Central Brooklyn
Cyclists ride over the Queensboro Bridge, Aug. 3, 2020. | Ben Fractenberg/THE CITYBy Jose Martinez, originally published [https://www.thecity.nyc/2020/8/5/21356349/two-wheel-traffic-up-on-bridges-but-city-cant-expand-bike-lanes] by THE CITY [https://www.thecity.nyc/] Even with many New Yorkers staying home during the pandemic, growing legions of bicyclists are pedaling over
Central Brooklyn
Photo by Ben Mullins [https://unsplash.com/@benmullins?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText] on Unsplash [https://unsplash.com/s/photos/school-test?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText] By Amy Zimmer and Reema Amin, originally published in Chalkbeat New York
Business
Warehouses in Brooklyn’s Industry City | Ben Fractenberg/THE CITYBy Greg David, originally published [https://www.thecity.nyc/2020/7/30/21348752/brooklyn-industry-city-waterfront-development-housing-gentrification] by THE CITY [https://www.thecity.nyc/] A Brooklyn City Council member’s decision to oppose an expansion of Industry City that promised 20,000 new jobs
COVID-19
Bret J Rudy, courtesy of NYULHBBy Bret J. Rudy, MD. When Covid-19 first took hold of Brooklyn in early March, hospitals responded in unprecedented ways, initiating policies and procedures to address myriad issues that came with the pandemic. In a relatively limited period of time, we reinvented healthcare focusing on
News
U Santini Inc. employees wrap boxes at their Park Slope warehouse. | Hiram Alejandro Durán/THE CITYBy Greg David and Rachel Holliday Smith, THE CITY. This article was originally published [https://www.thecity.nyc/housing/2020/7/27/21341035/new-york-city-rent-regulation-vacancies-apartments-elliman-moving-brooklyn] by THE CITY [https://www.thecity.nyc/] Since the pandemic struck
Education
Mapleton School /P.S. 48. Liena Zagare/BklynerBy Amy Zimmer, originally published in Chalkbeat New York The following is a collaboration between Streetsblog [https://www.streetsblog.org/], which covers the movement for livable streets, and Chalkbeat [http://ny.chalkbeat.org], which covers education. A Brooklyn lawmaker has joined the growing
COVID-19
Photo by Ben Mullins [https://unsplash.com/@benmullins?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText] on Unsplash [https://unsplash.com/s/photos/school-test?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText] By Reema Amin, originally published in Chalkbeat New York [https://ny.chalkbeat.
Central Brooklyn
A Health + Hospitals coronavirus testing center at Gotham Health in Fort Greene, Brooklyn, July 17, 2020. | Rachel Holliday Smith/THE CITYAnastassia Gliadkovskaya, originally published [https://www.thecity.nyc/coronavirus/2020/7/20/21332084/city-run-covid-19-testing-sites-lagging-in-results] in THE CITY [https://www.thecity.nyc/] A national surge in COVID cases has coincided with
Announcements
Mayor Bill de Blasio holds a media availability. City Hall. Thursday, July 16, 2020. Credit: Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office.By Christina Veiga, Originally published in Chalkbeat New York [https://ny.chalkbeat.org/2020/7/16/21327364/nyc-vows-to-open-child-care-part-time-school] With students poised to be in school buildings only part-time this fall,
COVID-19
Governor Andrew Cuomo delivers coronavirus briefing. Governor’s Press office.By Reema Amin and Alex Zimmerman, originally published in Chalkbeat New York [https://ny.chalkbeat.org/2020/7/13/21323308/nyc-schools-reopening-coronavirus-cuomo?fbclid=IwAR1pWV0Cf1sm9zK7jpvHOeLQ9CZoYeyPrqcjyGN1ZKvJak_zdlDO5KraEic] If the city’s infection rate surges past 9% later in August or after the school
Education
Brooklyn Tech, Photo by BKLYNERBy Christina Veiga, originally published in Chalkbeat New York [https://ny.chalkbeat.org/2020/7/9/21319383/new-bill-repeal-admissions-nyc-specialized-high-schools] State lawmakers are trying a new approach [https://ny.chalkbeat.org/2019/10/1/21121807/the-sponsor-of-de-blasio-s-controversial-shsat-bill-is-backing-a-new-strategy] to help enroll more Black and Latino students at New York City’
Central Brooklyn
By Claudia Irizarry Aponte, THE CITY. This article was originally published [https://www.thecity.nyc/health/2020/7/9/21319623/brooklyn-womans-childbirth-death-maternal-racial-disparities] by THE CITY [https://www.thecity.nyc/] Sha-asia Washington before she died while giving birth at Woodhull Hospital in Brooklyn. Juwan Lopez/FacebookIn a photo taken hours before she