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Photography Project 'We, Women' Launches Its First Exhibition At Brooklyn Bridge Park

“As Americans – as human beings – a lot of the information that we receive is through the lens of men,” Laura Roumanos, cofounder of Photoville, one of the two nonprofits behind the We, Women traveling photo exhibition, told Bklyner. This project shifts that perspective.

Education

Teachers union, city council members propose limiting students allowed in NYC classrooms as COVID looms

City council members and the teachers union want New York City to further limit the number of students allowed in a classroom by amending the city’s administrative code, as COVID threatens to disrupt a third consecutive school year, writes Chalkbeat's Christina Veiga.

Health

Pregnant Women Could Get Helping Hand From Proposed City Council Bills

Pregnant people in New York City could get new protections in the workplace and while receiving care, under bills soon to be considered by the City Council, writes THE CITY's Claudia Irizarry Aponte.

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Live Music Choices 7/30 - 8/5

Tons of great live music coming up offering something for everyone. Don't miss the beginning of Celebrate Brooklyn, last shows at Vision Festival, Soul Summit parties, and more.

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Best New Brooklyn Music

Great new releases by William Parker’s Mayan Space Station, Arushi Jain, DJ Manny, Les Filles de Illighadad, Bathe and more.

Transportation

Waterfront Residents Again Raise Alarms About Last Mile Warehouses, “Truckpocalypse.”

The last-mile distribution centers—where merchandise is sorted before being delivered to customers throughout the city—are becoming increasingly common: at least five distribution centers are in the works in Red Hook alone.

G To Coney, Adams' Promises, Fishing And Other Summer Diversions

During two weekends in August, (August 6-9 and 13-16) there will be significant service diversions on the F, G, C, and E lines as the MTA works to upgrade the Rutgers Tunnels and install fiber optic cables in the area of Jay St-MetroTech/Borough Hall/Hoyt-Schermerhorn for the Culver Line

Education

Advocates For Secular Education In Yeshivas Hope 'Mayor Adams Will be Different From Candidate Adams'

The next mayor of New York City, current Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams, will be tasked to handle the many education issues facing the city’s 1.7 million schoolchildren. Advocates for secular studies hope that Mayor Adams will enforce the state education guidelines across all the schools, despite what

North Brooklyn Residents File Lawsuit Against NYC And National Grid To Stop Illegal Construction

Neighbors in Greenpoint living near National Grid’s large fracked gas storage depot on Newtown Creek have filed a lawsuit to stop construction of the company’s Liquefied Natural Gas (“LNG”) Truck Load/Unload Station (“LNG Trucking Station”) and other illegal LNG trucking-related construction activities. BREAKING! @SaneEnergy & Cooper Park

What Does the City’s Nightlife Need to Thrive After the Pandemic?

People dancing at Yalla! dance party in Brooklyn in 2019. (Image: Fabian Gomez/Yalla!) New York City’s vaunted nightlife scene seems to be moving in two directions at once. By many accounts, with pandemic restrictions lifted and the subway once again running 24 hours, night-time hotspots in Brooklyn and

real estate

Prospect Heights Brownstone Evacuated After Facade Partially Collapses

Tenants were forced to vacate a three-story brownstone in Prospect Heights on Tuesday, July 20, after the building’s facade partially collapsed and destroyed the front stoop. An investigation by the city’s Department of Buildings (DOB) determined that a decorative stone arch above the front door of 626 Carlton

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From Flatbush to the Oscars and Back + Live Picks 7/23-29

DJ Tara Duvivier rocks some of Brooklyn’s best parties, played music on the world’s most famous red carpet, and imagines a more equitable city nightlife.

real estate

Rogue Brooklyn Building Demolition Stirs Furor and Questions About City Oversight

For years, Hadley and a group of concerned neighbors have complained to city agencies and local politicians about what they asserted were unauthorized demolition, unsafe conditions and trash dumping at the site and a property next door at 1931 Bedford Ave, writes Gabriel Sandoval from THE CITY.

Politics

Brooklyn’s Haitian-American Electeds and Organizations Ask Biden to ease Pathway to Political Asylum for Haitians

A group of New York-based Haitian-American elected officials and community organizations are asking President Joe Biden to make it easier for Haitians to obtain political asylum in the US.

Police & Fire

Controversial Head of Conviction Review Unit at Brooklyn DA’s Office Retires

At first, the unit under Mark Hale received national attention as a model of reform. But the rate of exonerations slowed significantly during DA Eric Gonzalez's tenure.

COVID-19

Delta Variant & Numbers

Today's Mayoral press briefing was again, almost entirely about the threat the highly contagious COVID-19 Delta variant, which is now the dominant variant across NYC, is posing to those who are yet to be vaccinated. As of today, new reported cases on a seven-day average is at 597 or 1.

Events

Outdoor Movies This Summer: Parks Edition

At Prospect Park: A Summer Movie Under the Stars series this year kicks off on Thursday, July 29, and runs for four consecutive Thursdays through August 19, and will include Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, The Goonies, Jumanji: The Next Level and Black Panther. Free to all, no RSVPs required. The

Transportation

When Will Brooklyn Get the Bus Network it Deserves?

The B44-SBS bus. (Image: Liena Zagare/Bklyner) One night this spring, Flatbush resident Mitch White emerged from the Nostrand Avenue A train station on his way home from JFK airport. He planned to make what should have been a quick transfer to the B44-SBS bus that runs along Nostrand Avenue,

COVID-19

COVID-19 Creeps Up, Sickening The Unvaccinated, Mask Mandate Unchanged

"We do have a challenge now," Mayor Bill de Blasio acknowledged this morning talking about the relentless climb in COVID-19 infection rates across the city, pushing for more people to get vaccinated. As of today, just 4.5 million or 53.5% of the city's residents have been vaccinated, according

Education

Free Full Day Summer Camp Application Deadline 7/20: Summer Rising

Enrollment ends Tuesday for this 100% free, full-day camp for school-aged kids across the city.

BAM's Fall Programming Includes Prize-Winning Meditation on Climate, a 100-keyboard "Sonic Bath" and more

newsletter

5 Amazing Record Stores, A Wedding, And Too Many Crashes.

Good evening! I hope you are staying cool wherever you are. This heatwave, too, shall pass. Tomorrow, July 17, is the 2nd record store day of the year, and we have five delightful profiles of local record stores worth getting lost in. Celebrating Record Stores And CommunityPiotr Orlov • 8 min

Homeless Man Fatally Struck by Jeep While Sleeping In Sunset Park

A 46-year-old homeless man was fatally struck by a Jeep Grand Cherokee while he slept in a cardboard box in Sunset Park last week, according to police. Anthony Watts was apparently sleeping in the parking area under the Gowanus Expressway near 52nd Street, when, at around 8:20 pm on

Testing, Positivity, Delta

There has been much talk this week about the increase in COVID-19 positivity rates across the city - they have almost tripled in the last few weeks from an all-time low of 0.4% to now 1.3% citywide as of today, with some zip codes reporting 5-7% positivity rates.

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Vision Festival Returns To Brooklyn + Live Music Picks 7/16 - 22

The annual celebration of New York’s free jazz community is coming to Pioneer Works in Red Hook.