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Kids & Family

Aug
02
Over 900 NYC classrooms serving the city’s youngest children have deteriorating lead paint, new data show

Over 900 NYC classrooms serving the city’s youngest children have deteriorating lead paint, new data show

PS 130 is listed among schools with lead paint in classrooms. Liena Zagare/BklynerBy Reema Amin, Alex Zimmerman, Christina Veiga,
5 min read
Aug
01
8 Hurt In School Bus Crash In Sheepshead Bay

8 Hurt In School Bus Crash In Sheepshead Bay

A child is examined for injuries after the school bus crash on Avenue T. (Photo by Todd Maisel).SHEEPSHEAD BAY
2 min read
Jul
31
Funeral For 9-Year-Old Borough Park Boy Who Drowns On Camp Outing

Funeral For 9-Year-Old Borough Park Boy Who Drowns On Camp Outing

Funeral for Tzvi (Hersh) Elimelech Yechiel Michel Grossman, 9, who was killed yesterday at the Sahara Water Park in West
3 min read
Jul
17
Brooklyn’s Got Talent: The 10th Annual Coney Island Talent Show

Brooklyn’s Got Talent: The 10th Annual Coney Island Talent Show

CONEY ISLAND – Brooklynites of all ages will show off their creative gifts at the 10th Annual Coney Island Talent Show
2 min read
Jul
15
Third Annual Lemonade Day Teaches Brooklyn Kids Business Skills

Third Annual Lemonade Day Teaches Brooklyn Kids Business Skills

BROWNSVILLE – On July 27th, thirty Brooklyn kids will get a chance to run their own business. Through the national Lemonade
3 min read
Jul
10
Loot: A New Comic Book Haven For Kids

Loot: A New Comic Book Haven For Kids

CARROLL GARDENS – Brooklyn kids who love comic books have a new place to hang out and get creative without parents
3 min read
Jul
09
‘Jayden is Brooklyn’s Champion’: Graduation Held at Hospital For Recently Shot 11-Year-Old

‘Jayden is Brooklyn’s Champion’: Graduation Held at Hospital For Recently Shot 11-Year-Old

Jayden Grant with his grandmother, Bessie Watson Grant, before the graduation ceremony began (Image by Sam Raskin/ Bklyner)BOROUGH PARK—
3 min read
Jun
27
Knuffle Bunny Hops Into New Home At Park Slope Library

Knuffle Bunny Hops Into New Home At Park Slope Library

PARK SLOPE – After years of planning, a statue of the beloved children’s book character, Knuffle Bunny, was finally unveiled
4 min read
Jun
25
Op-Ed: Why We’re Welcoming the Families of the New Fourth Avenue Shelters

Op-Ed: Why We’re Welcoming the Families of the New Fourth Avenue Shelters

535 4th Avenue & 555 4th Avenue (Photo: Pamela Wong/Bklyner)By Amy White Graves, founder of Brooklyn Children’s
3 min read
Jun
21
Building Bridges Between Muslim and Orthodox Jewish Communities in Southern Brooklyn, or How Jabaran Saved Shabbos

Building Bridges Between Muslim and Orthodox Jewish Communities in Southern Brooklyn, or How Jabaran Saved Shabbos

Jabaran Akram. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal/Bklyner)MIDWOOD – Jabaran Akram, 22, was born in Brooklyn, the third of eight children of
4 min read