Central Brooklyn
1173 Bergen Street (Photo by Nathan Haselby)On Wednesday, Brooklyn Supreme Court Judge Katherine Levine once again [/judge-issues-another-block-crown-heights-homeless-shelter/] extended the temporary restraining order that prohibits a new homeless shelter from opening at 1173 Bergen Street in Crown Heights. Two block associations and more than 40 Crown Heights residents argue that
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1173 Bergen Street via Google MapsThe battle continues over the opening of a senior men’s homeless shelter at 1173 Bergen Street in Crown Heights. Today Brooklyn Supreme Court Judge Katherine Levine issued a temporary injunction against the shelter, extending the previous temporary restraining order until mid-April while she reviews
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1173 Bergen Street via Google MapsThe New York City Department of Home Services Press Secretary, Isaac McGinn, reached out to BKLYNER late Friday with additional information following the court-issued temporary block [/temporary-block-issued-crown-heights-homeless-shelter/] on the homeless shelter proposed for 1173 Bergen Street in Crown Heights. “Despite today’s ruling, we are
Neighbors
A building listed as a Howard Johnson Hotel located at 235 24th Street. (Donny Levit / Park Slope Stoop)A four-story building completed in 2015 at 235 24th Street (near 4th Avenue) has nearby residents confused about whether the building will function as a Howard Johnson hotel property or a city
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A building listed as a Howard Johnson Hotel located at 235 24th Street. (Donny Levit / Park Slope Stoop)A four-story building completed in 2015 at 235 24th Street (near 4th Avenue) has nearby residents confused about whether the building will function as a Howard Johnson hotel property or a city
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It is no news that finding housing in this city is not easy under the best of circumstances. Should those circumstances change, here are some resources to help you stay in your neighborhood and avoid shelter. We write regularly about housing, so check back here [http://bklyner.com] for the
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It is no news that finding housing in this city is not easy under the best of circumstances. Should those circumstances change, here are some resources to help you stay in your neighborhood and avoid a shelter. We write regularly about housing, so check back here [http://bklyner.com] for
Central Brooklyn
It is no news that finding housing in this city is not easy under the best of circumstances. Should those circumstances change, here are some resources to help you stay in your neighborhood and avoid a shelter. We write regularly about housing, so check back here [http://bklyner.com] for
Central Brooklyn
Kensington Family Shelter (Photo: Google Maps)Almost 65 homeless families now call Kensington home. The Kensington Family Shelter [/home/dhs-announces-homeless-shelter-opening-on-mcdonald-avenue/#.VrkEubkrJFY] on McDonald Avenue continues to welcome new families since its opening in December, and is now nearly full, said Catherine Barufaldi and Tracy Connor, local residents who are coordinating
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Photo via CAMBA [https://www.facebook.com/CAMBAinc/photos/a.470810959731.254377.20055334731/10153766682679732/?type=3&theater] The Park Slope Women’s Shelter [http://www.camba.org/programs/housing/homelessshelters/adultshelters/parkslopewomensshelter] (1402 8th Avenue at 15th Street in the Park Slope Armory / YMCA [http://www.ymcanyc.org/parkslopearmory]
Central Brooklyn
A packed auditorium. (Photo by Shannon Geis/KensingtonBK)Following the announcement at the end of November that an emergency homeless shelter housing families would be opening this month on McDonald Avenue [/home/dhs-announces-homeless-shelter-opening-on-mcdonald-avenue/], hundreds of Kensington residents showed up to hear more information about shelter at a community meeting hosted
Central Brooklyn
Photo via Google MapsIn response to the increasing reports of homelessnes [/politics/kensington-has-seen-a-spike-in-homelessness-reports/]s across the city, the Department of Homeless Services is opening a homeless shelter specifically geared to families and children in Kensington. The 65-family shelter will be located at 385 McDonald Avenue, between Albemarle Road and Church