Big Story
Photo: Zainab Iqbal/BklynerSUNSET PARK – Em Samolewicz, 30, was an artist and a yogi. Her friends and colleagues describe her as a gentle, kind soul; a “magical creature.” Two days ago, she was killed riding her bike and was the 18th cyclist this year in NYC killed by a vehicle.
Announcements
SUNSET PARK – After reports of ICE knocking on doors on Saturday, July 13, in Sunset Park, the neighborhood and its main park, a place usually packed with people, was eerily empty this Sunday. > This Sunset Park soccer field is Never empty….from 7 am until they shut the lights
Announcements
Photo: Marc A. Hermann / MTA New York City TransitSUNSET PARK – The 59th Street Subway Station is finally going to have an elevator, but that will come with street closures for three weeks. “Starting tonight at 10:00 p.m. Fourth Avenue from 58th to 60th Streets will be closed to
Education
Image via Robert Couse Baker [https://www.flickr.com/photos/29233640@N07/7846338906].The need for more school seats in Sunset Park is great and shows no sign of abating, but virtually none of the projected 3,800 new seats [http://www.ibo.nyc.ny.us/iboreports/school-construction-mayor-adds-1.4-billion-more-thatn-11700-new-seats-to-revised-five-year-capital-plan.pdf]