Arts & Culture
CROWN HEIGHTS — NASA is working on sending humans to Mars as early as 2030 and some people are already planning for the trip. Space was the theme for a couple of dozen people that came out to Tech Tribe’s [http://mytechtribe.org/] “Chanukah on Mars” talk Wednesday night at
Business
A young dancer at Cynthia King’s studio adjusts her ballet slippers. (Photo by Vanessa Etienne)FLATBUSH – A young dancer begins her evening ballet class at Cynthia King Dance Studio. She looks into the mirror and lifts her leg high into the air behind her. As her foot comes up,
Arts & Culture
BUSHWICK – Radio Free Brooklyn [https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/] went live in the basement of a bike shop in Bushwick with four microphones and a mixer over three years ago. An internet radio station was another step for co-founders, Tom Tenney and Rob Prichard, in making space for creativity to fit the
Announcements
Photo: Zainab Iqbal/BklynerBAY RIDGE – A Bay Ridge couple will be closing their beloved shop after 34 years, no longer able to afford rent. ZEN is a small gift shop located on Third Avenue between 76th and 77th Street. The entire block is lined up with mom and pop shops,
Education
High school student experts and education policy adult experts on a panel last night at the Brooklyn Public Library. By DJ Cashmere/BklynerPROSPECT HEIGHTS – “We are here today because we are tired of this conversation being one-sided. It’s always been about what the adults think the students need. But
Arts & Culture
Muslims praying. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal/Bklyner)BROOKLYN HEIGHTS – Next week, Brooklyn Historical Society (BHS) will present its “Muslims in Brooklyn” [http://brooklynhistory.org/projects/muslimsinbrooklyn] oral history project to the world. “Muslims in Brooklyn” includes 50 oral histories from various Muslims across the borough. “These 50 people are not representative
Bensonhurst
Soccer at Il Centro. Photo by Vanessa Etienne/BklynerBENSONHURST – On most days, Bensonhurst’s new Italian-American community center looks like a miniature UN, with immigrants from all over gathering together for events and classes. Since the 1950s, Bensonhurst has been synonymous with Italian-American – the Little Italy of Brooklyn. But over
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Rachel Tagiev, owner of Fittletica, a new gym in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, stands on a body composition monitor, which measures body fat percentage. Photo by Cole Zerboni/BklynerSHEEPSHEAD BAY – Electric muscle stimulation training, the latest fitness craze known as EMS, which uses an electric-pulsing body suit to shock people’s
Announcements
Photo via Rodneyse Bichotte.MIDWOOD/FLATBUSH/DITMAS PARK – After intense rain over Thanksgiving weekend, streets in parts of Brooklyn turned into rivers and lakes. Assemblywoman Rodneyse Bichotte was caught in one yesterday, tweeting, “We are under water!” She said she reached out to various City agencies including the Mayor’s
Announcements
Photo: Katie MillerBROOKLYN BRIDGE – One person is dead and five are injured after three cars crashed and erupted into flames on the Brooklyn-bound side of the Brooklyn Bridge this morning at 7:15 a.m. Photo: Katie MillerBoth sides of the bridge were forced to shut down the day before
Central Brooklyn
DITMAS PARK – Amazon may soon be our next door neighbor, but Amazon packages have been missing across Ditmas Park and Kensington for months. In over six months, over 100 packages (both Amazon and others) have been reported missing by neighbors at a building near Cortelyou and Stratford alone — and that
Announcements
Families for Safe Streets. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal/Bklyner)BOROUGH HALL – “Traffic crashes do not discriminate by religion, race, age, sex, political affiliation, or neighborhood,” Devan Sipher, a member of Families for Safe Streets [https://www.transalt.org/familiesforsafestreets] said. The first thing one noticed when entering the Borough Hall yesterday,