Neighbors
Marie Coleman / Personal ArchivesMarie Coleman was 84 years old. March 11, 1932 to November 18, 2016. She is survived by 4 of her 5 children. Marie was a resident of the Sunset Park/Bay Ridge area over 60 years. She was involved with many of the local community organizations. She
Central Brooklyn
CAMBA volunteer Neila Pierre. (Photo via CAMBA)As he enters the food pantry to a warm greeting, a guest at CAMBA’s Beyond Hunger Emergency Food Pantry at 2241 Church Avenue [https://www.camba.org/programs/health/nutritionalservices/beyondhungeremergencyfoodpantry] recognizes Neila Pierre and relief washes over his strained face. He
Neighbors
Full video of Let’s Get Organized, Tuesday, November 15, 2016. (Courtesy of the office of Brad Lander) The stained glass windows which surround the interior of Congregation Beth Elohim [https://congregationbethelohim.org/] did not betray the concern evident on the faces of many of those in attendance on Tuesday
Central Brooklyn
Left to right: Saba Ismail, Samson Salamat and Shahid Khan, wearing the hallmark orange of the Rwadari Tehreek movement, borrowed from Sufi symbolism. (Photo by Ditmas Park Corner)Samson Salamat, a Pakistani human rights defender, is igniting a global movement to combat terrorism, a movement whose voice is reaching Brooklyn’
Central Brooklyn
“Voting is your power and your right,” Mamnun Haq said to Kensington’s Bangladeshi community at the Avenue C Plaza on Friday. (Photo by DPC)After a week where many neighbors expressed fear over the presidential election results [/blog/neighbors/trump-victory-frightens-emboldens-immigrants-kensington/], Kensington’s Bangladeshi community leaders and city officials gathered
Arts & Culture
Photo by Sean Egan/Sheepshead Bites.You’ve seen her breathtaking photographs in our daily Morning Mug, you may have sat next to her on the train, or stood behind her in line at a cafe. Katia Nunes hasn’t been here long, but she captures the local beauty that
Announcements
(Photo via Jewish Daily Forward [https://www.facebook.com/BrooklynBreakingNews/photos/a.10152220115617280.1073741825.269037602279/10154837144167280/?type=3&theater] / Facebook)Yaffa Eliach, Holocaust survivor, photographer, historian, and Brooklyn College Professor, died Tuesday at age 79, reports the New York Times [http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/10/nyregion/yaffa-eliach-died-holocaust-memorial-museum.
Central Brooklyn
Muslim women studying English said they are nervous about anti-immigrant and anti-Muslim rhetoric. (Photo by Ditmas Park Corner)There was an eery silence on the streets during the gray, rainy morning after voters elected Donald Trump as the 45th president of the United States. Many people stayed up late last
Business
It’s rarely a simple transaction when you visit Yakhil Yakobov, the cobbler of Foster Avenue. You don’t just hand him two sawbucks to get your Timberlands resoled, or a five dollar bill for a new watch band. It’s a conversation with Yakhil too. The store is small.
Central Brooklyn
Tim Monti-Wohlpart distributing informational fliers outside Kensington’s PS 130 on May 12th. Monti-Wohlpart has helped to spearhead an effort to reform New York State adoption law. (Photo: Cameron Mizell)(This story was updated on 11/11/16 with comments from readers. They are included at the bottom.) Tomorrow’s
Central Brooklyn
Emily Drabinski crossing the finish line with her son.In just five years, Kensington runner Emily Drabinski, 41, went from an “adult onset athlete” to a three-time marathon runner. This Sunday, she’ll be running the TCS New York City Marathon [http://www.tcsnycmarathon.org] fueled not only by her
Neighbors
Dorian Garret. Photo via NYPD.A 12-year-old boy went missing in the Nostrand Houses, according to police. Dorian Garret took the garbage out from his home at 3645 Nostrand Ave at around 7:15am on Tuesday, November 1, and hasn’t been seen since, police said. He is described as