Announcements Fears of Coronavirus Bring Business Down in Sunset Park Chinatown Businesses on Sunset Park’s 8th Avenue are open and welcoming customers. Ana Lucia Murillo/Bklyner.SUNSET PARK — Sunset Park’s Chinatown’s main stretch along 8th Avenue in Brooklyn is typically bustling with shoppers and diners. But in the past month, local businesses say traffic has been slower than
Announcements Briefly Noted: Bridges, Politics, and Free MTA Brooklyn Bridge. Photo bytom coe [https://unsplash.com/@tomcoe?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText] onUnsplash [https://unsplash.com/s/photos/brooklyn-bridge?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText] .City Council Speaker Corey Johnson and the Van Alen Institute launched an international competition to redesign
Announcements Don’t Panic: Politicians and Community Urge Locals Not to Give into Fear of Coronavirus BENSONHURST — NYC Council Member Mark Treyger, other elected officials, a representative from the Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs, and numerous Chinese community leaders convened a press conference on February 6, to condemn recent reports of xenophobia and racism against Asian Americans in the face of fears about coronavirus.The
