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Warbasse To Get Vaccination Location, Homebound Seniors Promised Johnson & Johnson Vaccine

Mayor Bill de Blasio visits a NYCHA vaccination site at Nostrand Houses in Brooklyn on Friday, February 12, 2021. Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography OfficeMayor de Blasio today announced that starting next Monday, February 15, the City will launch a vaccination site at Warbasse Cares Program (2844 Ocean Parkway, Brooklyn), and

F and C Subway Lines Will Operate at Reduced Service

The Bedford Ave and Fulton St entrance of the Nostrand Ave station on the Fulton St A/C lines. By Marc A. Hermann / MTAThe F and C subway lines, which have undergone several service cuts through the past year, will continue to operate at reduced service despite increased headways. Service

Look Up – Let Freedom Ring At BAM Feb 12-15

Jasmine Wahi x For Freedoms “On Visibility” 2020 for BAM Let Freedom Ring Vol. 1 displayed in January.The Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM [https://www.bam.org/]) is bringing back its Let Freedom Ring project in celebration of Black History Month and President’s Day. The public project, curated

Bringing Back Arts: Open Culture Coming To An Establishment Near You

Mayor Bill de Blasio announces the opening of the Open Culture Program to allow live performances on designated streets. Dock Street between Front Street and Water Street, Brooklyn. Monday, February 08, 2021. Credit: Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office.Yesterday, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced the launch of Open Culture, a

Courtroom Classrooms Coming To Southern Brooklyn High Schools

Rendering of future courtroom classrooms. By New York City Council.Yesterday, Council Member Mark Treyger announced that he had secured $1.25 million from the City Council to fund new courtroom classrooms at two Southern Brooklyn High Schools, part of Treyger’s work to expand career-based opportunities for students by

Myrtle Ave Black ArtStory Returns: Love, This Time

Ashley Crawford art for Black ArtStory / Photo courtesy of Myrtle Avenue Brooklyn PartnershipThe Myrtle Avenue Black ArtStory [https://myrtleavenue.org/blackartstory2021/] is back to celebrate Black History Month in the neighborhood. The art-history-social-justice event is organized every year by the local merchants’ group Myrtle Avenue Brooklyn Partnership, and this will

MTA Reopens Bedford Ave Entrances of Nostrand Ave Subway Station

The Bedford Ave and Fulton St entrance of the Nostrand Ave station on the Fulton St A/C lines. By Marc A. Hermann / MTAToday, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) reopened the Bedford Avenue entrances of the Nostrand Avenue A-C subway station in Bedford-Stuyvesant. For the last 30 years, all customers

Education, Solar Energy, and Student Aid Startups Win Annual Brooklyn Innovation Award

The winners of the Downtown Brooklyn Partnership’s “Make It in Brooklyn” competition: Ilona Wilcox of UrbanEnergy, Tammy Kwan of Cognitive ToyBox, and David Helene of Edquity.Three Brooklyn startups focused on increasing access to green energy, remote education and student financial aid have “made it.” Or, at the very

Seven Citi Bike Stations Coming to Bay Ridge in February

NYC Department of Transportation (DOT) staff presented plans for seven new Citi Bike [https://www.citibikenyc.com/] stations between Bay Ridge and Sunset Park during a Community Board 10 transportation committee meeting on January 26. Map of planned Citi Bike stations in Community Board 10. By DOT, from Community Board

Calling All Public School Students: Applications open for the 3rd Annual New York City Public School Film Festival (PSA)

New York, NY – The Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment announces that applications are open for the 3rd Annual New York City Public School Film Festival.NYC Department of Education (DOE) students can apply now through March 16, 2021. The NYC Public School Film Festival, which honors the diversity