Announcements
Nostrand Playground. (Photo via NYC Parks)FLATBUSH – After an uptick in shootings, a recreation center for the youth is coming soon to the Nostrand Playground to “put them in the right path, to stop problems before they begin,” Mayor Bill de Blasio announced today. “We know there’s been a
Bay Ridge
Interim MTA New York City Transit President Sarah Feinberg, MTA Construction & Development President Janno Lieber, MTA New York City Transit Senior Advisor for Systemwide Accessibility Alex Elegudin, and Mayor’s Office for People with Disabilities Commissioner Victor Calise commemorate the 30th anniversary of the passage of the Americans with
Central Brooklyn
Photo: Flickr Creative CommonsBROOKLYN – This was another weekend with shootings and deaths. In four separate shootings across the borough, five people died, including a 16-year-old and an 18-year-old. On Friday, July 24, around 5:30 p.m., 39-year-old Ancil Blackman was shot in the face in front of a church
Central Brooklyn
The Democratic Primary election for the Mayor of New York is less than a year away, and it’s starting to get hard to keep track of all the people running or thinking of running. There are talented public servants, like Speaker Corey Johnson, Comptroller Scott Stringer, our Borough President
Education
Mapleton School /P.S. 48. Liena Zagare/BklynerBy Amy Zimmer, originally published in Chalkbeat New York The following is a collaboration between Streetsblog [https://www.streetsblog.org/], which covers the movement for livable streets, and Chalkbeat [http://ny.chalkbeat.org], which covers education. A Brooklyn lawmaker has joined the growing
community
WILLIAMSBURG – A 37-year-old motorcyclist is dead after an NYPD car crashed into him while allegedly responding to a shooting. On Saturday, July 25 at around 9:25 p.m., cops were in a 2017 Ford Explorer NYPD vehicle with sirens on, traveling westbound on Metropolitan Avenue. They say they were
community
Free Mobile Covid-19 testing site in Ocean Hill Brooklyn on Wednesday, July 22, 2020. (Photo: Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography Office)It’s finally Friday! Did you enjoy the rain this afternoon? We hope you are staying safe and wearing your face coverings when outside! * The Jonah Bichotte Cowan Law to
affordable housing
Clarkson Estates will be located on Clarkson Avenue in Prospect Lefferts Garden. EAST FLATBUSH/PLG – As part of the Vital Brooklyn initiative, 291 affordable housing units are coming to Flatbush, Assemblywoman Diana Richardson announced. Vital Brooklyn [https://www.ny.gov/transforming-central-brooklyn/vital-brooklyn-initiative-0] is a $1.4 billion plan funded through
Business
BED-STUY — Vin de Table [https://vindetablebrooklyn.com/] sits on Throop Avenue, right in the heart of Bed-Stuy. The shop, which recently started selling liquor in addition to wine, has been open for six years, and sells a variety of bottles both natural and non. Owner Freddy Saint-Aignan, who speaks in
Announcements
Map of the county of Kings, showing the Senate districts; October 1869, Map Collection, B A-1869d.Fl; Brooklyn Historical Society.On July 16, Brooklyn Historical Society (BHS) granted public access to its latest digitization effort – 1,493 maps from its collection of flat and folded maps are now available for
Central Brooklyn
Assemblymember Rodneyse Bichotte with Majority Council Member Laurie Cumbo at a City Hall press conference addressing maternal health issues. William Alatriste, NYC Council photographer.Nearly four years ago, I lost my son, Jonah Bichotte Cowan, after going into preterm labor. On October 4, 2016, I entered the New York Presbyterian/
COVID-19
Photo by Ben Mullins [https://unsplash.com/@benmullins?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText] on Unsplash [https://unsplash.com/s/photos/school-test?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText] By Reema Amin, originally published in Chalkbeat New York [https://ny.chalkbeat.