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Feb
16
Brooklyn’s Seafood Boom: “The Crab Craze Has Moved Up Into New York” 

Brooklyn’s Seafood Boom: “The Crab Craze Has Moved Up Into New York” 

Over the last year, the influence of Brooklyn’s seafood-heavy coastal neighborhoods has started spreading inward. We’ve reported the
4 min read
Feb
11
Bed-Stuy Community Board Seeks Compromise in Rezoning Former Nursing Home Site

Bed-Stuy Community Board Seeks Compromise in Rezoning Former Nursing Home Site

Rendering of BRP’s proposed development at 270 Nostrand Avenue. (Image: BRP)A developer wants to build a 14-story mixed-use
5 min read
Feb
10
Currently Open: Affordable Housing Lotteries

Currently Open: Affordable Housing Lotteries

While we all know that what the city deems “affordable housing” is only rarely truly affordable, it’s worth keeping
3 min read
Feb
04
MTA Reopens Bedford Ave Entrances of Nostrand Ave Subway Station

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
3 min read
Jan
28
Middle School Screens and G&T Hot Issues at D16 Town Hall With Schools Chancellor Carranza

Middle School Screens and G&T Hot Issues at D16 Town Hall With Schools Chancellor Carranza

Schools Chancellor Richard Carranza during D16 Town Hall. Zoom screenshot. Tuesday evening, January 26, saw Schools Chancellor Richard Carranza take
6 min read
Jan
27
BLM Mural: Capturing A Crucial Moment In Bed-Stuy History 

BLM Mural: Capturing A Crucial Moment In Bed-Stuy History 

Last June, right after the paint had dried on the giant new D.C. mural sporting the words ‘Black Lives
6 min read
Jan
22
District 13 Aims For More Integrated Middle Schools

District 13 Aims For More Integrated Middle Schools

By Christina Veiga, Chalkbeat New York [https://ny.chalkbeat.org/2021/1/21/22243326/brooklyn-middle-school-integration-district-13] Middle schools in a diverse
4 min read
Jan
19
The Brooklyn Nets Campus Food Pantry Opens in Bed-Stuy

The Brooklyn Nets Campus Food Pantry Opens in Bed-Stuy

The Brooklyn Nets Food Pantry at PS/IS 308 presented by HSS. (Photo by Michelle Farsi)A public school in
2 min read
Jan
08
19 Members of “900” Indicted for Gang-Related Murders and Shootings

19 Members of “900” Indicted for Gang-Related Murders and Shootings

Brooklyn DA Eric Gonzalez speaking at a virtual press conference on Wednesday, January 7th. To Gonzalez’s right stands NYPD
5 min read
Jan
05
New Seven-Story Condo Building Coming to 429 Tompkins Ave

New Seven-Story Condo Building Coming to 429 Tompkins Ave

Rendering of a new seven-story condominium building planned for 429 Tompkins Avenue. (Rendering from Isaac & Stern Architects)A new
2 min read