Central Brooklyn
PROSPECT PARK – Brooklyn-based non-profit Mimsi International [https://www.mimsi.org] will host a pink candlelight vigil on the eve of Mother’s Day to raise awareness of global maternal mortality rates, particularly for women in Haiti. Mimsi International via Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/events/685701475218688/]Pregnancy is the most
Coney Island
CONEY ISLAND/MARINE PARK/FORT GREENE – City Parks Foundation [https://cityparksfoundation.org/] will offer free sports programs for seniors at neighborhood parks and recreation centers across the city from April through June. New Yorkers ages 60-years and up can enjoy yoga, tennis, and fitness walking sessions. City Parks Senior Fitness
Announcements
WILLIAMSBURG — The city closed a daycare center on Monday after the school refused to provide vaccination records to the city in the wake of a measles outbreak which has now climbed to 329 cases. United Talmudical Academy, at 75 Ross St. in Williamsburg, is the first institution to close. Brooklyn’
Health
WILLIAMSBURG – The city today declared a public health emergency [https://www1.nyc.gov/assets/doh/downloads/pdf/press/2019/emergency-orders-measles.pdf] in Williamsburg that has been struggling to contain a measles outbreak within the Orthodox Jewish community. “Under the mandatory vaccinations, members of the City’s Department of Health and
Borough Park
WILLIAMSBURG — The Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) is naming names. Today it announced five more schools defied its mandate by allowing unvaccinated students to attend school, as the Brooklyn’s measles toll climbs to 158. The DOHMH first barred [/health-department-to-yeshiva-students-immunize-or-stay-home-as-measles-outbreak-spreads-across-southern-brooklyn/] unvaccinated students from attending schools in ultra-Orthodox communities
Bensonhurst
* Eater put out its Ultimate Guide to Chinese Food in NYC – Everything to know about the Chinese food renaissance in the city right now [https://ny.eater.com/2019/2/25/18232491/best-chinese-food-restaurants-nyc] – and it is soooo good. Here are the spots they recommend [https://ny.eater.com/2019/2/
Announcements
Council Members Treyger, Reynoso and Rivera are allocating $5M to rehab Woodhull Hospital’s emergency room/department. Kadia Goba/BklynerBROADWAY TRIANGLE – NYC Health + Hospitals Woodhull is getting a much-needed infusion of capital funds thanks to the Speaker Corey Johnson and Council members Mark Treyger, Antonio Reynoso and Carlina Rivera. When
Health
WILLIAMSBURG — The measles count is now at 121 with 21 cases stemming from a single unvaccinated Yeshiva student who attended school before showing symptoms, despite a Department of Education mandate not to. In December, when the measles count was at 42, parents of Yeshiva schools were barred from sending [/health-department-to-yeshiva-students-immunize-or-stay-home-as-measles-outbreak-spreads-across-southern-brooklyn/
Announcements
A Microscopic Look at the Measles Virus (Source: Center For Disease Control via Wikimedia Commons)WILLIAMSBURG — The measles toll in Brooklyn jumped to 90 with 15 new cases in Williamsburg since October 2018, according to the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. The health department said eight
Business
CROWN HEIGHTS/PROSPECT HEIGHTS – Here’s a listing of what’s opening & closing in Crown Heights and Prospect Heights. To start, here are some retail scoops: Good news for those on the CB9 [http://www.communitybrd9bklyn.org/] side of Franklin Avenue who were disappointed when Yoon’s closed a
fort greene
FORT GREENE – Last Thursday, January 31, The Brooklyn Hospital Center [https://www.tbh.org] (TBHC) kicked off the first event of a three-year celebration to honor the medical facility’s 175th anniversary. Gary G. Terrinoni, TBHC President & CEO; Julian Macrone, Fort Greene Park Conservancy; Sandra Chapman, Chief of Staff,
Brooklyn Heights
BROOKLYN HEIGHTS – Brooklyn is getting a second medical marijuana dispensary later this year, this time at 44 Court Street in the storefront that formerly housed Court Street Office Supplies for 36 years [/36-years-court-street-office-supplies-will-close-brick-mortar-location/]. 44 Court Street (Photo: Nathan Haselby)Columbia Care [https://www.col-care.com/] will take over the 7,