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Feb
01
A Healthcare Career Hub Coming To Crown Heights

A Healthcare Career Hub Coming To Crown Heights

Medgar Evers College will host a Healthcare Career Hub, Mayor de Blasio announced last week. “In the years ahead, we
2 min read
Feb
01
Best Sledding In Brooklyn

Best Sledding In Brooklyn

Sledding happening throughout Prospect Park. December 2020. Keira Wingate/BklynerEvery time we get decent snow, brave Brooklynites brace the cold
1 min read
Jan
29
Over 4,000 Neighbors at Ingersoll Houses Have Been without Heat All Day

Over 4,000 Neighbors at Ingersoll Houses Have Been without Heat All Day

Aerial Photo of Ingersoll Houses via NYCHAFORT GREENE — The 4,046 neighbors who live at the 21-building Ingersoll Houses [https:
2 min read
Jan
29
Taking on Mugwort in Bay Ridge

Taking on Mugwort in Bay Ridge

By the Narrows Botanical Gardens. Photo by Salma Elazab/BklynerJames Johnson, a landscape designer and co-founder of the Narrows Botanical
2 min read
Jan
26
No Vaccines For Homebound Seniors Unable Or Wary To Leave Their Residences

No Vaccines For Homebound Seniors Unable Or Wary To Leave Their Residences

The city still does not have a plan for how to vaccinate homebound seniors living in the five boroughs, leaving
4 min read
Jan
26
Poll Finds Most Brooklyn Voters Would Trade Parking For Pedestrian and Transit Improvements

Poll Finds Most Brooklyn Voters Would Trade Parking For Pedestrian and Transit Improvements

A majority of voters in Brooklyn–and across the city–would give up parking for pedestrian and public transit improvements.
3 min read
Jan
22
A Shot At A Fair Future: Foster Youth Call on Mayor To Fund Essential Programs

A Shot At A Fair Future: Foster Youth Call on Mayor To Fund Essential Programs

Ericka Francois, Fair Futures Youth Advocacy Youth Coordinator. Image from the virtual rally.Foster youth and elected officials called on
5 min read
Jan
19
The Brooklyn Nets Campus Food Pantry Opens in Bed-Stuy

The Brooklyn Nets Campus Food Pantry Opens in Bed-Stuy

The Brooklyn Nets Food Pantry at PS/IS 308 presented by HSS. (Photo by Michelle Farsi)A public school in
2 min read
Jan
13
Southern Brooklyn Neglected For Vaccine Sites Despite Reporting High Infection Rates

Southern Brooklyn Neglected For Vaccine Sites Despite Reporting High Infection Rates

Despite some of the highest infection rates in the city, Southern Brooklyn is yet to get a 24/7 vaccination
2 min read
Jan
13
COVID-19 Cases Rising Faster Among Teachers & Staff

COVID-19 Cases Rising Faster Among Teachers & Staff

By Matt Barnum, Chalkbeat [https://www.chalkbeat.org/2021/1/12/22227990/covid-teachers-school-reopening] In New York, Texas, and a slice
5 min read