dynamic youth community
Local health service providers were in the spotlight on Sunday at the 12th annual Lena Cymbrowitz Community Health Fair, helping to raise funds for an area drug rehabilitation service. The event, organized by Assemblyman Steven Cymbrowitz in honor of his late wife, former Assemblywoman Lena Cymbrowitz, offered neighbors free health
910 McDonald Avenue
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cr5m7Rke8RM The 22-year-old man who was rushed to Maimonides Medical Center yesterday afternoon [/crime/person-rushed-to-hospital-after-a-fire-at-910-mcdonald-avenue] after accidentally setting himself on fire in the basement at 910 McDonald Avenue died today, ABC 7 reported [http://7online.com/news/good-samaritans-extinguish-man-on-fire-in-brooklyn/359822/] . The man, whose name has
3121 ocean ave
Well, there goes my dream of reopening the long-shuttered Beefsteak Charlie’s [/remember-when-beefsteak-charlies-filled-us-up/], sitting back, and wasting away the rest of my life with an endless supply of cocktail shrimp. After two attempts to get medical facilities off the ground, 3121 Ocean Avenue, the former home of Beefsteak Charlie’s,
anti-corruption
Source: assembly.state.ny.usAssemblyman Dov Hikind’s activities involving his radio show and Maimonides Medical Center is being investigated by the Moreland Commission. The New York Daily News is reporting [http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/cuomo-anti-corruption-commission-investigates-assemblyman-hilkind-article-1.1466804] that Hikind is being investigated for potential conflicts of interest and
administration for chidlren's services
Computer Tenda Tech on 18th Avenue, where the child was rescued (Source: Google Maps)Panic struck residents walking along 18th Avenue when an 18-month-old baby was spotted crawling around an awning over a Bensonhurst storefront on Friday. ABC News is reporting [http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?section=news/local/
beth israel kings highway hospital
Community Board 11 Chairman Bill Guarinello. Source: HeartShare.orgHas New York State forsaken Bensonhurst when it comes to providing adequate healthcare? Community Board 11 Chairman Bill Guarinello seems to think so and has leveled these charges at a recent community board meeting, according to a report [http://www.brooklyneagle.com/
hector rivera
A 37-year-old man died after colliding with an SUV in Dyker Heights on Friday evening. Hector Rivera was driving west on 65th Street when his motorcycle hit a Honda SUV that was making a left on 13th Avenue. The motorcyclist was pinned under the Honda, according to NY1 [http://brooklyn.
Kings County Hospital Center
City hospitals have been measured, weighed and found wanting. New York’s medical centers earned low marks on quality of care, patient satisfaction and the rate of reentry in preliminary data as judged by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, reports the New York World [http://www.
92nd street
Victory Memorial shortly before its closure (Source: Richard Caplan via City Limits)In the fight to open an emergency room at the former site of Victory Memorial Hospital on 7th Avenue and 92nd Street, things aren’t looking so good. Despite this, at a December 8, meeting of CB 11,