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Jul
10
How To Stay Safe During Tropical Storm Fay

How To Stay Safe During Tropical Storm Fay

Photo: Zainab Iqbal/BklynerBROOKLYN – Tropical Storm Fay is here! It is expected to be windy and rain all day today
3 min read
Jul
10
New Greenmarket At Domino Park This Sunday

New Greenmarket At Domino Park This Sunday

Beans, beans, beans. Come to your local market and get them all.This Sunday, July 12, a new farmers market
2 min read
Jul
09
How 25 People Served 426 Years In Prison For Crimes They Did Not Commit

How 25 People Served 426 Years In Prison For Crimes They Did Not Commit

Photo by Bill Oxford on UnsplashBROOKLYN – “Brian and I were born just one year apart and raised in Brooklyn by
4 min read
Jul
08
NYC Public Schools Plan To Reopen On Part-Time Basis

NYC Public Schools Plan To Reopen On Part-Time Basis

(Photo: Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography Office)BROOKLYN – NYC public schools are planning on reopening on a part-time basis in the
4 min read
Jul
07
NYC To Expand Internet For Low-Income Families

NYC To Expand Internet For Low-Income Families

The internet. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal/Bklyner)BROOKLYN – In a time where New Yorkers need access to the internet more than
3 min read
Jul
02
“Social services, not policing” – These Brooklyn Women Move Toward a New City Council

“Social services, not policing” – These Brooklyn Women Move Toward a New City Council

Watching the city council debate the budget at Occupy City Hall. Photo by Sandy Nurse, with permission.As New Yorkers,
4 min read
Jul
02
Three-Story Building Collapses In Carroll Gardens

Three-Story Building Collapses In Carroll Gardens

Photo: FDNYCARROLL GARDENS – A three-story building that was home to Body Elite Gym collapsed yesterday. There were no serious injuries.
2 min read
Jul
01
Briefing 7/1: Beaches Are Open Today, More Shootings & Testing Sewage For Coronavirus

Briefing 7/1: Beaches Are Open Today, More Shootings & Testing Sewage For Coronavirus

Photo: Zainab Iqbal/BklynerThe month of June has finally ended and we are now in July! The coronavirus pandemic is
1 min read
Jul
01
Whitney Hu Is Running For City Council District 38

Whitney Hu Is Running For City Council District 38

Whitney Hu. (Rathkopf Photography [https://www.rathkopf.com/], with permission) SUNSET PARK/RED HOOK – Whitney Hu, 29, announced her run
5 min read
Jun
30
MTA Pilots PPE Vending Machine In Atlantic Avenue Station

MTA Pilots PPE Vending Machine In Atlantic Avenue Station

The MTA is deploying a dozen vending machines at 10 subway stations allowing customers to buy Covid-19 personal protective equipment
4 min read