Education
By Christina Veiga, Chalkbeat NY [https://chalkbeat.org/ny/] The new school year will begin with high stakes for Charles O. Dewey, a Sunset Park middle school trying to attract more white and middle-class families in a district-wide effort [https://chalkbeat.org/posts/ny/2018/09/20/brooklyn-middle-schools-eliminate-screening-as-new-york-city-expands-integration-efforts/] to better
Brooklyn Heights
BROOKLYN HEIGHTS – Earlier this week School Diversity Group issued a recommendation to do away with gifted and talented programs and add more school-based enrichment [/school-diversity-group-nyc-should-phase-out-gifted-programs-curb-selective-screening-in-admissions/] , among other ideas to de-segregate the city’s schools. We asked neighbors what they thought. Today – responses from Brooklyn Heights. Q: A mayoral panel wants
Education
Greenwood Cemetery Commemorates the Battle of Brooklyn. Patriot soldiers fire on the British forces approaching. (Photo by Todd Maisel/Bklyner)GREEN-WOOD CEMETERY – During the Revolutionary War, the patriots of Brooklyn fought a pitched battle with superior British forces on what is now Green-Wood Cemetery. Patriot soldiers fire on the British
brownsville
The Mott Hall Bridges Academy guidance counselor, Wesley McLeod, center, with two former students, whom he helped counsel after the deaths of their parents. The Brownsville middle school has been praised for its “grief-sensitive” approach to education. Via ChalkbeatBy Zipporah Osei, Chalkbeat New York The Brownsville Old Timers Day annual
Kids & Family
The Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn and Queens announced on Tuesday that decades-old accusations of sexual abuse against two priests had been deemed “credible,” and that the priests would be defrocked and removed from public ministry. The Diocese review board, a unit composed of non-clergy which assesses the validity of sexual
Big Story
GRAVESEND – Yesterday afternoon neighbors across the borough were sharing messages hoping to help identify a 4-year-old girl that was found wandering on her own on Shore Parkway. The girl, who is only identified as Nicole, was discovered on Shore Parkway at about noon yesterday by two Department of Environmental Protection
Borough Park
Bill de Blasio announcing the public health emergency in April. (Ed Reed/ Mayoral Photography Office)WILLIAMSBURG – The measles was declared eliminated in the United States in 2000, but a public health emergency was put in place in New York City in April as the disease spread across some Brooklyn neighborhoods.
Announcements
via Parks DepartmentCONEY ISLAND – Enjoy the Coney Island beach this weekend with fun-filled activities thanks to the Parks Department. There will be clinics and free play for volleyball, crossnet, flag football, ultimate frisbee and soccer, open to all ages. DATE: Saturday, August 3, 2019 TIMES:10 a.m. – 5 p.
Big Story
PS 130 is listed among schools with lead paint in classrooms. Liena Zagare/BklynerBy Reema Amin, Alex Zimmerman, Christina Veiga, Chalkbeat NY More than 900 New York City elementary school classrooms have tested positive for lead after inspections revealed the presence of peeling, chipped, or otherwise deteriorating lead paint, according
Education
A child is examined for injuries after the school bus crash on Avenue T. (Photo by Todd Maisel).SHEEPSHEAD BAY – Eight people, including six children, were treated for injuries when a car broad-sided their school bus this morning in Sheepshead Bay. The driver was picking up children on the way
Borough Park
Funeral for Tzvi (Hersh) Elimelech Yechiel Michel Grossman, 9, who was killed yesterday at the Sahara Water Park in West Berlin New Jersey yesterday on a day trip with his camp, was held today at his grandfather’s synagogue in Borough Park, Brooklyn. (Todd Maisel/Bklyner)BOROUGH PARK – It was
Coney Island
CONEY ISLAND – Brooklynites of all ages will show off their creative gifts at the 10th Annual Coney Island Talent Show [https://www.facebook.com/events/402990147095065/] on Saturday, July 27. Via the Alliance for Coney IslandSideshow magician Albert Cadabra [http://www.albertcadabra.com] will host the event on the famed