Nigel Roberts is a Brooklyn-based freelance writer and editor.
Business
CBFC member-leader Ashleigh Eubanks doing recruitment and outreach. Courtesy of Central Brooklyn Food CoopBEDFORD-STUYVESANT – While high-priced grocery chains and specialty food stores are popping up across Brooklyn, many residents still lack access to affordable quality food in their community. Food inequality has long plagued low-income neighborhoods and has defied effective
brownsville
Deputy Inspector John Buttacavoli, Deputy Inspector John Mastronardi, Sen. Zellnor Myrie, Brownsville community activist Kwesi Johnson, Assemblywoman Latrice Walker, NYPD Chief of Department Terence Monahan, Assistant Chief Jeffrey Maddrey, Deputy Chief Charles McEvoy. Nigel Roberts/BklynerBROWNSVILLE — Residents in over-policed communities of color have historically been disproportionately jailed for smoking pot.
Central Brooklyn
A woman looks at the ocean in Brighton Beach. Liena Zagare/BklynerWill Brooklyn’s growing senior population age with the dignity they deserve? Skyrocketing rents and other costs of living create challenges for elderly residents on fixed incomes. In June, Pastor David K. Brawley of St. Paul Community Baptist Church
Arts & Culture
The Black Lady Theatre serves as a cultural hub in Crown Heights for the arts, learning, sharing and experiencing Afrikan heritage. Nigel Roberts/BklynerCROWN HEIGHTS – It’s an understatement to say that there are significant problems with the nation’s criminal justice system. As of last year, 151 exonerated prisoners
Arts & Culture
Hundreds of Crown Heights residents gathered at Brower Park throughout the afternoon. Nigel Roberts/BklynerCROWN HEIGHTS – Crown Heights is racially and culturally diverse, however, residents live their lives in largely segregated communities. But on Sunday, Sept. 15, neighbors came together to celebrate what’s unique about each community, and to
Big Story
DeCosta Headley, chair of the DREAM Foundation delivers opening remarks. Nigel Roberts/BklynerCROWN HEIGHTS – Earning good grades is only half the battle for some students in the City University of New York (CUNY) system. Maintaining a roof over their head and food on the table, while working on a college