Central Brooklyn
There has been so much talk of ZIP codes recently. COVID-19 hot spot areas, watch areas, areas where schools are or are to be closed [/hundreds-of-brooklyn-schools-ordered-to-close-tomorrow-in-covid19-hot-spots/], and where other restrictions on businesses and gatherings may be imposed come Wednesday. Ever since the talk of the Ocean Parkway Cluster, Mayor Bill
Central Brooklyn
Today Governor Andrew Cuomo announced the closing of public and private schools for in-person instruction in the affected zip codes effective tomorrow [/hundreds-of-brooklyn-schools-ordered-to-close-tomorrow-in-covid19-hot-spots/]. Further restrictions on non-essential businesses likely in the coming days in zip codes where COVID-19 rates have remained over 3% for at least 7 consecutive days. According
COVID-19
Abandoned construction site in the schoolyard by PS 9. Carol J. Clouse/Bklyner When parents in Prospect Heights learned in August that work on a capital improvement project to reduce stormwater runoff would begin in the main schoolyard at PS9 Sarah Smith Garnet School, just weeks ahead of the scheduled
Animals
The Health Department, along with City agencies, federal and academic partners, is launching its annual effort to vaccinate raccoons against rabies in New York City. So far 30 animals have been found to have rabies across NYC so far this year. Staten Island has the most (12 raccoons, 1 cat,
Bensonhurst
On Sunday, 27% of positive tests in New York State came from just ten ZIP codes where just 3% of the state’s population resides. In fact, 37% of positive cases came from 20 ZIP codes where just 6% of the state’s population resides, Governor Andrew Cuomo informed on
Bed Stuy
The crowd took to the streets to rally neighbors around putting an end to the North Brooklyn Pipeline and associated National Grid rate hikes. North Brooklyn Pipeline Protest. Audrey Carleton/BklynerLatrice Walker, assemblywoman for New York State’s District 55, still distinctly remembers what it was like growing up with
Central Brooklyn
Sidewalk marked at 6 feet outside PS249 in Brooklyn in September 2020. Liena Zagare/BklynerBy Christina Veiga and Reema Amin, Chalkbeat New York [https://ny.chalkbeat.org/2020/9/27/21458520/nyc-principals-union-cede-school-reopening-plans] In a stunning statement, leaders of the union representing New York City principals called Sunday for Mayor Bill
Announcements
Don’t forget to fill out your census! (Photo: Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography Office)BROOKLYN – It’s finally Friday! There’s a lot that has happened this week, including rising COVID-19 numbers in our borough. Yes, you read that right—the pandemic has not ended. Please keep wearing your masks
Bensonhurst
Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography OfficeFollowing the closure of two Yeshivas [/two-yeshivas-shut-down-amid-coronavirus-spike-in-southern-brooklyn/] (undisclosed) by the City’s Department of Health (DOH) over COVID-19 spread, officials inform that “regular inspections of all non-public schools within these clusters and their adjacent zip codes” will start tomorrow, and the city will be increasing enforcement
Announcements
SOUTHERN BROOKLYN – Two yeshivas have been ordered to shut down by the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) as cases of coronavirus rise, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced. Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office“We’ve shut down two yeshivas. No one wants to shut down the yeshiva. That’
Bensonhurst
Via NYC DOH [https://www1.nyc.gov/site/doh/covid/covid-19-data-recent.page]We just received an email from the NYC Department of Health informing that there are several areas in Brooklyn and Queens that “are cause for significant concern” for the city when it comes to COVID infection rates. The
Announcements
BROOKLYN – There are exactly nine days left to submit the 2020 census! Have you filled yours out yet? Brooklyn is in danger of being undercounted yet again, and the consequences will be significant for the next ten years. Federal funds for things like public education, affordable housing, infrastructure will be