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The third night of overnight subway disinfecting and cleaning at Stillwell Terminal on Fri., May 8, 2020. Photo: Marc A. Hermann / MTA New York City TransitThe third night of overnight subway disinfecting and cleaning at Stillwell Terminal on Fri., May 8, 2020. Photo: Marc A. Hermann / MTA New York City
Announcements
PARK SLOPE – All Terri Zimmerman wanted for her husband’s birthday was a cake from Häagen-Dazs. For as long as she could remember, he’s gotten an ice cream cake from there every May 1st. She didn’t want this pandemic and his long hours working in the hospital to
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Maria Rodriguez with grandson Octavio Vargas at the hospital.Maria Rodriguez is home from NYU Langone Hospital–Brooklyn, where she was recovering from coronavirus, just in time for Mother’s Day to be celebrated with her daughter, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren. The 87-year-old matriarch was the hospital’s 850th patient with
brownsville
BROWNSVILLE – A 48-year-old man is dead after being shot in the chest last night. On Thursday, May 7 at around 10:10 p.m., cops arrived in the hallway of Seth Low Houses on Powell Street near Pitkin Avenue to find a 48-year-old man with a gunshot wound to the
Business
The Park Slope Food Coop on May 8Park Slope Food Coop members may not be able to shop like they used to, but the grocery is in a stronger position to weather the pandemic because it can depend on them. The fabled low-priced grocery store is asking their 17,000
community
A rainbow postcard hand-painted by NYC reporter Anna Sanders. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal/Bklyner)Happy Thursday! There is still a pandemic out in this world, so please stay safe and try to stay at home. Here are some new numbers as of this afternoon: * There were 1,421 new positive confirmed
Election 2020
Marcela Mitaynes canvassing in Sunset Park, March 4 2020, Photo credit: Caroline OursoSUNSET PARK – The last three months have brought a lot of changes for Marcela Mitaynes, the housing activist from Sunset Park who is running to represent her neighborhood, District 51, in State Assembly. Mitaynes, 45, was ramping up
Announcements
Michael and Alice Halkias. (Photo: Pamela Wong/Bklyner)PARK SLOPE – Michael Halkias, a Brooklyn legend and the owner of the Grand Prospect Hall, died yesterday afternoon. He was 82. Halkias, described as a philanthropist and a “lover of Greek letters and culture,” was fighting the coronavirus at Lenox Hill Hospital
Events
It’s not been an easy few months. We’ve seen our neighborhoods and our lives change completely, in what feels like the blink of an eye. Now, more than ever, it’s important that we hold onto our traditions, and celebrate at every opportunity, with any excuse. Luckily, Mother’
Central Brooklyn
Navy Yard. Liena Zagare/BklynerCOVID-19 pandemic has shown the world just how harsh the inequalities in our society are. Communities that were already suffering from lack of healthcare, adequate nutrition, and lived in overcrowded residences in polluted parts of the city [https://www.pnas.org/content/116/13/6001] have
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Photo byCharles Deluvio [https://unsplash.com/@charlesdeluvio?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText] onUnsplash [https://unsplash.com/s/photos/zoom-meeting?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText] By Alex Zimmerman and Christina Veiga, Originally published in Chalkbeat New York [https://ny.
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Last Stop. Liena Zagare/BklynerBy Jose Martinez, originally published in THE CITY [https://thecity.nyc/2020/05/nyc-homeless-ousted-by-subway-closure-go-to-streets-buses.html] More than 90% of the estimated 2,000 homeless New Yorkers who have been sleeping on trains and in stations during the pandemic ended up on streets and buses after the