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Young volunteers with The Service Collective fill the Brooklyn Heights Community Fridge with meals that they prepare. Photo courtesy of Andrea Kapner
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The Lede: Good morning. After more than four years in front of First Presbyterian Church, The Brooklyn Heights Community Fridge needs a new home. Volunteers said the fridge is blocking a now-active driveway, and the church’s founding volunteers have moved out of the neighborhood, necessitating the change of venue.
The Rundown
Thousands of nurses go on strike at several major New York City hospitals: Thousands of nurses in three hospital systems in New York City went on strike Monday after negotiations through the weekend failed to yield breakthroughs in their contract disputes.
Brooklyn Heights needs new home for beloved Community Fridge: The Community Fridge sits inside its own little green “barn” on the sidewalk at 124 Henry St., and is filled by locals with meals, intentional leftovers, canned food and baked goods. Anyone can give, and anyone can take.
Students return to St. George dorms for spring semester: Like swallows to Capistrano, college students pushing carts full of supplies return to the Educational Housing Services dormitories at the St. George Towers every January for the spring semester — which starts in the dead of winter.
Mamdani appoints Rafael Espinal to head Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment: According to a release, Rafael Espinal will advance the administration’s agenda to “ensure New York City remains a place where artists and creatives can afford to live and work.”
Energy developers head to court as Trump says the US ‘will not approve any windmills’: Three energy developers are in court this week challenging the Trump administration’s freeze of their offshore wind projects, while President Donald Trump says his goal is to not let any “windmills” be built.
Miss Norway of Greater New York Contest set to return: A Brooklyn tradition is returning: After being canceled last year, the 67th Annual Miss Norway of Greater New York Contest is coming back to the Norwegian Christian Home and Health Center on March 28.
The 6-7 craze offered a brief window into the hidden world of children: Many adults are breathing a sigh of relief as the 6-7 meme fades away as one of the biggest kid-led global fads of 2025. (The Conversation)
Our world in photos: Bridges, bodies, bombings and more.
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Our World in Photos
PRAGUE — People cross the medieval Charles Bridge after a heavy snowfall in the Czech Republic. Photo: Petr David Josek/AP
More Brooklyn News
"Beloved Brooklyn bagel shop's building sold in $14.8M deal" (Crain's)
"Drawings Illuminate the History of the Brooklyn Bridge" (NYT)
"Brooklyn Judge Dismisses Court St. Bike Lane Lawsuit" (Streetsblog)
Staff Picks
READ: “How Healthy Is Olive Oil? This star of the Mediterranean diet is packed with nutritional benefits.” (NYT)
EAT: Radio Bakery in Greenpoint is expanding. (Greenpointers)
CARTOON: Dry January. (The New Yorker)
LIVE: "New York State to Loosen Environmental Rules to Speed Up Homebuilding" (WSJ)
The Wrap
⌛ ON THIS DAY
In 1936, the Eagle reported, "Women in Iran have always played a very important part in both the economic and political life of the country, even if they have not been in evidence socially. They have always enjoyed a much better position than many of their sisters in Europe." Click here to see what else happened on this day in history.
📔 IMPRINT
American actor Jeremy Allen White poses for Louis Vuitton.
👑 ROYAL WATCH
"The Andrew superfans who still believe in their prince" (The Telegraph)
🏀 SPORTS
Victoria Matos is the other Mother Teresa of coaching (Brooklyn Eagle)
Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Trevor Rabin (Yes)
“Seinfeld” star Julia Louis-Dreyfus
“Grey’s Anatomy” creator Shonda Rhimes
“The Hunger Games” star Liam Hemsworth
“Stranger Things” star Natalia Dyer
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