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Oct
13
Two PLG Residents Pick Up the Slack After City Suspends Compost Programs

Two PLG Residents Pick Up the Slack After City Suspends Compost Programs

Volunteers for Nurture BK collect compost. Courtesy of Nurture BK.For Brooklyn’s robust composting community, the city’s decision
3 min read
Oct
02
Working to Make Brooklyn’s Indigenous Communities Count

Working to Make Brooklyn’s Indigenous Communities Count

A Mixteca member looks at census fliers in Nahuatl, an Indigenous language. Sophia Lebowitz/BklynerMixteca Organization [http://www.mixteca.org/
4 min read
Sep
29
Support Local Businesses With The First Ever Taste of Prospect Heights

Support Local Businesses With The First Ever Taste of Prospect Heights

If you’re looking to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month, support minority-owned businesses, and help local restaurants get back on their
2 min read
Sep
18
Shanah Tova To Our Jewish Neighbors, Have A Sweet New Year!

Shanah Tova To Our Jewish Neighbors, Have A Sweet New Year!

Photo by Igal Ness [https://unsplash.com/@igalness?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText] on
2 min read
Sep
14
Adulticiding in South-Eastern Brooklyn

Adulticiding in South-Eastern Brooklyn

Parts of Bergen Beach, Canarsie, Flatlands, Georgetown, Mill Basin, Mill Island, and Paerdegat Basin will be sprayed down with pesticides
1 min read
Sep
11
City Of Water Day – Celebrating Island Living Across NYC

City Of Water Day – Celebrating Island Living Across NYC

This Saturday, September 12, we celebrate our waterfront. The event is organized by Waterfront Alliance [https://waterfrontalliance.org/who-we-are/about-us/
3 min read
Sep
08
Bushwick’s Local Businesses and Artists Come Together to Help the Community

Bushwick’s Local Businesses and Artists Come Together to Help the Community

The mural by Jason Naylor was unveiled Sunday with a simultaneous block cleanup. Photo by Cai Pigliucci/BklynerAbout 100 Bushwick
2 min read
Sep
03
No West Indian Day Parade, No J’Ouvert Festival This Weekend, Just Increased NYPD Presence, Light Towers In Central Brooklyn

No West Indian Day Parade, No J’Ouvert Festival This Weekend, Just Increased NYPD Presence, Light Towers In Central Brooklyn

J’Ouvert in Brooklyn in 2018. (Bklyner File Photo)Gatherings of more than 50 individuals are still not permitted, and
1 min read
Sep
02
Vote In Or Out: A Homegrown Platform For Well Informed Voters

Vote In Or Out: A Homegrown Platform For Well Informed Voters

Some of the Vote In or Out members with former Senator Hillary Clinton in 2019. (Photo via Vote In Or
4 min read
Aug
31
March on Washington: You Have To Hear Us, Vote!

March on Washington: You Have To Hear Us, Vote!

March on Washington 2020. Adrian Childress/BklynerLast Friday thousands of Americans headed to Washington DC, echoing the 1963 March on
4 min read