Announcements
Processed with VSCO with 6 presetIt’s finally Friday! We hope you have a wonderful, relaxing weekend. In the meantime, here are some new numbers as of this afternoon: * There were 1,555 new confirmed coronavirus cases in NYC, compared to the 1,087 cases from yesterday, bringing the total
Announcements
Photo: Zainab Iqbal/BklynerBROOKLYN – Ramadan is a time where neighbors get together and break bread when the sun sets; the meal is called iftar and comes after a day of fasting. Usually, people host a big iftar in the park or in restaurants and invite the entire community, regardless of
Central Brooklyn
Blackout in Mill Basin, July 21, 2019 (Photo: Todd Maisel/Bklyner)“We’re about to get into the warm weather in a serious way, starting today and this weekend. And that means summer’s around the corner and that’s a whole new reality,” Mayor said this morning, addressing City’
COVID-19
Feeding First Responders Press Conference with Coalition Partners. via Steven Saperstein.In early March, it became apparent that COVID-19 was going to have a profound effect on our lives. When the lockdown in NYC was announced and the pause order was put in place, I turned to my network to
COVID-19
People wear protective masks at Brooklyn’s Marcy Houses. Photo: Ben Fractenberg/THE CITYBy Josefa Velasquez, Ann Choi, Claudia Irizarry Aponte, Ese Olumhense, Yoav Gonen, Originally published in THE CITY [https://thecity.nyc/2020/05/covid-hospital-case-rate-higher-in-areas-with-public-housing.html] .New York City neighborhoods home to public housing developments logged a 30% higher
Announcements
Volunteering at a food pantry. (Photo: Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office)It’s Thursday! The sun is shining and we have some new numbers for you as of this afternoon: * There were 1,087 new confirmed coronavirus cases in NYC, compared to the 887 cases from yesterday, bringing the total
brownsville
Bernardo Bernard, 31, of Avenue N was gunned down in the street on May 13, 2020, at approximately 8:23 pm. Police found the victim with a gunshot wound to his chest near 93rd Street and Clarkson Avenue within the confines of the 67 Precinct. Bernard was taken to Kings
Announcements
Anna with her son Jesse. (Photo by Jordan Rathkopf, with permission)SOUTHERN BROOKLYN – During the coronavirus pandemic, people have been stepping up and helping out their neighbors by raising money, handing out food boxes, along with doing everything in between. And then there is Anna and Jordan Rathkopf. This Bay
Arts & Culture
Jamie Betesh Carter with her daughter. Family photo.Every night when I cozy up to my 11-month-old daughter, I bring out her bin of books and let her pick two for me to read to her at bedtime. Recently, without fail, she grabs “Good Night New York City” and “Good
Business
When Rob Fraley first started developing his app, WhatToOrder, in 2016, he had no way of knowing what the restaurant industry would look like four years later when it would officially launch in 2020. The app, which is not a delivery app or a reservation app itself, aims to level
Business
Southern Brooklyn’s elected officials logged onto Facebook Live [https://www.facebook.com/FrontusAD46/videos/1445852378930428/] Wednesday night to help local business owners struggling to stay afloat during the pandemic. The Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce reported that one-third of Brooklyn businesses are at risk of closing permanently [https://www.brooklynchamber.
Election 2020
Suraj Patel on his way to donate plasma at Mt. Sinai – the only time he’s been on a subway this month. Courtesy of Suraj Patel.Suraj Patel [https://www.surajpatel.nyc/] is trying, again, to unseat Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney to represent Greenpoint, Upper East Side and Long Island City