COVID-19
Today’s City Council hearing on Open Streets legislation sponsored by Speaker Corey Johnson and Council Member Carlina Rivera introduced on Wednesday, was another show of just how absolutely disinterested the city’s Departments of Transportation and Police seem to be in opening streets and allowing people more space to
Borough Park
Census 2020 Graphic. Via the U.S. Census Bureau.Brooklyn was undercounted in the 2010 census, and it’s in danger of being undercounted again. Brooklyn in general, and the neighborhoods hardest hit by the pandemic are already lagging behind the rest of the country in their responses. Only 38%
Announcements
Photo: Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography OfficeToday is Friday. Ramadan Mubarak to all of our Muslim neighbors! May this month bring you peace, happiness, and humility. As of 1:30 p.m. yesterday, here are some new numbers: * There were 3,329 new positive confirmed coronavirus cases in NYC, compared to
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Photo byAmisha Nakhwa [https://unsplash.com/@amishanakhwa?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText] onUnsplash [https://unsplash.com/s/photos/old-hands?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText] Coronavirus has been the most deadly to our elderly and disabled neighbors, many of
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The Quran. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal/Bklyner)BROOKLYN – At this time last year, streets in Muslim-majority communities were packed. People were buying last-minute food items: a box of dates, a big bottle of Rooh Afza (a syrup that makes the most refreshing drink when mixed with water), and frozen samosas for
Bensonhurst
Members of the WJP women’s committee sewing face masks. Courtesy of WJP.Analilia Leon is a domestic worker who lives in Bensonhurst. About five or six weeks ago, as the coronavirus pandemic began to shut down New York City, Leon’s employer told her to stay home as a
Business
There comes a day when all you can think about is – takeout. Here are some spots that are still open for takeout and/or delivery in Gravesend and thereabouts. Stay well, neighbors. This, too, shall pass. Cafe On The Hill [https://l.instagram.com/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fcafeonthehillbrooklyn.com%
Central Brooklyn
The re-named New York-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital. (Photo by Donny Levit / BKLYNER)By Virginia Breen, originally published in THE CITY. [https://thecity.nyc/2020/04/moms-left-alone-in-maternity-wards-despite-cuomo-order.html] Anxious first-time mom-to-be Keri Lynn Patton spent two hours awaiting transfer to a labor and delivery area of New York-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital
community
Volunteers Christina Das and John Wasserman volunteering with People in Need. Courtesy of Nowshin Ali.New mutual aid groups, grassroots organizations that operate on the idea that communities can and should care for one another out of solidarity, have been springing up all around Brooklyn since the early days of
COVID-19
Photo: Zainab Iqbal/BklynerGood morning! There’s still a pandemic, but we hope you are doing well, all things considered. Here are some new numbers as of 2:30 p.m. yesterday: * There were 3,551 new positive confirmed coronavirus cases in NYC, compared to the 2,407 cases from
brighton beach
Mayor Bill de Blasio holds a media availability. City Hall. Wednesday, April 22, 2020. Credit: Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office.At this morning’s press conference Mayor Bill de Blasio finally focused on the residents of New York City’s public housing (NYCHA). He announced more deliveries of disposable gloves
Central Brooklyn
Photo by Patricia Prudente on UnsplashChristina Veiga, Originally published in Chalkbeat New York [https://ny.chalkbeat.org/2020/4/21/21230508/nyc-students-need-an-ipad-for-remote-learning-the-deadline-to-request-one-is-thursday] Time is ticking for students who need a city-issued device to participate in remote learning while school buildings are closed due to the coronavirus. Families must submit a