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Feb
12
Faigy Roth’s Journey To Independence

Faigy Roth’s Journey To Independence

Faigy Roth at Bklyner (Photo: Kadia Goba/Bklyner)MIDWOOD — Faigy Roth never felt at home growing up in a conservative
4 min read
Feb
08
Rats Did It! They Are Terrorizing Crown Heights and PLG

Rats Did It! They Are Terrorizing Crown Heights and PLG

Community Board 9 at 890 Nostrand Ave. between Carroll and Presidents Streets. (Photo: Kadia Goba/Bklyner)CROWN HEIGHTS/PLG — Phone
4 min read
Feb
01
Turning Heads To Inspire

Turning Heads To Inspire

Door art created by Hollie Tubbs, a teacher’s assistant at PS 231 at 54. (Photo credit: Kadia Goba/Bklyner)
2 min read
Dec
05
The Show Will Go On – Radio Free Brooklyn Brings Us Brooklyn Live

The Show Will Go On – Radio Free Brooklyn Brings Us Brooklyn Live

BUSHWICK – Radio Free Brooklyn [https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/] went live in the basement of a bike shop in Bushwick with four
20 min read
Nov
08
Giving Back: Neighbors Help Fight Hunger At Two Empty Bowls Events Next Week

Giving Back: Neighbors Help Fight Hunger At Two Empty Bowls Events Next Week

Bowls at Artshack. Photo by Megan McGibney/BklynerBED-STUY/BAY RIDGE –  When Harvest Henderson joined the nonprofit ceramics studio, Artshack [http:
6 min read
Oct
22
Brooklyn Dancer Named MacArthur Genius – Meet Okwui Okpokwasili

Brooklyn Dancer Named MacArthur Genius – Meet Okwui Okpokwasili

BEDFORD-STUYVESANT – MacArthur recipient Okwui Okpokwasili took ballet classes as a child but her performance style is rooted in her Nigerian
3 min read
Jun
28
Tough Glamor

Tough Glamor

Gotham Girls Roller Derby skaters are intertwined, and waiting for the referee’s whistle to start the jam. (Rosie Misdary/
3 min read
May
11
Marine Florists – Carrying on a 120 year long legacy

Marine Florists – Carrying on a 120 year long legacy

Marine Florists [http://www.marineflorists.com] at 1995 Flatbush Avenue, where Flatlands meets Marine Park at its northern tip, has
8 min read
May
02
Shaping The New Brooklyn: These Architects Are “healing urban wounds”

Shaping The New Brooklyn: These Architects Are “healing urban wounds”

205 Water © S9 ArchitectureOn a bright morning late last month, I visited the Manhattan offices of S9 Architecture [http://s9architecture.
12 min read
Apr
27
Meet The Team Celebrating Local Business With “Black-Owned Brooklyn”

Meet The Team Celebrating Local Business With “Black-Owned Brooklyn”

Glenn Alan and Cynthia Gordy, the duo behind Instagram’s “Black Owned Brooklyn” (Paul Stremple/BKLYNER)Last week, our list
4 min read