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Ben Brachfeld

Ben Brachfeld

Ben Brachfeld is a freelance reporter based in Brooklyn. His work has also appeared in Gotham Gazette, City & State, and Gothamist. Reach out to him via email at benbrachfeld@bklyner.com, or on Tw
Aug
29
NYCHA General Manager Faces Investigation Over Toxic Work Environment

NYCHA General Manager Faces Investigation Over Toxic Work Environment

Vito Mustaciulo, via NYCAThe Daily News’ Tuesday exposé on the “toxic work environment” fostered by NYCHA general manager Vito Mustaciuolo
2 min read
Aug
28
Teen Climate Activist Greta Thunberg Anchored off Coney Island This Morning

Teen Climate Activist Greta Thunberg Anchored off Coney Island This Morning

CONEY ISLAND – Teen climate activist Greta Thunberg ended her transatlantic sailboat voyage Wednesday after docking in Coney Island, capping off
2 min read
Aug
22
No New Gas – National Grid Holds Brooklyn Restaurants Hostage

No New Gas – National Grid Holds Brooklyn Restaurants Hostage

679 Grand Street in Williamsburg. Ben Brachfeld/BklynerSibte Hassan’s halal burger has been described [https://www.nytimes.com/2016/
3 min read
Aug
20
Shelter For Adult Families Coming To Gowanus This Fall

Shelter For Adult Families Coming To Gowanus This Fall

Gowanus Adult Family Shelter will open at the corner of 3rd Avenue and 6th Street in Fall of 2019 in
3 min read
Aug
14
Brooklyn Diocese Defrocks Two Priests Credibly Accused of Sex Abuse

Brooklyn Diocese Defrocks Two Priests Credibly Accused of Sex Abuse

The Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn and Queens announced on Tuesday that decades-old accusations of sexual abuse against two priests had
2 min read
Jul
24
Community Board 7 Holds Meeting On 4th Avenue Homeless Shelters

Community Board 7 Holds Meeting On 4th Avenue Homeless Shelters

PARK SLOPE – Officials took a grilling from Park Slope residents at a Community Board 7 [https://www1.nyc.gov/site/
5 min read
Jul
10
Loot: A New Comic Book Haven For Kids

Loot: A New Comic Book Haven For Kids

CARROLL GARDENS – Brooklyn kids who love comic books have a new place to hang out and get creative without parents
3 min read
Jun
28
“Someone Is Getting Very, Very Rich”: Neighbors Call For More Details To Be Released About Park Slope Homeless Shelters

“Someone Is Getting Very, Very Rich”: Neighbors Call For More Details To Be Released About Park Slope Homeless Shelters

PARK SLOPE – Opponents of two planned Park Slope homeless shelters alleged at a public contract hearing on Thursday that the
4 min read
Jun
24
Draft Contracts For 4th Avenue Homeless Shelters Fail To Disclose Details

Draft Contracts For 4th Avenue Homeless Shelters Fail To Disclose Details

PARK SLOPE – The city will spend $261 million over nine years [/city-will-pay-over-261m-for-two-4th-avenue-family-shelters/] to operate two new homeless shelters in Park
2 min read
Jun
13
Businesses Feel Left Behind In Gowanus Rezoning

Businesses Feel Left Behind In Gowanus Rezoning

Gowanus Canal seen from the 9th Street Bridge (Photo: Nathan Haselby)GOWANUS – Business owners in the “industrial business zone” of
4 min read