Activists protest high gas bills outside Brooklyn’s National Grid HQ: Activists waving signs and outrageous utility bills gathered outside National Grid headquarters on Jay Street in Downtown Brooklyn on Tuesday to protest high prices and the negative environmental effects of oil and natural gas.

Bay Ridge man attends over 24K concerts, spends $700K on tickets: Joe Sarkis, 72, is known to many as “Concert Joe.” His love for live performances started in 1971.

Epstein emails surface from Giants co-owner and NYPD commissioner’s cousin Steve Tisch: U.S. Department of Justice files revealed emails between New York Giants co-owner Steve Tisch and Jeffrey Epstein in 2013 in which Epstein appears to arrange meetings with women for Tisch, according to The Athletic.

Council set to probe freeze response as 17th person reported dead: The Council’s committees on Public Safety and General Welfare will hold a joint hearing on Feb. 10 examining the deaths, 13 of which have so far been attributed to hypothermia.

Marcia Ely, director of public programs at the Center for Brooklyn History, brings popular live programs to the 163-year-old institution: Marcia Ely’s background outside of academic history, she says, “in some ways makes me better at this job, which is to make an institution that can sometimes be seen as hoity-toity relevant to the general public.”

Black History Month 2026 kicks off to a standing-room-only crowd: The Kings County Courts Black History Month Committee held its opening ceremony on Monday to celebrate 28 years of Black history.

Deep freeze tests city sanitation workers: Lingering ice and snow have created a logistical challenge for the sanitation department, which is prioritizing collecting trash and compost. (THE CITY)

Our world in photos: Guns, fruit, smiles and more.

“First Taste Review: Il Leone in Park Slope Brooklyn” (Grub Street)

"Brooklyn Dems pull Hochul endorsement after LG pick" (City & State New York)

"School safety agent stabbed while breaking up fight near I.S. 285 in East Flatbush" (ABC7 New York)

READ: "Astronauts Are Going Back to the Moon For The First Time in Half a Century" (TIME)

EAT: From Bushwick to Fort Greene, here are three Thai restaurants in Brooklyn to eat at this week. (Brooklyn Magazine)

CARTOON: Groundhog Day. (The New Yorker)

LIVE: "A Brand-New $8 Million Minimalist Townhouse in Brooklyn Echoes Williamsburg’s Industrial Roots" (Robb Report)

Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Al Kooper, who was born in Brooklyn

Baseball Hall of Famer Roberto Alomar

“Glee” star Darren Criss

Former “Saturday Night Live” star Chris Parnell

“A Mighty Wind” director Christopher Guest