Business
Flatbush. Liena Zagare/BklynerFLATBUSH – To support small businesses amid the coronavirus pandemic, two Brooklynites launched Flatbush Thrives, [https://flatbushthrives.org/]a comprehensive website that connects Flatbush business owners and service providers with federal, state, and local resources to keep their businesses alive. Flatbush Thrives aims to connect volunteers (who have
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Sears in Flatbush. File photo/BklynerGovernor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced five new testing facilities, of which one – a drive-through mobile testing facility – will open at the Sears Parking Lot at 2307 Beverly Road in Flatbush tomorrow at 12:30 p.m. (Its the large lot behind Kings Theater). Next
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Photo: COPCPBROOKLYN – Young people have been stepping up and volunteering amid the coronavirus pandemic for weeks now. [/youth-volunteers-coronavirus/] Last week, the City Line Ozone Park Civilian Patrol [https://www.facebook.com/copcp2020/] (COPCP) partnered up with the Islamic Society and Muslim Women’s Educational Initiative at Brooklyn College (ISO/MWEI)
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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
Business
Brooklyn is rich in small businesses. But small businesses aren’t rich. Coronavirus is threatening the livelihoods of bars and restaurants, which have been shuttered to avoid spreading the virus. But another category of the small businesses that power the Brooklyn economy are personal service businesses like beauty parlors and
Central Brooklyn
Callender takes it all in. Nathan Thompson/BklynerSector D Meeting St. Paul’s Church March 11, 2020. The NCO meetings are smaller groups designed to target more specific areas. The idea is to give residents a chance to connect with officers that actually know a particular neighborhood. This differs from
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Masbia of Flatbush in 2018. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal/Bklyner)FLATBUSH – Many people and organizations have been stepping up [/coronavirus-in-brooklyn-what-you-can-do-to-help/] to help others during the coronavirus pandemic. Take Masbia, a food pantry, and soup kitchen network, [/masbia-food-pantry/] for example. Masbia recently announced that it was increasing the amount of grocery food
Borough Park
While the rest of the city is shutting down and neighbors are keeping their distance, others are celebrating as if this pandemic is no big deal. > This photo was just sent to me by a Hasidic friend in Brooklyn with a 104 fever. He’s enraged. This was a
Business
Ajwa grocery. Maria Newsom/BklynerOn ordinary days, the AJWA Grocery at the intersection of Coney Island and Foster Avenues in Midwood, does a lively business. Catering to a largely Pakistani, Bangladeshi, and Indian clientele, and a growing Uzbeki community, customers come for the well-stocked shelves of grains, beans and basmati
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Brooklyn College Campus. Photo: Zainab Iqbal/BklynerMIDWOOD – Several universities in New York have shut-down their in-person classes, moving them online because of fears of COVID-19, or coronavirus. Yet, the largest urban university system in the country, City University of New York (CUNY), has decided to keep its in-person classes going.
Business
Jenny Sanz speaks about her sister. Liena Zagare/BklynerEarly last Sunday, March 1, ICE agents entered a local restaurant in Flatbush as the staff was preparing for the day ahead. They were looking for Maria. They found her in the basement of La Cabaña restaurant, 1062 Flatbush Avenue, just off
Central Brooklyn
Body being removed from the scene. Credit: Diego Luzuriaga via Loudlabs. FLATBUSH/MIDWOOD — Yesterday evening, an elderly man was found dead near Brooklyn College. Wednesday, February 26, around 8:45 p.m. police responded to a 911 call and took off to an alley on Ocean Avenue, near Brooklyn College.