As you read this, my father is turning 115. He’s not here for me to celebrate with. He died at 87. I miss him every day. Since he spent 85 of his 87 years in Brooklyn, I thought an “Ode to Pop” would ...

“Brooklyn” costume designer Odile Dicks-Mireaux found a world of differences in how women dressed in 1952 Brooklyn versus Ireland. “Women in Ireland didn’t really wear high heels — they only came out ...

Let it be said, as far as medicine knew in the 1950s, I did not have ADD, ADHD, or any of those sorts of things. On occasion, I was goofy, and I was sometimes a little down in the mouth. But I was ...

Thanksgiving is nearly upon us and in honor of the holiday we’re going to travel back in time to see how some Brooklynites celebrated Turkey Day. Check out these black-and-white photos from 1950s ...

Released in 1974, The Lords of Flatbush didn't achieve widespread commercial success upon its initial release, but it gained a dedicated following over the years, thanks to breakout performances of ...

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) - A time capsule buried beneath the old Metropolitan Transportation Authority headquarters in downtown Brooklyn was cracked open Wednesday. The concrete cornerstone concealed the ...

Adapted from Jonathan Lethem’s 1999 novel, “Motherless Brooklyn” has a lot going for it. It has a distinctive, alluringly worn setting: ‘50s New York, mostly of the outer-borough variety. It has the ...

The retro rock ’n’ roll group Under the Streetlamp will bring its throwback tunes and shiny suits to Manhattan Beach next weekend for an evening of doo-wop, soul, and golden oldies. The brightly ...

ANDERSON, Ind. — Carl Erskine, a pitching star for the Brooklyn Dodgers who threw two no-hitters and struck out a then-record 14 batters in a World Series game, died Tuesday. He was 97. Erskine died ...