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via ReachNowThe New York City public school system serves 1.1 million children [http://schools.nyc.gov/AboutUs/default.htm] and all of them will be on break between December 25 and January 2. It’s cold. Maybe snowy. Gets dark earlier. What’s a parent to do? If all
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Salimata Zonon works as a home health aide for Partners in Care. Every morning she wakes up at 5:30am to go from Brownsville, Brooklyn to Manhattan to take care of Rita Asen, 94 her only client. Photo by Claire Molloy/BKLYNER BROWNSVILLE/UPPER WEST SIDE – Salimata “Sali” Zonon, 55,
Announcements
Members of Community Board 15 voting in a meeting (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)Ever wanted to get more involved with the direction of your neighborhood? Now’s the chance to apply to be a member of your local Community Board and have a say in shaping your neighborhood’s
Business
You were sitting at your desk working and listening to WNYC’s The Brian Lehrer show and on comes a segment, Can Local Media Be Survive? Brian Lehrer invited Liena Zagare, Publisher/ Editor or BKLYNER to talk about BKLYNER, the role local media plays and why it is important for
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Waiting for the Greenpoint Ferry on a quiet winter night (Paul Stremple/BKLYNER) The Down-Low is our round-up of stories and other curiosities all over Brooklyn. Abandoned SUV At Fort Greene Park Racks Up Tickets and Tweets About Loneliness [https://nypost.com/2017/12/17/abandoned-car-in-brooklyn-has-been-racking-up-tickets-over-past-year/] [NY Post] Coney Island
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Photo via Wikimedia Commons [https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cc/Police_Line_Crime_Scene_2498847226.jpg] SUNSET PARK – Police are looking for three individuals wanted in connection with the robbery of a tobacco shop in Sunset Park on the morning of Monday, December 18. Around 6:30 am,
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Impress friends and family with curated gifts from local Brooklyn businesses. They have scoured the globe and have found interesting gifts that meet all budgets. From stocking stuffers to lavish gifts, Brooklyn is the place to shop. BEAM [https://beambk.com/] Williamsburg 240 Kent Ave., Ste 18 Brooklyn, NY 11249
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Park Slope (Photo: Pamela Wong/BKLYNER)Keep up with what’s going on in the neighborhood all week — follow us on Twitter [https://twitter.com/bklyner], Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/bklyner], and Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/parkslopestoop], and sign up for our daily newsletter [/]. And if you ever
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Why watch when you can record? Dancers and spectators at 2001 Space Odyssey this week. (Paul Stremple/BKLYNER)The Down-Low is our round-up of stories in our neck of the woods as well as other curiosities all over Brooklyn. Indoor Agriculture from a Brooklyn Startup [https://thebridgebk.com/allison-kopf-founder-and-ceo-agrilyst/] [The
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Photo Credit: Slobo/E+/ Getty Images“Please don’t tell anyone you saw me here.” That is what people say when someone they know discovers they are homeless and in a shelter. What is your first thought when someone says homeless person? Do you imagine someone who is living on
Announcements
NYCHA’s Red Hook Houses (Photo: Pamela Wong/BKLYNER)Starting Monday, December 18, NYCHA and NYC Health will offer free lead testing for children across the city, following revelations that proper inspections hadn’t been carried out in city housing since 2012. [/nycha-chair-answers-city-council-lack-lead-testing-public-housing-developments/] Testing will be available to children who
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Even as the restaurant returned to its disco club roots, the window display of Bamboo Garden in Bay Ridge stayed firmly rooted in Chinese cuisine (Paul Stremple/BKLYNER)The Down-Low is our round-up of stories in our neck of the woods as well as other curiosities all over Brooklyn. Before