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Dec
28
Alarming Southern Brooklyn COVID – 19 Numbers, Again

Alarming Southern Brooklyn COVID – 19 Numbers, Again

The city’s COVID-19 positivity rate exceeded 7% for the third straight day [https://www1.nyc.gov/site/doh/covid/
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Dec
23
This Week In Brooklyn: Hotel Files For Bankruptcy, Post Office Named After Mother Cabrini & More

This Week In Brooklyn: Hotel Files For Bankruptcy, Post Office Named After Mother Cabrini & More

Development in Brooklyn. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal/Bklyner)Happy Wednesday! We at Bklyner hope you are all safe and well. Let’
3 min read
Dec
23
‘Nutcracker’ Performance Sweetens Brooklyn Students’ Pandemic-Wracked Year

‘Nutcracker’ Performance Sweetens Brooklyn Students’ Pandemic-Wracked Year

Anna CampanelliBy Claudia Irizarry Aponte, THE CITY. This article was originally published [https://www.thecity.nyc/brooklyn/2020/12/21/
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Dec
20
This Week In Brooklyn: Tipping Delivery Workers, Pfizer, And Suing The NYPD

This Week In Brooklyn: Tipping Delivery Workers, Pfizer, And Suing The NYPD

If you want to take a break from sledding, build a snowman instead. (Photo: Keira Wingate/Bklyner)We’re nearing
3 min read
Dec
18
Lifting Black Voices: 5 Leaders Awarded Grants To Help Tackle Racial Disparities In Brooklyn

Lifting Black Voices: 5 Leaders Awarded Grants To Help Tackle Racial Disparities In Brooklyn

The recipients of the grant. (Alford, top left; Dr. Blackstock, bottom left; Dr. Johnson, middle; Kalam Id-Din II, top right;
5 min read
Dec
17
Controversial Brooklyn Hospital Consolidation Postponed… Again

Controversial Brooklyn Hospital Consolidation Postponed… Again

Via Kingsbrook Jewish Medical CenterWith coronavirus cases on the rise again [https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/coronavirus/ny-hospitalizations-soar-64-in-2-weeks-daily-deaths-top-100-mayor-calls-for-pause-in-nyc/2783378/] in
4 min read
Dec
17
Toy Drives During The Pandemic Holiday Season

Toy Drives During The Pandemic Holiday Season

Via Old Stone House.Christmas approaches this year as the city heads for yet another lockdown, and the holiday season
6 min read
Dec
16
Thank You For Your Service: 8 Nursing Staff Members Student Debt To Be Paid Off

Thank You For Your Service: 8 Nursing Staff Members Student Debt To Be Paid Off

The Brooklyn Hospital Center. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal/Bklyner)DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN – Eight nursing staff members at The Brooklyn Hospital Center (TBHC)
5 min read
Dec
11
Masbia Soup Kitchen Celebrates The First Night Of Hanukkah

Masbia Soup Kitchen Celebrates The First Night Of Hanukkah

Lighting the menorah. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal/Bklyner)MIDWOOD – Happy Hanukkah! The eight-day Festival of Lights, which began at sundown last
3 min read
Dec
10
Brooklyn Student Wins College Scholarship

Brooklyn Student Wins College Scholarship

Laura Rendon Albarracin at her internship at the Whitney Museum.Laura Rendon Albarracin, 19, is a freshman at St. Joseph’
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