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Bike Boulevards Are Coming

Tuesday, May 11, 2021. Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography OfficeThis is Streets Week, so the City Hall has been rolling out news – lower speed limits on some streets, new bus lanes, and busways, and now also new bikeways on others. People took to bicycling in the city during the Pandemic like

Election 2021

Congressman Jerry Nadler Endorses Jo Anne Simon for Brooklyn Borough President

Rep. Jerrold Nadler (center left) and Assemblymember Jo Anne Simon. Campaign photo.Congressman Jerrold Nadler, the Chair of the House Judiciary Committee who represents western parts of Brooklyn and Manhattan (10th CD) has endorsed Assemblymember Jo Anne Simon (52nd AD) for Brooklyn Borough President. “I’ve always known Jo Anne

COVID-19

Indoor, Outdoor, Exotic, Music-Filled Vaccination Sites

You can get vaccinated at the American Museum of Natural History, 200 Central Park West, Manhattan as of late April, 2021. Credit; Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office.If you want to get a vaccine, these days you can get it just about everywhere, including the Natural History Museum, no appointment

Business

Restaurants and Bars Can Stay Open Till Midnight Starting Monday

“We’re going to extend the 11 p.m. curfew for food and beverage to midnight,” Governor Andrew Cuomo announced yesterday. “That will go into effect Monday, April 19. For catered events, it will go from midnight to 1 a.m.” NYC’s bars and restaurants pushed back saying its

Announcements

39 Community Leaders Endorse Doug Schneider In D39 Race

This morning Park Slope civil rights lawyer and Democratic District Leader Doug Schneider announced his campaign to represent the 39th Council District had received the support of 39 nine community leaders across the district. Doug Schneider, campaign photo.Schneider is running to replace term-limited council member Brad Lander (who himself

Announcements

3-K Expanded To All School Districts!

Mayor Bill de Blasio and Chancellor Porter announced this morning that, starting this fall, the City will expand the free 3-K For All to as many families as possible in the remaining sixteen school districts. Mayor Bill de Blasio Chancellor Porter at Phyl’s Academy in Brooklyn to announce 3K

Business

Multiplying The Good In Our Communities, Mutual Savings Bank Offers A Lesson In Resilience

A hundred years ago, Brooklyn was teeming with mutual savings banks. There was the Brooklyn Savings Bank, the Dime Savings Bank of Brooklyn, the South Brooklyn Savings Bank, the Williamsburg Savings Bank, … but they are all gone. Some went out of business. Others — like Dime and like most giant national

Business

Recovery: Introducing “Right to Recall” Legislation

Under a new law that is being introduced by Park Slope Council Member Brad Lander, all employers of a certain size would be required to call back those they laid off due to COVID-19. Lander at the rally in Manhattan.Lander made the announcement at a rally in Manhattan organized

Central Brooklyn

Meet Josue Pierre: Running To Represent Flatbush In City Council

Josue Pierre, Campaign photo.For those who’ve been involved in local Flatbush civic affairs, Josue Pierre is a familiar face. Pierre, a Haitian immigrant, is the Democratic District Leader for the 42nd Assembly District, and a co-founder of the Shirley Chisholm Democratic Club. He came to Flatbush as a

Central Brooklyn

Q&A With Kenya Handy-Hilliard On Her Run For City Council District 40

Kenya Handy-HilliardKenya Handy-Hilliard is running in a crowded field to replace the 3.5 term councilmember Mathieu Eugene, who is term-limited after almost 15 years in office. There are currently 12 candidates vying for the seat to represent Prospect Lefferts Gardens, Flatbush, and Ditmas Park in City Council, and Handy-Hilliard

Central Brooklyn

A Year In Brooklyn: COVID-19

This week marked the anniversary of the first confirmed case of COVID19 in NYC. Today, March 5, marks a year since the first confirmed case in Brooklyn. Soon it will be a year since the city was shut down. And, hopefully, soon everyone will have had a chance to get

affordable housing

Editorial: Be Creative, But Build The Housing

Communities across Brooklyn have been organizing, from Bushwick to Industry City to Gowanus, to oppose development projects that will change their neighborhoods. The neighbors complaining are good people, with legitimate concerns, ranging from equity to impact of shadows. Others are worried about “neighborhood character,” which sometimes means just keeping newcomers

affordable housing

Fulton Crossing Brings New Heights To Bed-Stuy

Welcome to Fulton Crossing, Brooklyn’s latest highrise luxury residential development seeking tenants and residents. 1430 Fulton Street Rendering. Fischer +Makooi Architects, courtesy of The Moinian Group.The large mixed-use residential project at 1430 Fulton Street and 293 Herkimer Street on the southern edge of Bedford-Stuyvesant was designed by Karl

Announcements

Brad Lander Endorses Antonio Reynoso for Brooklyn Boro President. Reynoso Endorses Lander for NYC Comptroller.

