brownsville
BROWNSVILLE – On July 27th, thirty Brooklyn kids will get a chance to run their own business. Through the national Lemonade Day [https://lemonadeday.org/brooklyn] program, led in the borough by city director Bryan J. Guadagno, these children have been building their business plan, learning about financial literacy, and finally,
Business
CARROLL GARDENS – Brooklyn kids who love comic books have a new place to hang out and get creative without parents lurking around, in the form of a new comic shop called loot. Interior of loot (Photo: Catherine Michelle Bartlett)Joe Einhorn, the founder of the online retailer Fancy and a
Borough Park
Jayden Grant with his grandmother, Bessie Watson Grant, before the graduation ceremony began (Image by Sam Raskin/ Bklyner)BOROUGH PARK— Jayden Grant, an 11-year-old boy who was recently hit by a stray bullet in Crown Heights, graduated from elementary school on Monday, at a bittersweet ceremony at the hospital where
Events
PARK SLOPE – After years of planning, a statue of the beloved children’s book character, Knuffle Bunny, was finally unveiled Thursday morning at the Park Slope Library [https://www.bklynlibrary.org/locations/park-slope]‘s Reading Circle And Storytelling Garden. Knuffle Bunny statue at Park Slope Library’s Storytelling Garden (Photo:
affordable housing
535 4th Avenue & 555 4th Avenue (Photo: Pamela Wong/Bklyner)By Amy White Graves, founder of Brooklyn Children’s Theatre [http://www.brooklynchildrenstheatre.net]. The nonprofit serves 1,300 children a year in Brooklyn. New York City is facing a homelessness crisis and women and children are bearing the
community
Jabaran Akram. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal/Bklyner)MIDWOOD – Jabaran Akram, 22, was born in Brooklyn, the third of eight children of Pakistani immigrants who settled in Brighton Beach. These days Akram is the community liaison for Councilmember Chaim Deutsch as well as an auxiliary officer for the NYPD. Since he started
Coney Island
Police vehicles sit in front of PS 188 on Neptune Avenue after the attack. By Todd Maisel/BklynerCONEY ISLAND – A man picking up his child from a Coney Island elementary school yesterday afternoon was slashed in the face by the child’s stepfather and boyfriend of her mother, after the
Business
PARK SLOPE – After a decade of selling teethers, infant toys, and Brooklyn-emblazoned onesies, Lulu’s For Baby [http://lulusforbaby.nyc/] will be shuttering its 5th Avenue storefront at the end of July. Lulu’s for Baby, 44 5th Avenue (Photo: Pamela Wong/Bklyner)A decline in sales due to online
Business
Eladia’s Kids daycare and preschool.By Eladia Causil-Rodriguez, owner of Eladia’s Kids daycare and preschool [http://eladiaskids.com/admissions/] which currently has four locations in Brooklyn and is in process of opening two more. The City Council’s unfunded mandate for paid vacation is a potential dream killer
Events
BROOKLYN NAVY YARD – The Brooklyn Navy Yard [https://brooklynnavyyard.org/] has announced its program lineup for the summer, including the newly launched Third Thursday, a new exhibition, and lots of tours. Brooklyn Navy Yard (Photo: Nathan Haselby)Third Thursday [https://www.brooklynnavyyard.org/visit/tours-and-events/third-thursday-july-18] welcomes visitors to the
Central Brooklyn
FLATBUSH – My husband was snoring through my contractions, but that was OK with me. We’d gotten to Kings County Hospital in Flatbush at 10 am the previous morning to let doctors try to coax out our overdue baby. This had been a slow, boring process, during which we’d
Central Brooklyn
M.S. 890 on Coney Island Avenue. Liena Zagare/BklynerBy Siena Taylor, Student at M.S. 890 The transition between elementary school to middle school is a strange, strange thing. One day, you’re a 5th grader without a care in the world, and the next morning you wake up