Announcements
The City’s Department of Education has expanded its free meals program to include adults. (Photo: Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography Office)Good morning! It’s a new day, which means we have new coronavirus numbers. * As of 9:30 a.m., the total number of positive cases is 52,948
community
Co-Cathedral of St. Joseph in Prospect Heights. Courtesy of John Quaglione. Parishes across Brooklyn and Queens will toll their bells tomorrow to unite all faiths and nationalities in hope, prayer, and remembrance of those who have passed. The initiative, called Bells of Hope, was created by the Most Reverend Nicholas
COVID-19
Sandra Santos-Vizcaino, PHOTO CREDIT: P.S. 9Originally posted on Chalkbeat [https://chalkbeat.org/posts/ny/2020/04/02/a-tremendous-loss-brooklyn-third-grade-teacher-dies-from-coronavirus/?utm_source=republish&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=republish] by Alex Zimmerman, Christina Veiga on April 2, 2020 A Brooklyn elementary school teacher described as an “amazing hugger,” and
Bushwick
We, like you, are still trying to figure out how to navigate this new reality we’ve found ourselves in. There are a lot of uncertainties, but one thing we know for certain is that we love our local restaurants and we want to support them in any and all
Central Brooklyn
Photo by Annie Spratt on UnsplashReceiving phone calls from elderly clients who just want to talk is not unusual for community-based organizations like JASA [https://www.jasa.org/]. But the calls these days are more frequent and anxious. Tania Collazo, Director of JASA’s Home-Delivered Meals Program in Queens, recalled
Animals
Cats for adoption at Brooklyn Animal Action. Courtesy of Brooklyn Animal Action. If you’re considering fostering or adopting a cat right now, you’re not alone. Animal shelters and rescue organizations across the borough have seen a dramatic uptick in the number of foster and adoption applications since the
Announcements
Imam Ahmed Ali (center, standing) at a janazah at the Marlboro Muslim Memorial Cemetery in New Jersey. (Photo via Ali)BROOKLYN – Mohammad Qadeer, 55, loved to make everyone laugh. He loved being surrounded by the ones he adored the most. Last week, he tested positive for the coronavirus. A few
Announcements
Data from the NYC Department of Health on positive cases per zip code.Good morning! It’s the second day of April and the number of people testing positive for the coronavirus is increasing. So is the number of deaths. Each of these deaths matters. It was a human life.
affordable housing
710 Grand Street. Photo from Google Maps.While we often discuss if affordable housing is actually affordable, [/affordable-housing-who-can-really-afford-this/] here are a few new truly affordable Brooklyn housing lotteries currently open for applications. 755 and 765 Bedford Avenue Apartments [https://a806-housingconnect.nyc.gov/nyclottery/AdvertisementPdf/993.pdf], Bedford-Stuyvesant * The building includes
Real Estate
Midwood. Liena Zagare/BklynerBy Rachel Holliday Smith, additional reporting by Lauren Costantino and Allison Dikanovic, originally published in THE CITY [https://thecity.nyc/2020/03/rent-is-due-but-ive-lost-income-what-are-my-options.html] . It’s April 1 and rent is due. But many New Yorkers who have lost income because of the coronavirus-related lockdown suddenly don’
Announcements
NYC Schools Chancellor Richard Carranza. Credit: Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office.Originally posted on Chalkbeat [https://chalkbeat.org/posts/ny/2020/03/31/nyc-spring-break-is-in-question-following-state-coronavirus-school-shutdown-guidance/?utm_source=republish&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=republish] by Christina Veiga, Reema Amin on March 31, 2020 New York City teachers and students
Announcements
Max Rose. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal/Bklyner)STATEN ISLAND – Congressman Max Rose will be deployed to the National Guard today to assist in coronavirus response efforts. Rose, a captain in the Army National Guard, will serve as an Operations Officer in the Staten Island facilities for the upcoming weeks, his office