Here’s an important spring PSA: Pink petals are at their peak at Brooklyn Botanic Garden right now. The garden’s cherry esplanade and cherry walk are now in peak bloom.
The blooms will likely last another week or so before they begin floating down to the ground, creating a pastel carpet of petals, according to BBG’s director of horticulture, Shauna Moore. So make sure to get there this week or weekend.
Brooklyn Botanic Garden is home to one of the best cherry blossom displays in the city. It maintains a vast collection of flowering cherry trees—26 species and cultivars, to be exact!—that bloom at different times during the spring season. Typically, cherry blossom season runs until mid-May.
Though some of BBG’s trees are past their peak bloom, the garden’s Prunus × dawyckensis species still are in pre-peak, meaning there’s plenty of time to enjoy those whitish blooms. The garden offers a Cherry Watch tracker on its website, so you can see a map of all the trees and exactly when they’ll be in their finest form.
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TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — U.S. Rep. Donald Payne Jr., of New Jersey, died Wednesday after a heart attack this month that left him hospitalized, officials said. He was 65.
In a statement, Gov. Phil Murphy called his fellow Democrat a “steadfast champion for the people of New Jersey.”
“With his signature bowtie, big heart, and tenacious spirit, Donald embodied the very best of public service,” Murphy said in a statement. “As a former union worker and toll collector, he deeply understood the struggles our working families face, and he fought valiantly to serve their needs, every single day.”
Payne had previously served as president of Newark City Council in New Jersey’s largest city, and on the Essex County Board of Commissioners.
Payne’s office had said his heart attack was connected to complications from diabetes. Payne’s father, Donald Milford Payne, held the congressional seat before him. When the elder Payne died in 2012, the younger ran successfully in a special election to succeed him.
He had won reelection six times since. The district covers parts of Newark and its heavily populated suburbs.
A New Jersey colleague, Democratic U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, called Payne a “truly great public servant” who liked to call him “Uncle Frank” and had fought to raise awareness for diabetes and colorectal cancer prevention and to replace lead pipes in Newark.
Payne’s survivors include his wife, Beatrice, and their three children, Murphy said.
Most of them have been spotlighted by ’50 Best’ before, but two took home specific honors this time. Martiny’s is the “Nikka Highest Climber Award” because it jumped 25 spots between 2023 and 2024, and Superbueno earned the “Disaronno Highest New Entry Award.”
“Each year, New York continues to excel in delivering the world’s most amazing craft cocktails. In 2024, New York holds 12 of the 26 U.S. listees, including the continent’s highest achievers,” the organization said in its press release.
Apparently, Mexico City is where it’s at right now for the best cocktails! The ’50 Best’ awards ceremony was held there again this year. The city “continues to platform the country’s place as a leader of the global cocktail scene.”
Below are the top 50 Best Bars in North America:
Handshake Speakeasy, Mexico City
Superbueno, New York
Overstory, New York
Martiny’s, New York
Rayo, Mexico City
Jewel of the South, New Orleans
Double Chicken Please, New York
Thunderbolt, Los Angeles
Licorería Limantour, Mexico City
Tlecān, Mexico City
Zapote Bar, Playa del Carmen
Katana Kitten, New York
Café La Trova, Miami
El Gallo Altanero, Guadalajara
Employees Only, New York
Aruba Day Drink, Tijuana
Café de Nadie, Mexico City
La Factoría, San Juan
Kumiko, Chicago
Dante, New York
Civil Liberties, Toronto
Service Bar, Washington DC
Allegory, Washington DC
Botanist Bar, Vancouver
Herbs & Rye, Las Vegas
Baltra Bar, Mexico City
Bekeb, San Miguel de Allende
Kaito del Valle, Mexico City
Bar Pompette, Toronto
True Laurel, San Francisco
Attaboy, New York
Meadowlark, Chicago
The Dead Rabbit, New York
Selva, Oaxaca
Library by the Sea, Grand Cayman
Century Grand, Phoenix
Arca, Tulum
Pacific Cocktail Heaven, San Francisco
Cloakroom, Montreal
Bar Mordecai, Toronto
Maison Premiere, New York
Hanky Panky, Mexico City
Angel’s Share, New York
Milady’s, New York
Brujas, Mexico City
Mírate, Los Angeles
Cure, New Orleans
Best Intentions, Chicago
The Keefer Bar, Vancouver
Atwater Cocktail Club, Montreal
If you want more top-notch bars to drink at, don’t miss our very own list of the 50 Best Bars in NYC, which include other spots like the Long Island Bar, Bemelmans Bar, Sunken Harbor Club, and Dutch Kills.
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