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Happy Boxing Day in New York City, where winter is closing out 2025 with a bang.
According to the National Weather Service, tonight’s blizzard will bring the most snow the region has seen since January of 2022. The snow is expected to begin around 7 p.m. tonight and fall at a rate of 1-2 inches per hour until 1 a.m. Saturday morning. Some areas of the city could see up to 9 inches. The New York Times has a handy calculator to see how much snow will fall in your region.
If you’re a snow frolicker, your window for fun will be short. Temperatures are expected to rise on Saturday and rain will sweep in by Sunday, washing away the snow in time for a Monday morning commute. So start preparing your stick arms and button eyes now — dawdle and your snowman will be a pile of mush before you’ve finished peeling the carrot.
Road conditions will be hazardous tonight and tomorrow, making travel into and out of the city even harder on one of the busiest travel days of the year. The National Weather Service is also warning of potential flight delays and cancellations.
With five days left until the end of Mayor Adams’ tenure, Mother Nature is making sure his administration stays busy. Call it a dose of karmic meteorology for a mayor who just spent the last full week of his term vacationing in Mexico.
Through the New Year holiday, city agencies will intensify enforcement against drunk and impaired driving and speeding, citing heightened risks during the winter holidays.
On Tuesday, the NYC Department of Health rolled out the city’s first Health Care Price Comparison tool, a public website that lets residents compare prices for common medical services citywide regardless of insurance status.
Representatives from Maimonides Health announced on Monday that they are close to merging with NYC Health + Hospitals, the nation’s largest healthcare delivery system.
The police are asking the public to help identify a man who entered a bar and grill at 1662 Atlantic Ave., at Troy Avenue in Crown Heights, on Saturday around 10:45 p.m., then shot a gun towards the ceiling.
On Wednesday, a Brighton Beach mother and daughter were arraigned on a nine-count indictment charging them with sex trafficking, labor trafficking, promoting prostitution and other charges for allegedly forcing a woman to engage in sexual conduct and promoting the prostitution of another woman.
Councilmember Lincoln Restler, who represents neighborhoods from Greenpoint to Boerum Hill, introduced legislation on Dec. 18 to establish a Department of Community Safety as an “alternative model” connecting mental health teams to New Yorkers calling 311.
The NYC Department of Environmental Protection amended its construction noise mitigation rules by requiring that construction sites of more than 200,000 square feet and within 50 feet of a residence use a noise monitoring device when operating after hours for 30 days or longer.
Lawyers for music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs on Tuesday petitioned a federal appeals court to order his immediate release from a New Jersey prison and to reverse his conviction on prostitution-related charges.
Brooklyn principals are praising the statewide ban on smartphones in schools that Governor Kathy Hochul signed into law in May, as the first school semester under the ban comes to a close.
Four years ago, Mayor Eric Adams swept into office with swaggering confidence, pledging to lead a government unlike any other in history and declaring himself the “future of the Democratic Party.” What went wrong?
Our World In Photos
Photo: Themba Hadebe/AP
MOROCCO — Soccer fans stirred up and decked out: Egypt fans supported their team during the Africa Cup of Nations group B soccer match between Egypt and South Africa in Agadir, Morocco, Friday, Dec. 26, 2025.
For more pictures like this, see Our World in Photos.
A heartbreaking tale of two heroes: FDNY veteran, 74, died on Thanksgiving of respiratory illness related to 9/11
Pallbearers carry the casket of FDNY Deputy Chief Jim Riches. Brooklyn Eagle photo by Wayne Daren Schneiderman.
Several hundred members of the Fire Department of New York, community members, friends and family gathered at St. Patrick Roman Catholic Church on Dec. 1 to pay tribute to two New York City heroes: former FDNY Deputy Chief and 9/11 first responder Jim Riches, and his son, firefighter and fellow 9/11 first responder Jimmy Riches Jr. Riches died of 9/11-related illness in 2007, and his son, Riches Jr., died at the age of 29 at the World Trade Center. Click here for more on the heroic father and son.
🔎 Today’s Nabe Chat
Overheard in Park Slope
One of the best ways to understand a place is to listen to what people on the street say. With the Brooklyn Eagle’s Nabe Chat, you get a taste of Brooklyn life, one overheard snippet at a time. Here’s what we heard walking around in Park Slope.
A man walks briskly down the street, holding a briefcase and talking rapidly on the phone. “And he was voted ‘Most Likely to Succeed’!”
Two women push strollers side-by-side down the street. Each stroller seats a toddler, playing with their toys. “What was going on yesterday? I called your phone and an AI assistant answered!”
A young woman with a streak of dyed hair waits in line to order a coffee. Her companion scrolls through the New York Times recipe app on his phone. “He says I need them. But if you’re on SSRIs, mushrooms don’t work as well, so I don’t know what to do.”
Two dog owners stand awkwardly on a street corner while their dogs — one large, one small — sniff each other. “He gets a little overexcited, sometimes. He really likes butts.”
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For the Road
Off with a Bang: Prospect Park’s annual New Year’s Eve celebration is set to go ahead next week in Grand Army Plaza, starting at 10 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 31, with live entertainment by Quintessential Playlist, before the midnight fireworks display. Attendance is free and open to all ages. Click here for more.
Happy Birthday to “Me Talk Pretty One Day” author David Sedaris!
On This Day in 1945, the Eagle reported, “Delayed by storms, 15,000 troops arrived in New York in time for Christmas in their home land but too late for Christmas dinners at their homes and holiday reunions with their families.”
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