Central Brooklyn
Letter to the Editor: Regarding the five or so highly selective High Schools in the city and the lack of diversity within them and desire to open them up to more underprivileged students, I think we are asking the wrong question. Rather than scrap the current system why not expand
Announcements
CROWN HEIGHTS – Cops found a five-year-old kid wandering by himself in the neighborhood. They are now looking for his parents. A little boy was walking by himself at Buffalo Avenue and Park Place around 4:30 p.m. today. He is currently safe with the cops at the 77 Precinct
Central Brooklyn
S.W. Bowne Grain Storehouse, 595-611 Smith Street (Photo by Nathan Haselby taken June 15, 2018, the morning after a fire damaged the building.) * * * * After NYC DOT lifted the Stop Work Order on the S.W. Bowne Grain Storehouse [/dob-to-issue-criminal-court-summons-against-developer-of-bowne-storehouse/] last week, the developer quickly got back to work demolishing
Brooklyn Heights
BROOKLYN HEIGHTS – Earlier this week School Diversity Group issued a recommendation to do away with gifted and talented programs and add more school-based enrichment [/school-diversity-group-nyc-should-phase-out-gifted-programs-curb-selective-screening-in-admissions/] , among other ideas to de-segregate the city’s schools. We asked neighbors what they thought. Today – responses from Brooklyn Heights. Q: A mayoral panel wants
Bensonhurst
BENSONHURST – 18th Avenue in Bensonhurst is home to a uniquely wonderful pairing of cultures. These cultures, Chinese and Italian primarily, manifest themselves in a sweet, flaky, and delicious way at the bakeries that line the avenue. In honor of the Santa Rosalia festival, which is on until the first of
Central Brooklyn
CROWN HEIGHTS – A 63-year-old Jewish man was the latest victim when someone threw a massive brick to his face yesterday morning. On Tuesday, August 27 at around 7:45 a.m., Abraham Gopin went out for his morning walk at Lincoln Terrace Park in Crown Heights. All of a sudden,
Coney Island
CONEY ISLAND – Teen climate activist Greta Thunberg ended her transatlantic sailboat voyage Wednesday after docking in Coney Island, capping off a two-week endeavor documented on social media aimed at showing how one can avoid greenhouse gas emissions on long trips. Thunberg, the 16-year-old Swedish climate activist, departed from Plymouth, England
Central Brooklyn
Kensington Plaza in 2016 after the beautification effort. (Photo: Michael M Kadish with permission)KENSINGTON – Neighbors’ complaints of trash at the Kensington plaza (just off Church and McDonald) have finally been heard and the Department of Homeless Services (DHS) will be conducting a clean-up in the plaza tomorrow, August 28.
Downtown Brooklyn
DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN – The NYC Economic Development Corporation [https://www.nycedc.com/press-release/nycedc-announces-new-plan-create-expanded-open-space-willoughby-square] (NYC EDC) and Hargreaves Jones Landscape Architecture [http://hargreavesjonesla.com/] presented new design plans for the Willoughby Square Open Space to Brooklyn Community Board 2 [http://www.nyc.gov/brooklyncb2] ’s Executive Committee Monday evening. Rendering of
Central Brooklyn
Photo: BklynerBy Christina Veiga, Chalkbeat NY The advisory group tasked with finding new ways to integrate New York City schools is recommending the nation’s largest school system eliminate gifted programs and selective admissions at most city schools. Those are some of the proposals unveiled Monday night by the School
Nonsponsored
Homelessness is at an all-time high in the city, and the city is behind on its plan to build shelters, The City news site found [https://thecity.nyc/2019/08/halfway-into-homeless-revamp-work-lags-as-hotel-use-grows.html] . The plan, called “Turning the Tide” [https://www1.nyc.gov/assets/dhs/downloads/pdf/turning-the-tide-on-homelessness.pdf] promised to
Announcements
BOROUGH PARK – Cops are investigating an assault that took place two weeks ago and needs the public’s help. On August 14 at around 10:20 p.m., a 59-year-old man was walking out from a deli on Fort Hamilton Parkway near 49th Street. When he walked out, an unidentified