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May
07
Supervised Injection Facility Slated For Boerum Hill

Supervised Injection Facility Slated For Boerum Hill

BOERUM HILL – In an effort to prevent opioid overdoses in the city, Mayor de Blasio announced on Thursday a one-year
4 min read
May
04
Free Outdoor Fitness Classes In Downtown Brooklyn

Free Outdoor Fitness Classes In Downtown Brooklyn

DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN – It’s time to get in shape for the summer! For the next three Saturdays, the Downtown Brooklyn
1 min read
May
03
Community Demands Transparency in Saheed Vassell Shooting Death: “We-want-names”

Community Demands Transparency in Saheed Vassell Shooting Death: “We-want-names”

Lorna Vassell rallies in front of the site where NYPD gunned down her son, Saheed Vassell. (Photo: Kadia Goba/BKLYNER)
3 min read
Apr
26
[UPDATE] Park Slope’s Back To the Land Shuttering On Sunday

[UPDATE] Park Slope’s Back To the Land Shuttering On Sunday

[UPDATED: Thursday, April 26, 2018 at 4:40pm] Back to the Land’s owner, David Basham, told BKLYNER Thursday afternoon
3 min read
Apr
25
Meeting To Update Community About Red Hook Ball Fields Scheduled For Monday, April 30

Meeting To Update Community About Red Hook Ball Fields Scheduled For Monday, April 30

RED HOOK – Council Member Carlos Menchaca [https://council.nyc.gov/district-38/] (District 38) sent out an announcement Tuesday afternoon encouraging
1 min read
Apr
20
Crunch Flatbush Invites You To Celebrate Their Anniversary on April 25th!

Crunch Flatbush Invites You To Celebrate Their Anniversary on April 25th!

via Crunch FlatbushRegular readers of this site have no doubt heard of Crunch Flatbush [https://www.crunch.com/locations/flatbush]
2 min read
Apr
18
Rats! De Blasio Visits Bushwick To Announce Rodent Extermination Plan

Rats! De Blasio Visits Bushwick To Announce Rodent Extermination Plan

The Mayor visited Bushwick and looked on as workers packed rat burrows with dry ice (Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office)
2 min read
Mar
23
No Baloney: Local Pols Look to Ban Processed Meat in School Lunches

No Baloney: Local Pols Look to Ban Processed Meat in School Lunches

Photo by Fort Greene Focus.Citing concerns about the carcinogenic effects of processed meats like baloney, city lawmakers want to
1 min read
Mar
22
Neighbor Spotlight: Double High Five, Keep it Alive!

Neighbor Spotlight: Double High Five, Keep it Alive!

Thank you to our reader Lori Goldkind for suggesting this interview. Know a neighbor you’d like to see recognized
8 min read
Mar
12
Critical Care at TBHC

Critical Care at TBHC

Every morning in the Intensive Care Unit at The Brooklyn Hospital Center (TBHC) [https://www.tbh.org/], James Gasperino, MD,
2 min read