Cheyenne Ligon is a freelance journalist and documentarian based in NYC.
Arts & Culture
Event-goers gaze at the blooming Japanese Cherry Blossom trees. April 19, 2021. Bklyner/Cai PigliucciThe cherry blossoms are in full-bloom, drawing New York’s nature lovers to parks all over the city to admire the delicate, ephemeral blossoms. Many of the city’s cherry blossom viewing festivals, including the reigning
Animals
Approximately two dozen horses live at GallopNYC’s stables, including privately-owned boarder horses like this one. Cheyenne Ligon/BklynerIn The Hole — an oft-overlooked neighborhood that straddles the border of Brooklyn and Queens — something surprising is tucked away right off the highway. Beyond the white picket fence that runs along a
Animals
A Lab and his baby brother are dressed as Toto and Dorothy from to Wizard of Oz. Photo by Jackie Salas. Courtesy of the Great PUPkin.The Great PUPkin—the beloved, long-running dog costume contest—has been an annual Halloween tradition for Brooklynites for 22 years. Normally held in Fort
Borough Park
The Dia de los Muertos Ofrenda in Green-Wood’s historic chapel. Cheyenne Ligon/BklynerBrooklyn’s Green-Wood Cemetery is celebrating the centuries-old Mexican tradition of Dia de los Muertos this year with a large-scale community ofrenda, or altar, dedicated to New York’s victims of COVID-19. Visitors to the altar, which