Jumaane WIlliamsIt’s no longer about the Super Bowl or World Series fanatics – New York City leaders want real American champions to parade down the Canyon of Heroes. Southern Brooklyn representatives united in favor of a new resolution that urges the mayor to produce a ticker-tape parade for the veterans
A photo of a car-less Ocean Parkway, after the 2010 Half Marathon (Source: AMRosario/Flickr)As organizers at the New York Road Runners plan to nearly triple the number of participants in the Brooklyn Half Marathon this year, which runs down Ocean Parkway, locals are fuming over potential traffic snarls
The approximate location of the proposed natural gas pipeline.Activists faced off with officials at a Jamaica Bay Task Force meeting last week, saying the government is sidelining waterfront communities in order to quietly push through major projects, including a deal to bring a natural gas pipeline to Jamaica Bay.
donna leno gordon
A nurse at Coney Island Hospital (2601 Coney Island Hospital) got a dose of recognition recently, when The Fund for the City of New York honored her public service and eminent leadership in behavioral health and palliative care. Donna Leno Gordon won the Sloan Public Service Awards, dubbed the “Nobel
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The sinkhole before repairs.Long covered by an upside-down traffic cone, a sinkhole approximately two feet wide and five feet deep has existed for several months at the corner of Emmons Avenue and East 21st Street, near Randazzo’s. After months of complaints from neighbors, the city is finally fixing
coney island school
P.S. 100 (Source: schools.nyc.gov)Public School 100, The Coney Island School, actually in Brighton Beach at 2951 West 3rd Street, is testing a new evaluation system that may be implemented nationwide in the future. The Charlotte Danielson framework evaluation process helps teachers and administrators in recognizing good
PetCo
After years of refusing to get rid of most of her 45 cats, a Brighton Beach woman bowed to the threat of eviction and has teamed up with Brooklyn Rescue Umbrella and a local Petco to find friendly homes for the felines. Twenty cats from the fur-filled apartment of Brighton
Census
Source: U.S. Census BureauWe’re smarter than you, Futurama. That’s right, we’re so smart we even know that Futurama is a neighborhood in Brooklyn [http://www.neighborhoodlink.com/Futurama] (just don’t ask us where). We also know that “than,” and not “then,” is the correct word
budget cuts
Source: saveteenrapp.orgA program that helps 11,800 teens each year might be terminated by July of this year if funding is allowed to be slashed, and a local councilman says he’ll be fighting for its restoration. Teen RAPP — Relationship Abuse Prevention Program [http://www.nyc.gov/html/hra/
anthony lodico
Part of the Murrow High School's back wall, as seen from the street.Commuters have been assaulted by graffiti splattered along the back wall of Edward R. Murrow High School (1600 Avenue L) for almost as long as the school has existed. But cleaning it up has been
arbuz
Arbuz on Sheepshead Bay RoadThe future site of TreatPetite, the Arbuz spin-off. Accompanied by the sweet smell of fresh fruits and its colorful motif, Arbuz draws the attention of even the tiniest hands—a baby—who unknowingly nibbled away at some frozen yogurt and fruits. The dessert-filled cafe has existed
colleges
The clock is ticking! There are only 215 days left for smokers to enjoy a cigarette on the Kingsborough Community College campus (2001 Oriental Boulevard). Working alongside The Center for Tobacco Policy, the City University of New York (CUNY) has chosen to ban smoking on all of its facilities system-wide,