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Mar
31
Moving In The Age Of Coronavirus – More Folks Are Staying Put

Moving In The Age Of Coronavirus – More Folks Are Staying Put

NYC Great Movers team wearing face masks. Courtesy of NYC Great Movers.Moving house is a strenuous, logistically complex process
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Mar
26
Reporters Are Not Invincible. Get Well Soon!

Reporters Are Not Invincible. Get Well Soon!

Todd Maisel at work. Liena Zagare/BklynerThe last time I saw photojournalist extraordinaire and Marine Park neighbor Todd Maisel in
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Mar
26
Main Street As We Know It May Never Recover From Coronavirus

Main Street As We Know It May Never Recover From Coronavirus

8th Avenue in Sunset Park’s Chinatown before the pandemic struck. Ana Lucia Murillo/Bklyner“Longterm, we could see the
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Mar
23
Here’s The Latest On NYC’s Child Care Centers

Here’s The Latest On NYC’s Child Care Centers

Credit: Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office.Originally posted on Chalkbeat [https://chalkbeat.org/posts/ny/2020/03/20/heres-the-latest-on-nycs-child-care-centers-opening-monday-amid-a-citywide-school-shutdown-due-to-coronavirus/?utm_
4 min read
Mar
23
Letter Carriers Balk At Entering Brooklyn Post Office Over Coronavirus

Letter Carriers Balk At Entering Brooklyn Post Office Over Coronavirus

The Metropolitan Post Office in Williamsburg was open despite worker concern over coronavirus, March 20, 2020. Photo: Ben Fractenberg/THE
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Mar
18
Paid Sick Leave for Workers in Mandatory Quarantine Approved, Government Support For Small Businesses

Paid Sick Leave for Workers in Mandatory Quarantine Approved, Government Support For Small Businesses

Photo by Macau Photo Agency on UnsplashAs of today, if you get quarantined as a result of coronavirus (COVID-19), you
1 min read
Mar
17
Essential Business: Ajwa Grocery Carries On

Essential Business: Ajwa Grocery Carries On

Ajwa grocery. Maria Newsom/BklynerOn ordinary days, the AJWA Grocery at the intersection of Coney Island and Foster Avenues in
4 min read
Feb
28
WTF: No F Trains on Weekends to Coney Island During Prime Season

WTF: No F Trains on Weekends to Coney Island During Prime Season

CONEY ISLAND — The Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) is suspending F train service on the Culver Line [https://new.mta.info/
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Feb
27
Fears of Coronavirus Bring Business Down in Sunset Park Chinatown

Fears of Coronavirus Bring Business Down in Sunset Park Chinatown

Businesses on Sunset Park’s 8th Avenue are open and welcoming customers. Ana Lucia Murillo/Bklyner.SUNSET PARK — Sunset Park’
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Feb
18
Black-Owned Brooklyn – There’s A Hunger For Information About Local Businesses

Black-Owned Brooklyn – There’s A Hunger For Information About Local Businesses

Tayo Giwa and Cynthia Gordy Giwa. Photo by Curt Saunders/ Courtesy of Giwas.What started two years ago as a
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