Flatbush

Jun
17
A Black teacher questioned Eva Moskowitz’s response to George Floyd’s death. Now, Success Academy is facing bigger questions about race.

A Black teacher questioned Eva Moskowitz’s response to George Floyd’s death. Now, Success Academy is facing bigger questions about race.

Success Academy students at the “Slam the Exam” pep rally held at the Barclays Center in 2018 (Photo: Pamela Wong/
6 min read
Jun
10
A Brooklyn principal retires after battling COVID-19 for months: How his school community united to support their “Superman”

A Brooklyn principal retires after battling COVID-19 for months: How his school community united to support their “Superman”

Via PS 235 PTA Facebook page [https://www.facebook.com/ps235pta/photos/pcb.1693715120767939/1693712927434825/?type=3&theater] .By
4 min read
Jun
08
Helping Where You Live – People In Need Helping Others

Helping Where You Live – People In Need Helping Others

Nowshin Ali at the Home Depot. (Photo via Rathkopf Photography [https://www.rathkopf.com/], with permission)FLATBUSH/KENSINGTON – There’s
7 min read
Jun
04
MTA Wants A Dedicated Bus Lane Along Flatbush Avenue. Will The City Oblige?

MTA Wants A Dedicated Bus Lane Along Flatbush Avenue. Will The City Oblige?

Flatbush Avenue. Liena Zagare/BklynerThe city is yet to reveal its transportation plan to deal with the additional 200,000-400,
3 min read
Jun
04
‘Unprovoked Attack’ Leaves Two Police Officers Shot, One Stabbed & Suspect In Critical Condition

‘Unprovoked Attack’ Leaves Two Police Officers Shot, One Stabbed & Suspect In Critical Condition

Photo: Hillel Lash/BklynerFLATBUSH – Two officers were shot, one was stabbed, and the suspect was also shot in an “unprovoked
2 min read
May
26
Families will need child care to reopen NYC, but preschools fear they won’t survive the coronavirus shutdown

Families will need child care to reopen NYC, but preschools fear they won’t survive the coronavirus shutdown

Daycare in Brooklyn, Liena Zagare/BklynerBy Christina Veiga, Originally published in Chalkbeat New York [https://ny.chalkbeat.org/2020/5/
6 min read
May
06
For Last-Minute Mother’s Day Gifts, Turn To Your Local Businesses

For Last-Minute Mother’s Day Gifts, Turn To Your Local Businesses

Mother’s Day cards from Awesome Brooklyn. Courtesy of Vanessa Raptopoulos.You forgot Mother’s Day. It’s fine – there’
4 min read
Apr
30
67-Year-Old Cyclist ‘Sideswiped’ By MTA Bus & Killed

67-Year-Old Cyclist ‘Sideswiped’ By MTA Bus & Killed

Photo: Zainab Iqbal/BklynerEAST FLATBUSH – A cyclist is dead after being sideswiped by an MTA bus on Tuesday. On April
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Apr
24
Brooklyn is in Danger of Being Dramatically Undercounted in Yet Another Census

Brooklyn is in Danger of Being Dramatically Undercounted in Yet Another Census

Census 2020 Graphic. Via the U.S. Census Bureau.Brooklyn was undercounted in the 2010 census, and it’s in
3 min read
Apr
23
Solidarity, Not Charity – Flatbush United Mutual Aid

Solidarity, Not Charity – Flatbush United Mutual Aid

Volunteers Christina Das and John Wasserman volunteering with People in Need. Courtesy of Nowshin Ali.New mutual aid groups, grassroots
4 min read