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Mar
16
Meet Josue Pierre: Running To Represent Flatbush In City Council

Meet Josue Pierre: Running To Represent Flatbush In City Council

Josue Pierre, Campaign photo.For those who’ve been involved in local Flatbush civic affairs, Josue Pierre [https://pierre2021.com/
11 min read
Mar
16
14-Story Apartment Complex on Sunset Park’s Fourth Avenue Will Be Developed

14-Story Apartment Complex on Sunset Park’s Fourth Avenue Will Be Developed

Rendering of the proposed development a 737 Fourth Avenue in Sunset Park—center of the image. (Image: DencityWorks Architecture)Council
4 min read
Mar
15

Brooklyn Bridge Photo Projection Pays Tribute to Lives Lost to COVID

Images of some of the New Yorkers lost to the pandemic were projected onto the Brooklyn Bridge during the COVID-19
2 min read
Mar
15
Orthodox Women Rally to Break the Chains of Unwanted Marriage, Using Social Media As a Bolt Cutter

Orthodox Women Rally to Break the Chains of Unwanted Marriage, Using Social Media As a Bolt Cutter

Chava Sharabani, right, has unsuccessfully pushed for more than a decade to convince her ex-husband to sign a legal Jewish
5 min read
Mar
15
Brooklyn Municipal Building Renamed the Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Municipal Building

Brooklyn Municipal Building Renamed the Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Municipal Building

Brooklyn Municipal Building. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal/Bklyner)Today Mayor Bill de Blasio, First Lady Chirlane McCray, Brooklyn Borough President Eric
2 min read
Mar
12
Brooklyn End-of-the-Week News Roundup

Brooklyn End-of-the-Week News Roundup

It’s been a long, busy week in Brooklyn, but the sun is shining and the weather is warm. Here
2 min read
Mar
12
‘White People. DOING Something’ Wants You to Have the Hard Conversations

‘White People. DOING Something’ Wants You to Have the Hard Conversations

Unite NY Rally on Juneteenth 2020. (Photo: Adrian Childress/Bklyner)When Brooklyn couple Aja Davis and Molly Ola Pinney read
5 min read
Mar
12
District 39 Council Candidates Talk About the Future of Gowanus

District 39 Council Candidates Talk About the Future of Gowanus

Rendering of the post-rezoning Gowanus canal bridge crossing with waterfront development and pedestrian activity. (Image: Department of City Planning) Brooklyn
9 min read
Mar
11
Protestors Call for Cancellation of Kingsbrook Hospital Consolidation

Protestors Call for Cancellation of Kingsbrook Hospital Consolidation

Protestors gathered outside Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center in East Flatbush on Thursday, March 11th, 2021. (Image: Billy Richling)Several dozen
4 min read
Mar
11
Crime & Safety Roundup: East Flatbush Fire, Gowanus Expressway Crash

Crime & Safety Roundup: East Flatbush Fire, Gowanus Expressway Crash

FDNY responding to a fire at a truck repair shop in East Flatbush. (Image: Hillel Lichtenstein)Unfortunately, it’s been
3 min read