporting migrating monarchs, overwintering insects and birds.

• Sunset Park voter guide: candidates and five ballot questions

  Early voting begins October 24 in New York City. A Sunset Park guide to candidates, polling places, key deadlines and five ballot proposals.

• We Carry the Water Within Us retraces industrial waterfront

  Artist DB Lampman carried a sculptural harness from Brooklyn Army Terminal to Bush Terminal Park, reflecting on labor, industry and nature.

• askMO: Fourth Ave Pedestrian Islands Explained

  Ángela Azzolino explains Fourth Avenue's tan pedestrian safety areas, why cars shouldn't block them and where to report problems.

• Sunset Park Birds: Suspend Your Disbelief this Rarity Season (and Beyond!)

  November's rarity season brings surprises to Bush Terminal Park, where Nick Dawson encounters a Red-headed Woodpecker and a Connecticut Warbler.

• Medicaid investigation reaches Eighth Avenue adult day-care centers

  Medicaid fraud searches reached Eighth Avenue adult day-care centers, raising worries about services that older Sunset Park residents rely on.

• Police report Bear Burgers Backyard closed amid noise complaints

  The 72nd Precinct reports Bear Burgers Backyard closed after noise complaints, 891 moped seizures and crossing guard vacancies.

• Local phone-first series gets a big-screen showing at Alza Festival

  Sunset Park filmmaker Astrid Mendoza’s vertical comedy Opportunists screened at Alza Festival after filming around the neighborhood.

• City's $1 million in capital funding supports Sunset Park center

  CPC celebrated its Eighth Avenue building purchase at an October gala, announcing $1 million in city capital funding toward the acquisition.

• Beloved Sunset Park bakery, Moonrise Bakehouse, finds new owners

  New Moon Bakery has opened in Sunset Park under Bill Frisch and Ida Cuttler, bringing new plans while continuing Moonrise Bakehouse's baking tradition.

• Asian-owned businesses gather at Industry City for Maum Market

  Maum Market returns to Industry City on Oct. 25 with 72 Asian-owned businesses; the Brooklyn market is scheduled again for Dec. 5.

• Protesters rally outside MDC after shooting and detention of Oscar Belgal

  Demonstrators rallied outside MDC Brooklyn over Oscar Belgal's detention and alleged jail conditions, as detainees tapped in response.

• BCA marks 33 years of Eighth Ave senior center

  BCA celebrated 33 years of its Eighth Avenue senior center and welcomed the “Brooklyn Chinatown” designation.