Author and local historian Miriam Sicherman was the guest speaker at the February meeting of the Bay Ridge Historical Society. During her presentation she described Barren Island, which previously ...

The aging survivors of Barren Island like Kishkill, who were tracked down by the New York Times through census records, bring the story further to life.

History has never been so trashy! A new book dives into the Brooklyn’s filthy past, unearthing the story of those who handled — and lived among — New York City’s garbage. The author of “Brooklyn’s ...

The COVID-19 pandemic kept Coney Island’s amusement parks closed and other big attractions shuttered, leaving the neighborhood in a prolonged state of limbo — and yet, the pandemic couldn’t stop the ...

Learn more about the community of Barren Island with a lecture at Williamsburg’s shrine to the unusual. The City Reliquary Museum is hosting Miriam Sicherman, author of Brooklyn’s Barren Island: A ...

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District, awarded a $39.9 million contract for restoration work at Barren Island. here's what to know.

Barren Island has been likened to “a scrotum hanging from the bottom of Brooklyn.” In the eighteen-fifties, the city began sending horse carcasses, slaughterhouse offal, and other troublesome ...

Dreaming of some rest and relaxation — on a tiny island in The Bronx? Plans are afoot to build a yoga, canoeing or fishing retreat on Rat Island, a 2½-acre slab of rock between City Island and ...

Dredging from Port of Baltimore aids Barren Island project Stone sills rise from the Chesapeake Bay as part of the Barren Island restoration project in Dorchester County, MD, that began in 2023.