COVID-19
Covid Testing Site in the community. Via NYC Mayor’s Office.Mayor Bill De Blasio announced this morning that the city will attempt to reach 38,000 residents of Sunset Park by Friday, August 21st, and encourage them to get tested. !function(){"use strict";window.addEventListener("message&
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Photo by Element5 Digital on UnsplashYesterday principals of 34 public schools in District 15, which covers Park Slope, Gowanus, Red Hook, and Carroll Gardens, sent a letter [https://bklyner.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/bklyner/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/District-15-Principals-Call-for-Delayed-In-Person-Reopening-.pdf] addressed to Mayor Bill De Blasio, Chancellor Richard Carranza, and
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Volunteers distribute packaged lunches to nursing home staff at Rutland Nursing Home in Brooklyn as part of the Food for Heroes Program on Tuesday, August 11 2020. (Photo: Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography Office)It’s Tuesday! There’s still a heatwave outside, so please stay indoors if you can, keep
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Crape Myrtle in full bloom in Kensington. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal/Bklyner)It’s Monday, and it’s hot and it will remain hot! There’s a three-day heat advisory in NYC. Please remember to stay cool, stay hydrated, and check on your neighbors. * ConEd has changed its claims policy to
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Wonder WheelIt’s finally Friday! The weather is nice out, do go out for a walk if you can. We hope you have a relaxing weekend! * After five months without, Brooklyn welcomes back live comedy [/after-five-months-without-brooklyn-welcomes-back-live-comedy/]. Are you excited? * Governor Andrew Cuomo officially announced that schools can physically reopen next
Central Brooklyn
Photo by Element5 Digital on UnsplashI spent the hours from 4:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. yesterday, like so many New York public school parents, on Zoom calls for two of my kids’ schools, growing increasingly frustrated at being forced to make a choice with little information
Business
Caption: Darren Tomasso (left) leads a fitness class in Dumbo. Photo courtesy of Darren Tomasso.Gyms are gone, and we don’t know when they’re coming back. But that’s not stopping Brooklyn residents from finding other ways of staying in shape. Gym rats, now without a home, are
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Cyclists ride over the Queensboro Bridge, Aug. 3, 2020. | Ben Fractenberg/THE CITYBy Jose Martinez, originally published [https://www.thecity.nyc/2020/8/5/21356349/two-wheel-traffic-up-on-bridges-but-city-cant-expand-bike-lanes] by THE CITY [https://www.thecity.nyc/] Even with many New Yorkers staying home during the pandemic, growing legions of bicyclists are pedaling over
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Photo by Ben Mullins [https://unsplash.com/@benmullins?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText] on Unsplash [https://unsplash.com/s/photos/school-test?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText] By Amy Zimmer and Reema Amin, originally published in Chalkbeat New York
Announcements
Dr. Oxiris Barbot. (Photo: Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office)BROOKLYN – NYC Health Commissioner Dr. Oxiris Barbot, who clashed with the mayor amid the pandemic, suddenly announced her resignation this morning. In her resignation letter, she wrote, “I leave my post today with deep disappointment that during the most critical public
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Don’t forget to fill out your census! (Photo: Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office.)It’s Monday and it’s finally August! We hope this month will bring you joy. There’s a storm coming up tonight [/tropical-storm-isaias-is-expected-around-midnight-heavy-wind-rain/], so please stay alert and stay safe! * A Jewish man was attacked
COVID-19
Bret J Rudy, courtesy of NYULHBBy Bret J. Rudy, MD. When Covid-19 first took hold of Brooklyn in early March, hospitals responded in unprecedented ways, initiating policies and procedures to address myriad issues that came with the pandemic. In a relatively limited period of time, we reinvented healthcare focusing on