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Syed Bukhari.MIDWOOD – Last year, Syed Bukhari, 37, got tired of driving a cab, something he had been doing for the last 15 years. The pay isn’t good, there are no benefits, and the business was declining. [/cabbie-coronavirus/] So, he applied for work at the MTA, but then the
Central Brooklyn
Bed-Stuy Strong volunteer Natalia Paez has been organizing neighborhood clean-ups since August. Photo by Zoe Grueskin/BklynerAs the coronavirus spread through New York this spring, shuttering schools and businesses, mutual aid groups of “neighbors helping neighbors” sprang up [/kensington-windsor-terrace-mutual-aid/] around the city [/solidarity-not-charity-flatbush-united-mutual-aid/]. More than eight months later, many mutual
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Sheikh Osman Adam outside Masjid At-Taqwa, where he spends most of his time. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal/Bklyner)BEDFORD STUYVESANT – On March 1, the Zam Zam Stop & Shop store on Fulton Street caught on fire in the middle of the night due to an electrical issue. It is a small
Bed Stuy
On a narrow sidewalk on the edge of Bushwick, Brooklyn, last Friday evening, a DJ was blasting techno music, his mixer set up on a foldable table. On the other side of the sidewalk, the smell of grilled hot dogs and hamburgers wafted from the grill, while a crowd was
Extraordinary Neighbors
When Alicia Morrison-Fagbemi found out Ruth Bader Ginsburg had passed away, she cried for her and for her three daughters, Savannah, 12, Olivia, 10, and Leah, 4. The next day, she and her husband Mike took them to Ginsburg’s childhood home at 1584 E 9th Street in Midwood, Brooklyn.
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Humayun Butt. (Photo via his family)BRIGHTON BEACH – Humayun Butt was a dad to four children. He was a grandpa to eight. And he was a father figure to many. He loved to laugh. He would make his wife chai for breakfast every morning. At the end of March, he
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Photo via Dominique Sindayiganza, @sindayiganza [https://www.instagram.com/sindayiganza/], with permission.BED STUY – Rubie Inez Williams believes in a strong community. She believes that the youth will excel if there a community to love and support them. She believes in investing in the Black youth, something she’s been
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Nowshin Ali at the Home Depot. (Photo via Rathkopf Photography [https://www.rathkopf.com/], with permission)FLATBUSH/KENSINGTON – There’s a vegan halal Indian restaurant that sits on Coney Island Avenue between Newkirk and Webster Avenues called Jalsa Grill & Gravy [https://jalsa-grill-gravy.business.site/?utm_source=gmb&utm_
Bay Ridge
Photo via Najm Designs Photography, with permission.BAY RIDGE – Three hours, seven miles, and 23,000 steps. That is how long it took about 2,000 people to march from Bay Ridge to the Barclays Center. It was pouring early on in the day yesterday, but by the time it
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MGB volunteers giving out water and falafel sandwiches. (Photo via Mohamed Bahe, with permission)BARCLAYS CENTER – Muslims Giving Back (MGB), [http://www.muslimgivingback.com/] a non-profit organization whose mission has always been to give back, gave out over 100 sandwiches, cold water bottles, and masks to protestors fighting against police
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Assembly Member Mathylde Frontus and volunteers help distribute meals to seniors in Coney Island. (Photo via Rathkopf Photography, [https://www.rathkopf.com/] with permission)SOUTHERN BROOKLYN – On Friday, March 20, Governor Andrew Cuomo signed the ‘NYS on PAUSE’ executive order. [https://www.governor.ny.gov/news/governor-cuomo-signs-new-york-state-pause-executive-order] All non-essential businesses
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Brooklyn Immigrant Community Support – Distribution at Good Shepherd Church. (Photo via Rathkopf Photography [https://www.rathkopf.com/], with permission) SOUTH BROOKLYN – One of the many communities that have been hit hardest by the coronavirus pandemic are the undocumented. Because of their status, this group of hardworking people (most of them
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Levin with her kids holding the Brooklyn Cares logo on their stoop. (Photo via Levin)BROOKLYN HEIGHTS – Two teachers from the private St. Ann’s School are giving back to their community during the coronavirus pandemic by fundraising, organizing, and donating meals to essential workers– all while teaching virtually full-time.
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Amber Adler and her children. (Photo via Rathkopf Photography, with permission) HOMECREST – Amber Adler, 36, has always given back to the community. The more you scroll down her Facebook feed, the various photos and posts you will see of her distributing meals, volunteering and talking to neighbors about what they
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Anna with her son Jesse. (Photo by Jordan Rathkopf, with permission)SOUTHERN BROOKLYN – During the coronavirus pandemic, people have been stepping up and helping out their neighbors by raising money, handing out food boxes, along with doing everything in between. And then there is Anna and Jordan Rathkopf. This Bay
Boerum Hill
A rainbow drawing in the window of Jessica Miracola, a Crown Heights resident. Courtesy of Jessica Miracola.What may be the world’s purest movement – thousands of rainbows, drawn by hand and hung in windows for children and adults alike to seek out on their daily walks – is the subject