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April 2020

Food & Drink

Halal Food Carts Launched To Feed Over 1,000 People Every Day During Ramadan

BROOKLYN – Several local organizations have gotten together to launch four food carts that will give out free halal iftar...

Zainab Iqbal|April 30, 2020 @5:22 pmApril 30, 2020 @5:22 pm
Food & Drink

Halal Food Carts Launched To Feed Over 1,000 People Every Day During Ramadan

BROOKLYN – Several local organizations have gotten together to launch four food carts that will give out free halal iftar...

Zainab Iqbal|April 30, 2020 @5:22 pmApril 30, 2020 @5:22 pm
COVID-19

A Rainbow Connects Brooklyn to the World

What may be the world’s purest movement – thousands of rainbows, drawn by hand and hung in windows for children...

Rachel Lindy Baron|April 30, 2020 @5:02 pmApril 30, 2020 @5:02 pm
COVID-19

A Rainbow Connects Brooklyn to the World

What may be the world’s purest movement – thousands of rainbows, drawn by hand and hung in windows for children...

Rachel Lindy Baron|April 30, 2020 @5:02 pmApril 30, 2020 @5:02 pm
Transportation

Subways Will Stop Running At Night For Now, Starting May 6

MTA announced earlier today that it will close the subway system for deep-cleaning every night between 1-5 am starting on...

Liena Zagare|April 30, 2020 @4:29 pmApril 30, 2020 @4:29 pm
Transportation

Subways Will Stop Running At Night For Now, Starting May 6

MTA announced earlier today that it will close the subway system for deep-cleaning every night between 1-5 am starting on...

Liena Zagare|April 30, 2020 @4:29 pmApril 30, 2020 @4:29 pm
Transportation

67-Year-Old Cyclist ‘Sideswiped’ By MTA Bus & Killed

EAST FLATBUSH – A cyclist is dead after being sideswiped by an MTA bus on Tuesday. On April 28 at...

Zainab Iqbal|April 30, 2020 @3:43 pm
Transportation

67-Year-Old Cyclist ‘Sideswiped’ By MTA Bus & Killed

EAST FLATBUSH – A cyclist is dead after being sideswiped by an MTA bus on Tuesday. On April 28 at...

Zainab Iqbal|April 30, 2020 @3:43 pm
COVID-19

Briefing 4/30: Dead Bodies In U-Haul Trucks, Man Stealing Stimulus Checks & More

Good morning! It’s the last day of April. We hope next month will bring you happiness and peace. Here are...

Zainab Iqbal|April 30, 2020 @12:51 pmApril 30, 2020 @12:51 pm
COVID-19

Briefing 4/30: Dead Bodies In U-Haul Trucks, Man Stealing Stimulus Checks & More

Good morning! It’s the last day of April. We hope next month will bring you happiness and peace. Here are...

Zainab Iqbal|April 30, 2020 @12:51 pmApril 30, 2020 @12:51 pm
COVID-19

National Park Service Pledges To Reopen Floyd Bennett Field To Gardeners

Hazier is whether Floyd Bennett Field will reopen to visitors who want to walk, bike, fish or birdwatch safely distant from crowds.

Bklyner|April 30, 2020 @12:03 pmApril 30, 2020 @12:03 pm
COVID-19

National Park Service Pledges To Reopen Floyd Bennett Field To Gardeners

Hazier is whether Floyd Bennett Field will reopen to visitors who want to walk, bike, fish or birdwatch safely distant from crowds.

Bklyner|April 30, 2020 @12:03 pmApril 30, 2020 @12:03 pm
Funeral of Rabbi Chaim Mertz in Williamsburg. Scott Stein/Bklyner
COVID-19

Williamsburg Funeral Draws Large Crowds & No Social Distancing

WILLIAMSBURG – About 2,500 people gathered on a Williamsburg street last night at a funeral for Rabbi Chaim Mertz who...

Zainab Iqbal|April 29, 2020 @5:56 pmMay 4, 2020 @5:56 pm
Funeral of Rabbi Chaim Mertz in Williamsburg. Scott Stein/Bklyner
COVID-19

Williamsburg Funeral Draws Large Crowds & No Social Distancing

WILLIAMSBURG – About 2,500 people gathered on a Williamsburg street last night at a funeral for Rabbi Chaim Mertz who...

Zainab Iqbal|April 29, 2020 @5:56 pmMay 4, 2020 @5:56 pm
COVID-19

Train Conductor Hero Ben Schaeffer Dies From The Coronavirus

MIDWOOD – Longtime community activist and MTA train conductor Benjamin Schaeffer, who once evacuated a train after someone poured gasoline...

Zainab Iqbal|April 29, 2020 @5:10 pmApril 29, 2020 @5:10 pm
COVID-19

Train Conductor Hero Ben Schaeffer Dies From The Coronavirus

MIDWOOD – Longtime community activist and MTA train conductor Benjamin Schaeffer, who once evacuated a train after someone poured gasoline...

