News
Ditmas Park neighbor and Shutterstock’s talented editorial photographer, Stephen Lovekin [https://www.instagram.com/slovekinpics/?hl=en], was looking for ways to help people feel more connected to the outside world while we are so literally all stuck at home. He asked neighbors to share a message with the
COVID-19
NYC Schools Chancellor Richard Carranza at a COVID 19 Press conference. Credit: Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office.Originally posted on Chalkbeat [https://chalkbeat.org/posts/ny/2020/03/27/citing-low-enrollment-nyc-will-close-23-child-care-centers-for-essential-workers/?utm_source=republish&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=republish] by Reema Amin, Alex Zimmerman on March 27, 2020
celebrity
Todd Maisel at work. Liena Zagare/BklynerThe last time I saw photojournalist extraordinaire and Marine Park neighbor Todd Maisel in flesh was at an ICE rally in Flatbush. He whacked me in the head with his cameras looking for a better angle on a story he was shooting for AM
Business
Reporters at ICE rally in Flatbush, Brooklyn, a few weeks ago. Liena Zagare/BklynerPlease join us so we can keep going. my.bklyner.com [http://my.bklyner.com]. It was a little surreal when Governor Andrew Cuomo the other day listed [https://www.governor.ny.gov/news/governor-cuomo-signs-executive-order-mandating-businesses-require-office-personnel-decrease] out the
COVID-19
Updated throughout the day. * The numbers are hard to keep up. In NYC cases are up from 814 (157 in Brooklyn) to 1,339 (Brooklyn numbers have not been released, and it does not look like the Mayor will have a briefing today). That is an increase of 695 cases,
News
To some of us, bookstores are essential businesses, and they are not letting Brooklynites down during the coronavirus pandemic: * The Book Mark Shoppe in Bay Ridge is still open 10am -6pm today [https://www.facebook.com/Bookmarkshoppe/]. Though do check before heading out. * Community Bookstore and Terrace Books [https://www.
Borough Park
While the rest of the city is shutting down and neighbors are keeping their distance, others are celebrating as if this pandemic is no big deal. > This photo was just sent to me by a Hasidic friend in Brooklyn with a 104 fever. He’s enraged. This was a
COVID-19
Governor Andrew Cuomo just issued an urgent plea: “What we do next week will have a massive impact on the trajectory of this virus in New York. We can only maintain public health by STAYING APART. The decision each of us makes now will impact us all tomorrow, STAY HOME.
Central Brooklyn
Updated throughout the day:LATEST NUMBERS: 24 confirmed cases in Brooklyn as of 4pm yesterday. 95 in the city total, of those 25 in Manhattan, 17 in Queens, 10 in the Bronx and 5 in SI. Of the 95, 22 were in hospitals.As of 2pm today: 159 cases in
Announcements
Statement by UFT (Teacher’s Union) President Michael Mulgrew, who will be holding a press conference ahead of Mayor’s briefing on the latest on coronavirus: “We recommend that New York City follow the example of affected jurisdictions around the region, the nation and even the world in closing our
Announcements
Our office at Bklyn Commons, though we will be working remotely for now.Bklyner put up a paywall last summer as our latest effort to put this site on a sustainable financial footing. But I got into this work because I care about making Brooklyn better, not just to try
Central Brooklyn
Council Members Mark Treyger and Justin Brannan Join with Community Leaders to Denounce Xenophobia and Assuage Fears Regarding the Corona Virus. Photo by John McCarten, courtesy of New York City Council.Mayor Bill De Blasio and the Schools Commissioner Richard Carranza are determined to keep the schools open, as calls