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SOUTHERN BROOKLYN – Two yeshivas have been ordered to shut down by the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) as cases of coronavirus rise, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced. Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office“We’ve shut down two yeshivas. No one wants to shut down the yeshiva. That’
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Enma Tenezaca said she was issued a $2,000 ticket. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal)FLATBUSH – Churros. Hot dogs. Ices. Flatbush is a home to all of the above. You won’t necessarily find them in brick and mortar stores. Instead, you would walk up to a beat up cart and order
Central Brooklyn
Several northern neighborhoods in Brooklyn will be sprayed with mosquito-killing pesticides on Tuesday, August 22 through Wednesday, August 23 to prevent West Nile Virus and other mosquito-borne diseases, the NYC Department of Health announced [http://www1.nyc.gov/assets/doh/downloads/pdf/wnv/2017/wnv-notice-20170818.pdf] late last week. The
Central Brooklyn
Several neighborhoods in Brooklyn will be sprayed with mosquito-killing pesticides on Tuesday, August 15 through Wednesday, August 16 to prevent West Nile Virus and other mosquito-borne diseases, the NYC Department of Health announced [http://www1.nyc.gov/assets/doh/downloads/pdf/wnv/2017/wnv-notice-20170811.pdf] on August 11. The NYC
Central Brooklyn
Prospect Park West protected bike lane. (Photo via Park Slope Stoop)A new report by the Department of Transportation (DOT) revealed that a few “Priority Bicycle Districts” including Ditmas Park and Flatbush could get more bike lanes in an effort to prevent fatalities and injuries. Cycling is more popular than
bath beach
Sections of Bensonhurst, Sheepshead Bay, and Coney Island will be sprayed with mosquito-killing pesticides on Thursday, August 3 and Friday, August 4 to prevent the spread of West Nile virus, said the Department of Health [http://www1.nyc.gov/assets/doh/downloads/pdf/wnv/2017/wnv-notice-20170801.pdf]. Weather permitting, the
fort greene
(Photo by SimonQ / Flickr [https://www.flickr.com/photos/qiaomeng/7476574314/in/photolist-coFp4G-8Au5is-3DEXQR-3nwUhH-4tzxq5-CM2cF-3vdiS-W9dLz-7CPUtt-tDQUk-ofWYUo-anALKn-2B2MAs-7e8CrT-7sePbz-7TAatL-79pm1K-4XrfUr-8Gp2ob-qiig6R-5ptr19-79oXRX-4Jo1Cu-6XCxNC-o4HG2t-5GdqxV-8rPZGV-5ErMZ2-79sPLG-8rT6a7-5VPvJE-79ozm6-79sr5J-o4UBvU-5Bonze-79oWrP-6XKWw1-79sr6W-79rnhD-79ozga-79piTZ-dpwXyd-4xy3nV-7GfseM-79pax2-79rni8-pPYMiu-EcJT2a-8QCBbS-bvn7a7] )Sixteen daycare centers in Brooklyn failed to meet lead testin
dohmh
(source: wikipedia.org)Cases of the infectious disease Shigellosis, or Shigella, have increased by as much as 11-fold in the Orthodox Jewish communities of Borough Park and Williamsburg, according to the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH). There are typically 200-300 cases of the diarrheal disease