Zainab Iqbal|April 29, 2020 @5:10 pmApril 29, 2020 @5:10 pm
History

Our Streets, Our Stories – Doctors, New Moms, Amazon Employees, And Other Neighbors Share Their COVID-19 Stories in Local Oral History Archive

During this unprecedented time, the Brooklyn Public Library is asking residents to contribute to its local oral history archive, Our...

Ana Lucia Murillo|April 29, 2020 @4:46 pmApril 29, 2020 @4:46 pm
History

Our Streets, Our Stories – Doctors, New Moms, Amazon Employees, And Other Neighbors Share Their COVID-19 Stories in Local Oral History Archive

During this unprecedented time, the Brooklyn Public Library is asking residents to contribute to its local oral history archive, Our...

Ana Lucia Murillo|April 29, 2020 @4:46 pmApril 29, 2020 @4:46 pm
Borough Park parents said a yeshiva was still being run out of a building on 48th Street during the coronavirus outbreak. Photo: Ben Fractenberg/THE CITY
Religion

Brooklyn Underground Yeshivas Flout PAUSE Rules, Parents Charge

“The city doesn’t seem to care,” said the father, noting he also has seen multiple synagogue gatherings throughout the neighborhood.

Bklyner|April 29, 2020 @1:49 pm
Borough Park parents said a yeshiva was still being run out of a building on 48th Street during the coronavirus outbreak. Photo: Ben Fractenberg/THE CITY
Religion

Brooklyn Underground Yeshivas Flout PAUSE Rules, Parents Charge

“The city doesn’t seem to care,” said the father, noting he also has seen multiple synagogue gatherings throughout the neighborhood.

Bklyner|April 29, 2020 @1:49 pm
Health

Immigrant Workers and the Nonprofits That Serve Them Are in Overdrive

The Day Laborer Workforce Initiative held a press conference on Tuesday afternoon calling for city, state, and federal officials to...

Ana Lucia Murillo|April 29, 2020 @1:03 pmApril 30, 2020 @1:03 pm
Health

Immigrant Workers and the Nonprofits That Serve Them Are in Overdrive

The Day Laborer Workforce Initiative held a press conference on Tuesday afternoon calling for city, state, and federal officials to...

Ana Lucia Murillo|April 29, 2020 @1:03 pmApril 30, 2020 @1:03 pm
COVID-19

Briefing 4/29: About 2,500 Mourners At Funeral, Another Cafe Shut Down & Mental Health Hotline Available

Happy Wednesday! There are some new numbers and some more deaths, so let’s get right into it. As of 2...

Zainab Iqbal|April 29, 2020 @12:49 pmApril 29, 2020 @12:49 pm
COVID-19

Briefing 4/29: About 2,500 Mourners At Funeral, Another Cafe Shut Down & Mental Health Hotline Available

Happy Wednesday! There are some new numbers and some more deaths, so let’s get right into it. As of 2...

Zainab Iqbal|April 29, 2020 @12:49 pmApril 29, 2020 @12:49 pm
Education

It’s Official: NYC Relaxes Grading Policies

The new policy, which could dramatically reshape the competitive admissions process to get into coveted middle and high schools, takes into account that students may be experiencing trauma and have difficulties accessing online learning, the mayor said.

Bklyner|April 28, 2020 @5:11 pmApril 28, 2020 @5:11 pm
Education

It’s Official: NYC Relaxes Grading Policies

The new policy, which could dramatically reshape the competitive admissions process to get into coveted middle and high schools, takes into account that students may be experiencing trauma and have difficulties accessing online learning, the mayor said.

Bklyner|April 28, 2020 @5:11 pmApril 28, 2020 @5:11 pm
Jobs

How To File For Unemployment: Tips From Local Council Member

Deutsch is NYC Council Member representing Sheepshead Bay.

Chaim Deutsch|April 28, 2020 @4:51 pm
Jobs

How To File For Unemployment: Tips From Local Council Member

Deutsch is NYC Council Member representing Sheepshead Bay.

Chaim Deutsch|April 28, 2020 @4:51 pm
Business

Brooklyn Factories Producing Up to 65,000 Isolation Gowns Per Week

When quarantine began, Libby Mattern saw an opportunity to help. As the founder of Course of Trade, a nonprofit that...

Ellie Plass|April 28, 2020 @4:22 pmApril 28, 2020 @4:22 pm
Business

Brooklyn Factories Producing Up to 65,000 Isolation Gowns Per Week

When quarantine began, Libby Mattern saw an opportunity to help. As the founder of Course of Trade, a nonprofit that...

Ellie Plass|April 28, 2020 @4:22 pmApril 28, 2020 @4:22 pm
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