COVID-19 has been rough for kids living in homeless shelters, Nicole Russell explained, especially those who had grown accustomed to...
A New Virtual Learning Program For Kids Stuck At Home
CampComputer, a free, two week-long virtual education program catering to rising fourth-and fifth-grade students across the city, was created out...
Community Raises $13,000 for Bagel Shop Targeted By Vandals
The Brother’s Bagels, a family-owned bagel shop in Bay Ridge, is picking up the pieces after three men came in...
Greenpoint Film Festival Returns with Drive-In Movie Experience
Indie film-lovers needn’t panic; the Greenpoint Film Festival will return for its 9th year, and will run from August 1st...
Ebb & Flow Bakery Rolls Out Flan Parisien for Bastille Day
Flan Parisien is as classically French as pastries come. With a sturdy puff pastry crust, a silky, egg-laden custard, and...
Brooklyn Relief Kitchen Feeds Those Hit Hardest By COVID-19
Andy Wandzilak can’t not feed people. Former co-owner of Two Boots Park Slope with his wife, Piper, as well as...
Essential Workers, Neighbors, Life In Brooklyn – Reflected In Two New Murals in Williamsburg
Two new murals in Williamsburg – one at the event space 74Wythe, the other right inside the South 4th Street...
DaleView Biscuits and Beer Is Looking To Expand
People often don’t realize Chris Gandsy’s biscuits are gluten-free – even after they’ve eaten a few. He’s made them for...
Make Music New York This Sunday To Help Heal The City
Make Music New York, the annual music festival that brings free live performances to public spaces across the city, is...
Gail Nichol Pierre on Managing Isolation During COVID-19
The staff now need to ensure that habits they’ve tried so hard to help their formerly homeless residents break – self-isolation, pushing others away – don’t reemerge during the quarantine.
Funding for Youth and Social Services Shows The True Priorities of The City
Mayor de Blasio announced last Sunday that he planned to cut funding for the NYPD, and to divert part of...
Senator Zellnor Myrie and Others on the Passage of 50-A
Late yesterday, both houses of the New York State legislature passed a bill to repeal Section 50-a of the New...
Protesting With Art: How Neighbors Are Getting Their Kids Involved
KENSINGTON – Thousands of people have been marching and engaging in peaceful protests for the past week, however, not everyone...
Maple Street Community Garden Launches Fresh Food Box Program
This Saturday, Prospect-Lefferts Garden’s Maple Street Community Garden (MSCG) will launch its very own Fresh Food Box Program, which provides...
“If you want peace, you bring justice. If you want quiet, you bring curfew,” Officials Speak Up
NYC Council Speaker Corey Johnson and over a dozen elected officials gathered in Manhattan’s Foley Square this morning to address...