News
(Photo via Dan Donovan’s office)Today, U.S. Congressman Dan Donovan announced his intention to vote “no” on the current draft of the GOP’s American Health Care Act, despite the package of amendments released on Monday to modify the bill. “I do not believe the legislation as currently
Health
Activists in Bay Ridge want to de-politicize the Affordable Care Act battlefield and put a human face to the struggle to pay for coverage in southern Brooklyn and Staten Island. In a new video [https://vimeo.com/208978875] made by Courtney Scott and Rebecca Brodsky, constituents from U.S. Congressman
Arts & Culture
Three-year-old Eli Kaufman found a yellow Angry Bird rock outside his home in Bay Ridge. (Photo via Kacey Kaufman)Three-year-old Eli Kaufman’s day was made when he spotted a rock, with his mother Kacey’s help, outside their limestone home on February 21. The palm-sized, triangular-shaped rock caught his
Bensonhurst
Dan Donovan’s District Office, 7308 13th Avenue in Dyker Heights. (Photo by Carly Miller)In response to a House bill with a provision to defund Planned Parenthood, about 100 activists rallied outside U.S. Republican Congressman Dan Donovan’s Dyker Heights Office yesterday to send him a visual message:
Arts & Culture
(Photo via Stephanie Romano)An activist movement is blossoming in Bay Ridge — a blue enclave in a red sea, surrounded by the majority Republican-voting Staten Island, Bensonhurst, and Dyker Heights. But when Bay Ridge native Stephanie Spangler decided to stage a women’s benefit event at The Owl’s Head
Events
Photo by Andy Castro [https://www.flickr.com/photos/andycastro/5508353323/]Mardi Gras (French for “Fat Tuesday”) has spurred a city-wide night of dancing, indulging, and all-night partying. But you don’t have to go far from home to get in on the New-Orleans-style action. Party-hop around the borough tonight
News
69th Street Pier (Photo by znamenski via Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/p/BMKOWLGjRQn/?tagged=69thstreetpier])The long wait is almost over for Southern Brooklyn residents looking for an alternate way to commute into Manhattan. According to a message posted on Change.org [https://www.change.org/p/nyc-dept-of-transportation-nyc-economic-development-corp-bring-ferry-service-to-bay-ridge-bcdcf0ed-5ae6-4576-9548-14ba76d0701b/u/
Police & Fire
> BREAKING: Foot pursuit & takedown on the Belt Parkway in #Brooklyn [https://twitter.com/hashtag/Brooklyn?src=hash] #nbc4ny [https://twitter.com/hashtag/nbc4ny?src=hash] https://t.co/zSXieMquYA pic.twitter.com/es9w5yVdxs [https://t.co/es9w5yVdxs] — Steven Bognar (@Bogs4NY) February 23, 2017 [https://twitter.com/Bogs4NY/status/
Nonsponsored
> #WheresThePlan [https://twitter.com/hashtag/WheresThePlan?src=hash] @dandonovan_ny [https://twitter.com/dandonovan_ny] we need #CareNotChaos [https://twitter.com/hashtag/CareNotChaos?src=hash] – step up and save our health care and meet with your community! pic.twitter.com/khppPaRa5h [https://t.co/khppPaRa5h] — david cohen (@davecohenm) February
Arts & Culture
Jenna Morello does not like labels. The 31-year-old New Jersey native has been painting vibrant murals all around Sunset Park, adorning drab walls of industrial buildings with bright roses, fierce animals, and bold patterns, but she’s reluctant to call herself an “artist.” “You will never hear me say ‘artist.
Opinion
Congressman Dan Donovan. (Photo via the Congressman’s Facebook page [https://www.facebook.com/RepDanDonovan/])Re: It’s Hard to be a Republican in Brooklyn – Donovan’s Constituents Protest Chamber Event, 2/6/17, by Liena Zagare To the Editor, I was one of the protesters who confronted Congressman Dan
Central Brooklyn
Cherry Clafoutis at Purple Yam for #ValentinesDay. (Photo via Purple Yam/twitter [https://twitter.com/PurpleYamNYC])While we can’t get enough of neighborhood-themed gourmet pizza [/blog/food/scenes-from-the-soft-opening-of-wheated/], Western-NY style buffalo wings [/blog/food/buffalos-famous-open-western-new-york-cuisine-deep-brooklyn-roots/], and possibly the best dumplings in the borough [/10-brooklyn-dumpling-shops-love/], on Valentine’s Day we