Staff
The staff writers of the Sunset Post are dedicated to sharing the stories of the Sunset Park community.
Stories
- Flags and mariachi mark the close of Hispanic Heritage Month
- October 2026 Event Calendar
- Neighbors help shape a billboard art residency
- September 2026 Event Calendar
- From guard dogs to digital cameras, a Sunset Park firm adapts
- August 2026 Event Calendar
- Neighbors mark 250 years with celebration and concern
- July 2026 Event Calendar
- Street Soccer gives local kids a free World Cup experience
- CB7 criticizes DOT and opposes school at contaminated gas station site
- Students helped design activities for school’s growing annual celebration
- Mexico fans celebrate World Cup win at Sunset Park Library
- June 2026 Event Calendar
- CB7 backs Pier 6 signs, discusses shelter and zoning concerns
- High winds and model sailboats bring boating basics to Bush Terminal
- Spring migration comes alive in Bush Terminal’s woodlands
- Mother’s Day celebration gives older adults a chance to shine
- Muralists bring Sunset Park’s stories to a harbor wall
- May 2026 Event Calendar
- Rundown of the CB7 General Board Meeting
- April 2026 Event Calendar
- March 2026 Event Calendar
- February 2026 Event Calendar
- What do Luigi Mangione, a state senator and a pizzaiolo have in common?
- Weekend of ICE detentions shakes Sunset Park
- United Volunteers for the Community marks ninth Three Kings Day anniversary
- Mamdani visits Mixteca for Three Kings Day celebration
- BCS names new executive director as it enters 160th year
- January 2026 events calendar
- Ras(Putin) reexamines Putin’s rise to power through queer lens
- Fourth Avenue small businesses feel squeezed from all sides
- CB7 ends the year with a holiday meal and a retirement announcement
- Snowfall brings thrillseekers and FDNY to park’s south hill
- City League makes coffee and lasting connections
- December Event Calendar
- Free studio help at the library opens the mic to everyone
- ‘She was the light in the house’: Family of Jody Byron calls for safer Seventh Avenue
- Sunset Park dance company debuts first evening-length performance
- Reports of ICE sighting near PS 1 prompt community mobilization
- New coffee shop brings Afghan-born owner’s craftsmanship to Fifth Avenue
- Neighborhood celebrates official opening of Gilligan Memorial Field at PS 94
- Dancing crossing guard guides kids across perilous intersection
- Haunted hotel and macabre museum welcome kids on 45th Street
- November 2025 Events Calendar
- Sunset Park-based artists welcome visitors into their workspaces during October’s Open Studios
- Maimonides opens new children’s emergency room
- Safe Streets March honors victims of traffic violence on World Day of Remembrance
- Shelter resident’s plea, dispensary debate, and ferry cuts headline CB7’s October meeting
- Yikes, Halloween deadline for CB7 student art contest
- Sunset Park producer’s "Life After" to air Nov 3 on PBS
- Family, art, and cachitos in Sunset Park: Six years of Liebre Café
- Cannibals, not deer and sci-fi horror: “A Good Reason to Be Afraid” opens at the Tom Kane Theater
- October 2025 Events Calendar
- Planning and protection for our community
- New charter high school opens on Fifth Ave
- Hundreds march in Sunset Park to stand against ICE
- Local artist explores nostalgia with new show at 39th Street gallery
- Blue Horizon sets course to bring sailing to Sunset Park
- Mental health and financial independence meet at Mixteca’s 25th anniversary
- The future of SBMT unveiled at learning center launch in Sunset Park
- Councilmember seeks third term representing District 38
- District 38 Republican candidate is “ready for something different.” Are you?
- Homecrest’s Sunset Park branch turns one
- Documentary highlights Sunset Park family’s fight for just housing
- Local writer pens book on Mamdani campaign, “Run Zohran Run!,” from Sunset Park POV
- Jiggle Studio brings body-positive fitness and fun to Fourth Avenue
- Sunset Park celebrates Mexican Independence with parade on Fifth Ave and festival at BAT Ferry Plaza
- Sunset Park 9/11 vigil honors loved ones and those who keep their memory alive
- Library Immigrant Job Fair draws diverse group of candidates
- Fifth Avenue Bridge rehabilitation begins September 8, prepare for delays as traffic shifts for five months
- Brooklyn United wins two divisions at Liga Mexicana youth championships
- Spectrum donates $35,000 to Center for Family Life’s employment program
- Sunset Park poultry workers awarded $33,000 in restitution after city settlement
- Neighbors build their own internet in Sunset Park
- Neighborhood kids head back to school
- September Events Calendar
- Local fitness instructor wants yoga to be for everybody
- Dialogue, identity, and DIY theatre: A conversation with playwright Stephen Gracia
- Apex youth crossover from mentees to mentors
- Build it and they will come: Street Soccer park opens at PS 94
- “I signed the lease!” United Senior Center reopens
- Gym celebrates 20 years of the “Sweet Science” in Sunset Park
- Coffee with an undocumented neighbor
- Fresh food for all: GrowNYC connects farms to neighbors
- Get ready for school with free supplies
- Borough president urges Sunset Park to bring its creative spark to Brooklyn pin contest
- Brooklyn Shakespeare Festival returns to Industry City with Measure for Measure and local arts market
- Garden of Shared Heritage blooms at BCS Education Center
- National Night Out brings neighbors together
- Sunset Park handball players want repairs, not pickleball
- María’s Bistro Mexicano celebrates 19 years in Sunset Park
- At Mixteca, community care takes many forms
- August Events Calendar
- New charter school partners with food bank to hand out fruits and vegetables
- Community demands action after deadly crash on Third Avenue
- Paddlers take to Bush Terminal Park as plans for community boathouse move forward
- BCA’s Annual Family Day Carnival celebrates summer on 8th Avenue
- Local Entrepreneur Brews Dreams into Reality at Sole Cafe
- July Events in Sunset Park
- BCA celebrates its Dyker Heights Senior Center, reflects on growth and challenges
- School’s out—and that means the pool is open
- Primary Winner Avilés Vows to Finish What She Started
- Primary Election Reminder: Tuesday, June 25
- Public Theater's Mobile Unit Returns to Sunset Park with Free Outdoor Shakespeare
- “No place to go”: Neighborhood’s largest senior center faces eviction
- Sunset Park Celebrates Puerto Rican Pride with 9th Annual Parade
- As Temperatures Rise, Sunset Park Fountains Go Dry
- Sunset Park council member defends her record and looks ahead
- Local challenger runs on practicality over ideology
- Local moviemaker finds her wings
- Local filmmaker finds her wings
- Off-leash hours bring pups and people together
- Highly anticipated pizzeria lives up to the hype
- Rep. Goldman Moves Office to Sunset Park Amid Protests
- “Business” brisk at local early voting site