Announcements Two Yeshivas Shut Down Amid Coronavirus Spike In Southern Brooklyn 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’
Big Story Inside the Flatbush Churro Wars 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 Brooklyn Neighborhoods Will Be Sprayed For Mosquitoes 8/22-8/23 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 late last week. The NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) will be conducting ground-based
Central Brooklyn Several Brooklyn Neighborhoods Will Be Sprayed For Mosquitoes 8/15-8/16 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 on August 11. The NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) will be conducting ground-based spraying
Central Brooklyn DOT’s ‘Priority Bicycle Districts’ Could Bring More Lanes To Ditmas Park & Sheepshead Bay 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 Tomorrow: Southern Brooklyn To Be Sprayed For Mosquitoes 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. Weather permitting, the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) will be spraying key
fort greene Local Daycares Failed To Test Water For Lead, Audit Shows (Photo by SimonQ / Flickr)Sixteen daycare centers in Brooklyn failed to meet lead testing requirements for their water supply, and some were found to contain dangerous levels of the highly poisonous metal, according to an audit released on Friday June 24, by New York City Comptroller Scott M. Stringer. In
dohmh Borough Park Sees Huge Increase In Shigella Cases (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
