Education
MIDWOOD – Last Friday by all accounts was a regular Friday at Cunningham middle school, home to about 2,000 students on any given school day. Mrs. Maria Ivaliotis at the bridal shower for her daughter’s upcoming wedding. Family photo.Mrs. Maria Ivaliotis, 67, was working in the cafeteria during
Central Brooklyn
Pedestrians crossing Ocean Parkway at Church Avenue, heading west. (Liena Zagare/BKLYNER)KENSINGTON – Another pedestrian crossing Ocean Parkway was hit by a turning vehicle at the dangerous intersection on the north side of Church Avenue. Neighbors on a passing city bus informed us on Monday, March 25, 2019 that at
bergen beach
BERGEN BEACH – Work began today on a $62 million project to fix the streets in Bergen Beach. The project, which is being managed by the NYC Department of Design and Construction (DDC), NYC Department of Transportation (DOT) and NYC Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), is scheduled to be completed in
News
NewYork-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital (Photo: Bklyner) * Following months of stalled contract negotiations, the New York State Nurses Association gave notice to three city hospital systems that it intends to strike, Crain’s New York Business [http://l.e.crainalerts.com/rts/go2.aspx?h=602900&tp=i-H43-E7-530-6fgPq-1n-1zkS-1c-6fi5P-5tiYr] reports. * De
Business
CONEY ISLAND – At its Tuesday, March 12, meeting, the City’s Landmarks Preservation Commission greenlighted the way to the redevelopment of the long boarded up Shore Theater. The commission had sent the developer back after initial hearing to revise a number of elements [https://www1.nyc.gov/assets/lpc/downloads/
Borough Park
WILLIAMSBURG — The Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) is naming names. Today it announced five more schools defied its mandate by allowing unvaccinated students to attend school, as the Brooklyn’s measles toll climbs to 158. The DOHMH first barred [/health-department-to-yeshiva-students-immunize-or-stay-home-as-measles-outbreak-spreads-across-southern-brooklyn/] unvaccinated students from attending schools in ultra-Orthodox communities
Bensonhurst
* Eater put out its Ultimate Guide to Chinese Food in NYC – Everything to know about the Chinese food renaissance in the city right now [https://ny.eater.com/2019/2/25/18232491/best-chinese-food-restaurants-nyc] – and it is soooo good. Here are the spots they recommend [https://ny.eater.com/2019/2/
News
GRAVESEND – Timing seems to be everything. Yesterday charges of rape were dropped against two former NYPD officers [https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc-crime/ny-metro-rape-cops-no-more-20190306-story.html] , who had admitted to engaging in sexual activity with an 18-year-old woman they had detained back on September 15, 2017 [/two-nypd-cops-arrested-for-raping-teen-in-back-of-police-van/]. Both “detectives quit the
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Yesterday morning Brooklyn celebrated five extraordinary social justice organizations, incidentally all led by incredible women, and their work right here, in our borough. The second-floor lobby at the Brooklyn Academy of Music was bursting at the seams as over 300 attendees filed in for the third annual SPARK breakfast, hosted
Business
By Kelli Anderson/Jen Snow, Courtesy of Russ & DaughtersNAVY YARD – Russ & Daughters, the defining Lower East Side appetizing joint — and an old New York Jewish standby that has managed to keep up with the times — opened its doors officially in a sprawling space in the Brooklyn Navy Yard
News
SHEEPSHEAD BAY – The boats are not leaving, they will still dock at the piers, they just will not be picking up or dropping off passengers along Emmons Avenue, according to the latest arrangement worked out by the city to placate Sheepshead Bay residents. “Starting May 1st, party boats will no
Announcements
* Lucy Kalantari who frequently plays at Lark/Elk cafes won a Grammy [https://www.lucykalantari.com/home/blog/we-won-a-grammy-whaaaa] for her amazing children’s album All The Sounds with The Jazz Cats. It will brighten your day no matter your age. Hat tip – Avi G. Ditmas Park/Windsor Terrace * A