COVID-19
Pearl Street between Willoughby & Fulton in 2019 (Photo by Pamela Wong/BKLYNER) Mayor Bill de Blasio announced this morning that “two more miles of streets will be opened to pedestrians and cyclists, adding to the seven miles of car-free streets opened ahead of schedule last weekend.” That’s across
COVID-19
Last Stop. Liena Zagare/BklynerTonight for the first time in the 116 year long history of NYC subway system, it will shut down between the hours of 1 am and 5 am for cleaning and disinfecting of every car, and every station. It starts tonight and will continue for the
community
Dr Barbot answers questions in video-press briefing. Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography OfficeThe City issued an alert to health care providers [https://www1.nyc.gov/assets/doh/downloads/pdf/han/alert/2020/covid-19-pediatric-multi-system-inflammatory-syndrome.pdf] after fifteen cases compatible with multi-system inflammatory syndrome were identified in children in New York City hospitals.
Central Brooklyn
Last Stop. Liena Zagare/BklynerMTA announced earlier today that it will close the subway system for deep-cleaning every night between 1-5 am starting on May 6th. “During this overnight period, the MTA will intensify disinfecting operations, cleaning its fleet of thousands of cars and buses every night, and further testing
Education
Mapleton School /P.S. 48. Liena Zagare/BklynerEarlier today, parents, teachers, students, advocates, and elected officials urged the Mayor to cut the bloated middle management and contracts at the Departement of Education (DOE), not on-the-ground services schools desperately need, make sure that all agencies share fairly in the belt-tightening, and
Central Brooklyn
Parkside Av. Liena Zagare/BklynerThis morning Mayor Bill de Blasio said the City will, over the next month – May – “create a minimum of 40 miles of open streets” with the goal “to get up to a hundred miles of those open streets,” though that would depend on how long the
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Today’s City Council hearing on Open Streets legislation sponsored by Speaker Corey Johnson and Council Member Carlina Rivera introduced on Wednesday, was another show of just how absolutely disinterested the city’s Departments of Transportation and Police seem to be in opening streets and allowing people more space to
Announcements
Photo byAmisha Nakhwa [https://unsplash.com/@amishanakhwa?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText] onUnsplash [https://unsplash.com/s/photos/old-hands?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText] Coronavirus has been the most deadly to our elderly and disabled neighbors, many of
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Mayor Bill de Blasio holds a media availability. City Hall. Wednesday, April 22, 2020. Credit: Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office.At this morning’s press conference Mayor Bill de Blasio finally focused on the residents of New York City’s public housing (NYCHA). He announced more deliveries of disposable gloves
Arts & Culture
Even though the Brooklyn Public Library (BPL) closed its physical doors due to coronavirus on March 16, it has continued to provide a critical resource for local communities [https://www.bklynlibrary.org/coronavirus], offering free digital books, compiling reading lists, holding essay competitions for teenagers and connecting with its youngest
Announcements
Sears in Flatbush. File photo/BklynerGovernor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced five new testing facilities, of which one – a drive-through mobile testing facility – will open at the Sears Parking Lot at 2307 Beverly Road in Flatbush tomorrow at 12:30 p.m. (Its the large lot behind Kings Theater). Next
COVID-19
This disease has been tearing our hearts apart, as it tears the bodies of our family members, friends, and neighbors. The endless sirens, the sight of ambulances by apartment buildings, the stacks of plain coffins by the funeral homes. The posts on social media. The tolling of church bells every