Access-A-Ride passenger, 78, dies during chain reaction crash involving fire truck: A man, 78, was killed while a passenger inside an Access-A-Ride coach bus following a chain-reaction crash involving a fire truck in Gravesend on Tuesday.

Greenhouse at Green-Wood to hold grand opening in April: Along with a restored historic greenhouse space, the area will feature a visitor welcome and orientation area, a classroom for 3K-12th grade school programs, community meetings and two exhibition galleries to engage with Green-Wood’s history.

A red fox stows away on a cargo ship, traveling from England to US: This stowaway truly was sly as a fox. A red fox somehow slipped onto a cargo ship that traveled from Southampton, England, to New York, where the animal is now in the Bronx Zoo’s care.

Jennifer Ikeda, Brooklyn-based actor, goes uptown for ‘Chinese Republicans’: In “Chinese Republicans,” Alex Lin’s recently opened off-Broadway play, Jennifer Ikeda plays Ellen, a managing director at a fictional major bank and the head of an “affinity group” of female Asian employees. She is brisk, acerbic, ambitious and definitely a Manhattanite.

Opinion: Don’t turn Brooklyn’s waterfront into a luxury amenity: "In a neighborhood where studios rent for over $3,000 a month, a park without affordable housing nearby is just a park for people who can already afford to live here."

Lear DeBessonet leads a star-studded cast in musical revival: Lear DeBessonet, the Kewsong Lee Artistic Director at Lincoln Center Theater, debuted her first production in the role with the celebrated revival of “Ragtime” at the Vivian Beaumont Theater. The show opened last fall and will run until June 14, 2026.

School celebrates Dr. Seuss and National Reading Day with activities: Words from Dr. Seuss’s books were heard throughout the day at Our Lady of Grace Catholic Academy on March 2, as the school was one of many to celebrate the author.

When AI makes the music, what happens to the musicians?: For most musicians, the math never worked, but the premise held: if you wanted music, you needed musicians — at least, until now.

How sewage treatment plants could handle food waste, sparing landfills and the climate: Across the United States, about 97 million metric tons of food waste are discarded each year, of which about 37 million metric tons end up buried in landfills. (The Conversation)

Most 911 calls routed to NYPD tagged as unrelated to crime, study finds: The Vera Institute analyzed more than 3.6 million calls made in 2025 and found only 42% were categorized by dispatchers as crime related. The NYPD disputed the group’s analysis. (THE CITY)

Our world in photos: Geese, rallies, flags and more.

"Guerrilla Battle Over Padlocks and Tourist Trash on the Brooklyn Bridge" (NYT)

Opinion: "The Brooklyn Hospital Center is abandoning nurses and patients"(Brooklyn Paper)

"Car-hating NYC pol wants 5 million square feet of new ‘pedestrian space’ — critics fear ‘more gridlock’" (New York Post)

READ: "A Never-Ending Conspiracy Theory in Remote Alaska" (The Atlantic)

EAT: Here are the 17 best brunch spots in New York City, including seven in Brooklyn. (Eater)

CARTOON: The Oscars. (The New Yorker)

LIVE: "The Housing Market Is Tilting Back Toward Buyers" (NYT)

“CHiPs” star Erik Estrada

Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Nancy Wilson (Heart)

“Gilmore Girls” star Lauren Graham

Former N.Y. Yankees and Mets outfielder Curtis Granderson

Former Brooklyn Nets forward Blake Griffin

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