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Good evening! I hope you are staying cool wherever you are. This heatwave, too, shall pass. Tomorrow, July 17, is the 2nd record store day of the year, and we have five delightful profiles of local record stores worth getting lost in. Celebrating Record Stores And Community [https://bklyner.com/
A 46-year-old homeless man was fatally struck by a Jeep Grand Cherokee while he slept in a cardboard box in Sunset Park last week, according to police. Anthony Watts was apparently sleeping in the parking area under the Gowanus Expressway near 52nd Street, when, at around 8:20 pm on
Good evening. Time to plan your weekend and catch up with some of this week's stories: Vision Festival Returns To Brooklyn + Live Music Picks 7/16 - 22 [https://bklyner.com/vision-festival-brooklyn-live-music-picks-7-16-22/] Piotr Orlov [https://bklyner.com/author/piotr/] | Jul 15, 2021 • 6 min read Amina Claudine Myers
There has been much talk this week about the increase in COVID-19 positivity rates across the city [https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/us/new-york-city-new-york-covid-cases.html] - they have almost tripled in the last few weeks from an all-time low of 0.4% to now 1.3% citywide as of
bklyn sounds
The annual celebration of New York’s free jazz community is coming to Pioneer Works in Red Hook.
COVID-19
After getting off to a rocky start, a federal program designed to support entertainment venues and promoters shuttered by the pandemic has finally started to award hundreds of millions of dollars in financial relief to both marquee institutions and lesser-known entities in New York City. But some smaller operators whose
Politics
The meeting was ostensibly intended to highlight the governor’s announcement of a new youth jobs program to combat gun violence. But it also offered an early glimpse of how the governor and the likely-future mayor might engage each other in the coming months.
Governor Andrew Cuomo announced today a plan to create thousands of summer and long-term jobs in New York City neighborhoods struggling with gun violence, part of a broader effort to further reduce a spike in violent crime that began during the coronavirus pandemic. The state will provide funding to create
library
The branch has reopened to the public after a years-long renovation project that was dragged out by funding challenges, changing plans and issues with contractors.
bklyn sounds
To mark the year's second Record Store Day, July 17th, here are five Brooklyn shops worth getting lost in.
Education
Police & Fire
It’s been a dangerous year for New York’s pedestrians, cyclists and drivers.