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A Murder, Stabbing & Two Assaults

Photo: Zainab Iqbal/BklynerCROWN HEIGHTS – A 21-year-old is dead and cops are investigating it as a homicide. On Thursday, March 26 at around 4:35 p.m., cops found Kiara Guadalupe, a Manhattan resident, unconscious and unresponsive inside the bedroom of an apartment in 250 Crowne Street. She was pronounced

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Home Births In Demand As Hospitals Shut Partners Out Of NYC Delivery Rooms

New York-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital. (Photo by Donny Levit / BKLYNER)By Reuven Blau, originally published in THE CITY [https://thecity.nyc/2020/03/home-birth-in-demand-as-hospitals-ban-partners-from-delivery.html] . When Hannah Mermelstein heard that NewYork-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital was no longer allowing partners into child birthing rooms because of the coronavirus, she cried all

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The Young Are Volunteering More As Those Over 50 Told To Stay Home

Volunteers before the coronavirus, when they were allowed to touch one another. (Photo via MAS Youth Center)BROOKLYN – As the coronavirus continues to spread, young volunteers are stepping up to do their part in helping their communities. As of 10 a.m., [/briefing-3-26-coronavirus/] the total amount of positive cases in

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Players Don’t Listen, De Blasio Removes Basketball Hoops From 80 Locations

Removed basketball hoop at St. Andrew’s Playground on the corner of Atlantic Ave. and Kingston Ave. Curtis Brodner/BklynerMayor De Blasio announced the removal of hoops from 80 basketball courts that have consistently failed to follow directive not to engage in team sports during Coronavirus. “Overwhelmingly, we are seeing

Arts & Culture

Social Distancing Forces Piano Tutors To Rethink Teaching

CLINTON HILL – Sarah Dutcher sits at her dark wood Yamaha grand piano and looks to her right. A webcam captures her image atop an iMac that shows her student’s hands strut across each key. The image is a little shaky because the student’s mom is holding a smartphone

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Crime Blotter: 70-year-old Woman’s Death Ruled to be a Homicide, Stolen iPhone and Deli Assault

EAST FLATBUSH/BROWNSVILLE — Seventy-year-old Queens resident Evelyn Lynch’s death was ruled a homicide yesterday. Lynch died on November 10 of last year after being attacked on the job at Brookdale Hospital six years ago. On February 7, 2014, 4:25 p.m., police responded to a 911 call of

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Brooklyn Principal Hospitalized After Another Principal Of Co-Located School Dies From Coronavirus

Chancellor Carranza speaks at Mayor Bill de Blasio’s press conference on COVID-19. City Hall. Monday, March 23, 2020. Credit: Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office.Originally posted on Chalkbeat [https://chalkbeat.org/posts/ny/2020/03/24/brooklyn-principal-hospitalized-after-another-principal-in-the-same-building-died-from-coronavirus/?utm_source=republish&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=republish] by

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‘Pray At Home!’ Houses Of Worship Close Physical Doors, Open Virtual Ones

Photo via Makki Masjid.BROOKLYN – Houses of worship serve as safe havens for many people. It’s where they go to feel at peace, to get closer to God, to pray. With the coronavirus spreading very quickly, many houses of worship have shut down to protect their communities. It’s

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A Brooklyn Principal Has Died From Coronavirus Complications

Dez-Ann Romain, via Brooklyn Democracy Academy’s Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/p/Bw8W6Cwnqr_/].Originally posted on Chalkbeat [https://chalkbeat.org/posts/ny/2020/03/23/a-brooklyn-principal-has-died-from-coronavirus-complications-principals-union-says/?utm_source=republish&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=republish] by Alex Zimmerman, Reema Amin, Christina Veiga on March 23, 2020 A

Central Brooklyn

Stay Calm. Stay Home. Stay Healthy.

Forsythia in bloom. Liena Zagare/BklynerAs our routines are upended by Covid-19, I would like to remind my fellow New Yorkers to guard their mental health as closely as they guard their physical health. Keeping your wits together and your sense of self strong bolsters your ability to fight this

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BP Adams Relieves Coronavirus Anxiety By Meditating, You Can Join Him

Eric Adams meditating. (Photo via Adams’ office.)BROOKLYN – To reduce the spread of the coronavirus, we are told to “social distance”, “stay home”. But, humans are social creatures. Being alone will take a toll on mental health. [https://www.france24.com/en/20200323-post-traumatic-stress-confusion-and-anger-how-quarantine-affects-your-mental-health] Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams has been

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Here’s The Latest On NYC’s Child Care Centers

Credit: Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office.Originally posted on Chalkbeat [https://chalkbeat.org/posts/ny/2020/03/20/heres-the-latest-on-nycs-child-care-centers-opening-monday-amid-a-citywide-school-shutdown-due-to-coronavirus/?utm_source=republish&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=republish] by Christina Veiga on March 20, 2020 New York City is ready to open 93 regional centers on Monday that