Coney Island
We received the following email yesterday from a student at Coney Island Prep, [http://coneyislandprep.org/] a public charter school of who’s first graduating class last year 100% of students were accepted to college. Charter Schools remain a controversial subject [https://www.chalkbeat.org/posts/ny/2018/01/31/
Announcements
Photo: Zainab Iqbal/BKLYNERBROOKLYN – “Sex trafficking in Brooklyn?” – This very question made a young woman create a documentary [http://inourbackyard.nyc/], a young survivor tell her story, and a historic Brooklyn Heights church take a big step to help combat sexual exploitation in the borough we call home. “We Are
Business
PROSPECT HEIGHTS – A longtime local institution is slated for closure. Delissa Reynolds, owner of Prospect Heights’ Bar Sepia [https://www.barsepia.com], announced earlier this month that her beloved venue will be shuttering in March after 14 years on Underhill Avenue. Bar Sepia, 234 Underhill Avenue (Photo courtesy of Delissa
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Announcements
Photo: NYS SenateUPDATE- 5:55 pm: Senator Marty Golden just released this statement: “To anyone who was offended by my choice of words regarding the heroin and opioid crisis facing our state, I sincerely apologize. While my words were not articulated clearly or properly, the point I was trying to
Bed Stuy
Decatur Street (Photo: Greg Lewis/BKLYNER).BEDFORD STUYVESANT – Residents are calling for speed bumps to be installed on Decatur Street between Malcolm X Boulevard and Patchen Avenues, and a petition shared by the Decatur Street Block Association [https://www.ipetitions.com/petition/SpeedHumpsOnDecaturStreet] that has garnered close to 100 signatures.
Neighbors
PROSPECT HEIGHTS – A group of local preservationists are campaigning to landmark the “Prospect Heights Apartment House District,” an area that is home to 82 historic apartment buildings, reports say. Turner Towers, 135 Eastern Parkway (Photo: Scott H. Gallant via Property Shark) The properties, built between 1909 and 1929, are laid
Announcements
BROOKLYN HEIGHTS – Founded in 1982, the family-run Court Street Office Supplies [http://www.courtstreet.net] has been stocking nearby offices, homes, schools, and courthouses with legal forms, pens, toner, and stationery products for more than three decades. Court Street Office Supplies, 44 Court Street (Photo: Nathan Haselby)After February 20th,
community
From left – Rina Horne, principal of PS 212; Randi Garay; Mallory Figueroa; Councilman Mark Treyger; Georgette Pezzolanti, Family Leadership Coordinator for Community School District 21; Mary Montemarano, Family Leadership Support Coordinator for Community School District 21. (Megan McGibney/BKLYNER)GRAVESEND – Thursday night at PS 212 on Bay 49th Street sawparents
Central Brooklyn
Local politicians responded to the President of the United States referring to Haiti, El Salvador, and African countries as “shithole countries”. Just yesterday, President Donald Trump was reported by the Washington Post [https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-attacks-protections-for-immigrants-from-shithole-countries-in-oval-office-meeting/2018/01/11/bfc0725c-f711-11e7-91af-31ac729add94_story.html?utm_term=.7a2cf439a92d] to have said:
Central Brooklyn
Ms. Noel’s lawyer Jonathan Twersky, Aga Trojniak of Flatbush Tenants Coalition, and a neighbor outside the courtroom.Ms. Noel’s [/can-city-really-not-find-apartment-one-elderly-woman-flatbush-octogenerian-still-homeless/] lawyer Jonathan Twersky from Southern Brooklyn Legal Services and her neighbors were back in the Brooklyn Housing Court on Tuesday, on her behalf. Hon. Julie Poley presiding, the
Business
When Yair Reiner got up in front of the “sharks,” all the nervousness left him. “Up until I got in there, I was nervous,” he said. “It was a little like an out-of-body experience for me.” Yair Reiner was pitching a panel of investors on ABC’s “Shark Tank” [http:
Announcements
Next weekend NYC Life [http://www1.nyc.gov/site/media/index.page] will debut pilot episodes of two new television comedies featuring stories by women, about women. After watching the two pilots, viewers will be able to vote for the show they’d like to green light for an additional