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Nov
03
Ukrainian Runners Divided Over Participating in New York Marathon

Ukrainian Runners Divided Over Participating in New York Marathon

3 min read
Nov
03
Burgers, Paninis, and Fries: The Floridian Diner Reopens After Pandemic Shutdown

Burgers, Paninis, and Fries: The Floridian Diner Reopens After Pandemic Shutdown

3 min read
Nov
03
Not Here: Bensonhurst Opposes The Only Family Shelter

Not Here: Bensonhurst Opposes The Only Family Shelter

5 min read
Oct
27
Storms, Schools, Stop & Shop, Kebabs, and more

Storms, Schools, Stop & Shop, Kebabs, and more

There was life before Hurricane Sandy ten years ago, and how we've lived since, with ever more damaging
7 min read
Oct
27
Drama on Gowanus: How A Proposed Apartment Building Almost Destroyed Community

Drama on Gowanus: How A Proposed Apartment Building Almost Destroyed Community

A long-time neighbor's proposal to develop his family-owned lot on 9th Street split the tight-knit community, resulting in a tense debate about the future of the area, colliding competing business and personal interests and neighborly loyalty. They worked it out.
5 min read
Oct
24
Flatbush Stop & Shop to close, leaving residents concerned about lack of affordable groceries

Flatbush Stop & Shop to close, leaving residents concerned about lack of affordable groceries

The store is "not meeting the company's financial targets." Meanwhile, the lines at the food pantry around the corner keep growing longer.
2 min read
Oct
20

Shelters, Unions, Chickens, Rats, and more Brooklyn news

9 min read
Oct
14
Will Flatbush Gardens' cycle of disrepair end with another sale?

Will Flatbush Gardens' cycle of disrepair end with another sale?

The massive, 59-building complex can reportedly be had for $425 million. It comes with over 4,000 violations and unhappy tenants.
5 min read
Oct
06

New Hospital, New Districts, Plans not to Preserve History, Food and More

6 min read
Oct
06
Feeding the Neighborhood: Food Pantries from Borough Park to Kensington Fight Holiday Hunger

Feeding the Neighborhood: Food Pantries from Borough Park to Kensington Fight Holiday Hunger

Six packages a minute was the pace at which groceries were leaving Masbia's food depot on a Wednesday
4 min read