Brooklyn councilmembers Brad Lander and Antonio Reynoso have partnered before, advocating for reforms across the city over the last eight years in the city council. Now, term-limited, they seek to become the city’s next Comptroller and Brooklyn Borough President, respectively, and are endorsing each other, the two progressive legislators

Central Brooklyn

City Releases Vaccine Data By Zip, Shows Least Hit Neighborhoods Getting Vaccinated Faster

This morning NYC DOH released current vaccination data by zip code, and – no surprise – the neighborhoods that were least hit by the pandemic are getting vaccinated faster or at the same rate as those that were hit hardest. var divElement = document.getElementById('viz1613489347017'); var vizElement = divElement.getElementsByTagName('object')[0]; if

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Warbasse To Get Vaccination Location, Homebound Seniors Promised Johnson & Johnson Vaccine

Mayor Bill de Blasio visits a NYCHA vaccination site at Nostrand Houses in Brooklyn on Friday, February 12, 2021. Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography OfficeMayor de Blasio today announced that starting next Monday, February 15, the City will launch a vaccination site at Warbasse Cares Program (2844 Ocean Parkway, Brooklyn), and

Business

Indoor Dining Returns on Friday, February 12

Food from Leland Eating and Drinking House, via Prospect Heights Neighbors Facebook Page.Governor Andrew Cuomo announced today that indoor dining will reopen in the city at 25% capacity two days earlier than previously announced – on February 12, the Lunar New Year. For many of us, it’s been a

News

Briefly: New Jobs, Bike Lanes on Bridges, Flashing Alerts, Brooklyn History And More

BAM has hired Hanif Abdurraqib as guest curator at large to curate music engagements and work on special, long-term projects. He brings a background transcending poetry, music, cultural criticism and Black performance. Photo credit: Megan Leigh Barnard.“The pandemic has helped expand my imagining of live music, and I know

Central Brooklyn

Meet Rita Joseph: On Education, Housing, Cops and Running to Represent Flatbush In City Council

Rita Joseph at Georges Diner, March 2020. Liena Zagare/BklynerRita Joseph is a local teacher running to represent her neighborhood – Flatbush / District 40 – in the City Council in this year’s election, which will be decided in the June Democratic primary. Joseph grew up in Flatbush, but like many of

Announcements

The Brooklyn Nets Campus Food Pantry Opens in Bed-Stuy

The Brooklyn Nets Food Pantry at PS/IS 308 presented by HSS. (Photo by Michelle Farsi)A public school in Bed Stuy is getting a campus food pantry, thanks to the generosity of the Brooklyn Nets and the Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS). P.S. / I.S. 308, Clara Cardwell

Central Brooklyn

No More G&T Screening After This Spring, Plan Calls For Changing Teachers Perceptions?

Mayor Bill de Blasio holds a media availability with Schools Chancellor Richard Carranza. City Hall. Wednesday, January 13, 2021. Credit: Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office.Following yesterday’s breaking news that NYC DOE will no longer administer the Gifted & Talented test to select children for academic tracking after this

Central Brooklyn

Southern Brooklyn Neglected For Vaccine Sites Despite Reporting High Infection Rates

Despite some of the highest infection rates in the city, Southern Brooklyn is yet to get a 24/7 vaccination mega site, though the MCU Parking lot in Coney Island seems to be made for it. While the Brooklyn Army Terminal Vaccination site is relatively easy to get to if

Central Brooklyn

COVID-19 Rates Around 9%, Pathetic Vaccine Rollout, Schools Remain Open

The news this Monday morning could be better. January 3 numbers reported by NYS.Instead, New York state is approaching 9% infection rates (8.34%), City is at 9% by its own count, and the curve looks awfully close to exceeding the peak of what we saw in the spring.

affordable housing

Unlocking NYC Housing Opportunities For Residents On Rental Assistance

About a year and a half ago, four Brooklyn neighbors joined forces to help open more doors for those in desperate need of housing – residents with rental assistance vouchers (Section 8, CityFHEPS, FHEPS, HASA, SOTA to name a few). Launched on December 31, 2020, Unlock NYC is both an educational

News

Here’s To A Better 2021!

Dear friends and readers, As I sit and reflect on the past year, I can’t help but feel hopeful. Despite everything this year threw at us, we all kept showing up, and pitching in, and doing our personal best. In the process, we built stronger support networks – within families,