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May
19
All Drivers Scatter Post Crash, One Arrested

All Drivers Scatter Post Crash, One Arrested

Photo by Hillel Lichtenstein/BklynerEarly Tuesday morning, around 12:30 am, a vehicle was making a right turn from Ocean
1 min read
May
14
Rathkopfs Photograph Southern Brooklyn Community Heroes

Rathkopfs Photograph Southern Brooklyn Community Heroes

Anna with her son Jesse. (Photo by Jordan Rathkopf, with permission)SOUTHERN BROOKLYN – During the coronavirus pandemic, people have been
5 min read
Apr
29
Train Conductor Hero Ben Schaeffer Dies From The Coronavirus

Train Conductor Hero Ben Schaeffer Dies From The Coronavirus

Ben Schaeffer. (Photo via TWU Local 100)MIDWOOD – Longtime community activist and MTA train conductor Benjamin Schaeffer, who once evacuated
2 min read
Apr
10
Distance Learning For Children From Non-English Backgrounds Isn’t So Easy

Distance Learning For Children From Non-English Backgrounds Isn’t So Easy

Erica Wilde waving to her student before dropping off the books. (Photo via Wilde, with permission)BROOKLYN – The coronavirus pandemic
4 min read
Mar
25
Crime Blotter: 70-year-old Woman’s Death Ruled to be a Homicide, Stolen iPhone and Deli Assault

Crime Blotter: 70-year-old Woman’s Death Ruled to be a Homicide, Stolen iPhone and Deli Assault

EAST FLATBUSH/BROWNSVILLE — Seventy-year-old Queens resident Evelyn Lynch’s death was ruled a homicide yesterday. Lynch died on November 10
5 min read
Mar
24
No Mask, No Gloves, No Service: Southern Brooklyn Businesses Start to Turn Away Customers Without Masks

No Mask, No Gloves, No Service: Southern Brooklyn Businesses Start to Turn Away Customers Without Masks

Surgical masks. (Unsplash.com)Fong and Zhou Supermarket in Bensonhurst and AAA Pharmacy in Midwood are turning away customers who
3 min read
Mar
18
Life Of A Cabbie In The Age Of Coronavirus: The Bills Keep Coming

Life Of A Cabbie In The Age Of Coronavirus: The Bills Keep Coming

Hassan Iqbal buttoning up his thobe before going to the masjid. (Photo via Avery Leigh White)MIDWOOD/KENSINGTON – Being a
6 min read
Mar
17
Essential Business: Ajwa Grocery Carries On

Essential Business: Ajwa Grocery Carries On

Ajwa grocery. Maria Newsom/BklynerOn ordinary days, the AJWA Grocery at the intersection of Coney Island and Foster Avenues in
4 min read
Mar
16
“Stay Home” Difficult When There’s No Cooking Gas

“Stay Home” Difficult When There’s No Cooking Gas

250 Parkville. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal/Bklyner)MIDWOOD/KENSINGTON – There’s a brick building that sits on Parkville Avenue. It’s
5 min read
Mar
10

‘Save the CUNY Students’: Students Petition to Cancel In-Person Classes

Brooklyn College Campus. Photo: Zainab Iqbal/BklynerMIDWOOD – Several universities in New York have shut-down their in-person classes, moving them online
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