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Sunset Park Pool. Courtesy NYC Parks.No, it will not be as crowded as before, but some relief is coming within easy distance of residents of Sunset Park and Bed Stuy when the community pools open tomorrow, and when Betsy Head Pool [https://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/B008/facilities/outdoor-pools]
Central Brooklyn
Brooklyn Immigrant Community Coalition – Distribution at Good Shepherd Church. (Photo: Rathkopf Photography, with permission)The health and prosperity of each of us depends on the health and prosperity of all of us. That’s the reality the COVID-19 public health crisis has made plain. But a legislative response that protects
Central Brooklyn
PARK SLOPE – On Tuesday morning at the corner of 4th Avenue and 9th Street, dozens of families stood outside the Holy Family – St. Thomas Aquinas Church. The families were from the Queen of the Rosary Catholic Academy in Williamsburg [https://queenoftherosarybrooklyn.org/] and were chanting and waving signs. As trucks
brownsville
Signs at the Brownsville Market. Photo courtesy of Seeds in the Middle.On Pitkin Avenue in Brownsville, there are five fast food restaurants in a small stretch. Lifetime neighborhood resident Nora Rodríguez Cortez says that there are far fewer supermarkets, only around three, and that at the bodegas fresh produce
Announcements
A student from P.S.257 made this poster to encourage people to fill out the census. (Photo via HITN)BROOKLYN – To encourage residents to fill out the 2020 census and to raise awareness of the need for children to be counted, HITN, a non-profit organization, launched the ¡Tú Cuentas!
Announcements
Mayor Bill de Blasio holds a media availability. City Hall. Thursday, July 16, 2020. Credit: Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office.By Christina Veiga, Originally published in Chalkbeat New York [https://ny.chalkbeat.org/2020/7/16/21327364/nyc-vows-to-open-child-care-part-time-school] With students poised to be in school buildings only part-time this fall,
Central Brooklyn
Brooklyn Protest – George Floyd. (Photo: Adrian Childress/Bklyner)I don’t think there have been three words that have caused more confusion than the phrase, “Defund the Police.” When people hear those words, they tend to panic. Defund the police; what exactly does that mean? In short, it means reallocating
community
Unite NY Rally on Juneteenth 2020. Adrian Childress/BklynerStudents may be drawn first to the calming impacts of mindfulness, but mindfulness can also be seen as empowerment – a way to eliminate the internal obstacles that stop them from stepping fully into their power, dignity, and creativity – essential tools on the
Education
On Thursday, July 9th, summer school rising 7th grade students at Achievement First (AF) Endeavor school in Brooklyn were given a math problem that many parents found offensive. The question read, “In 1787, if an enslaved African was considered 3/5th of a person for representation in Congress, how many
Education
Brooklyn Tech, Photo by BKLYNERBy Christina Veiga, originally published in Chalkbeat New York [https://ny.chalkbeat.org/2020/7/9/21319383/new-bill-repeal-admissions-nyc-specialized-high-schools] State lawmakers are trying a new approach [https://ny.chalkbeat.org/2019/10/1/21121807/the-sponsor-of-de-blasio-s-controversial-shsat-bill-is-backing-a-new-strategy] to help enroll more Black and Latino students at New York City’
Central Brooklyn
Photo by Charles Deluvio on UnsplashOn July 6th, New York City entered phase 3 of its reopening plan. Restaurants are open for outdoor dining; playgrounds have been legally unbolted and New Yorkers can finally get a mani-pedi. And, more than 300,000 people are expected to return to work. All
Central Brooklyn
By Claudia Irizarry Aponte, THE CITY. This article was originally published [https://www.thecity.nyc/health/2020/7/9/21319623/brooklyn-womans-childbirth-death-maternal-racial-disparities] by THE CITY [https://www.thecity.nyc/] Sha-asia Washington before she died while giving birth at Woodhull Hospital in Brooklyn. Juwan Lopez/FacebookIn a photo taken hours before she