Bed Stuy
The crowd took to the streets to rally neighbors around putting an end to the North Brooklyn Pipeline and associated National Grid rate hikes. North Brooklyn Pipeline Protest. Audrey Carleton/BklynerLatrice Walker, assemblywoman for New York State’s District 55, still distinctly remembers what it was like growing up with
Cypress Hills
Police have made an arrest in connection with the July 26 shooting on Vermont Street. On July 26, about 6:40pm, police responded to a 911 call of a man shot at 62 Vermont Street (75 Precinct), to find that in fact, three people had been shot. Kleimer P. Mendez,
Bed Stuy
BEDFORD STUYVESANT – On Friday, September 25, shortly before 10:30 pm, police received a 911 call of two individuals shot at the corner of Marcus Garvey Boulevard and Monroe Street (81 Precinct). They found the two men, both in their 30ies, who were shot near a black Jeep parked in
Education
Students at a previous after school program. Courtesy of PS154.In a year already rife with change for Brooklyn’s public schools, PS154 in Windsor Terrace is dealing with yet another loss. Their after-school program has been canceled for the Fall season after the cost of their Department of Education
Announcements
Outdoor dining on Park Slope’s 5th Avenue. (Photo: Ellie Plass/Bklyner)Outdoor dining will now a permanent fixture in the city, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced this morning on the Brian Lehrer Show. “I really want us to take this model and make it a part of the life
Announcements
A meal hub in NYC. (Photo: Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office)BROOKLYN – Two years ago, the city launched a halal and kosher school lunch pilot program. The pilot, which Council Member Chaim Deutsch and then-Council Member Rafael Espinal secured $1 million in the City Council budget for, started in April
community
At United Community Centers of East New York [https://ucceny.org/] (UCCENY), a nonprofit that serves the East New York community through everything from ESL classes to early childhood education, many of the costs associated with keeping the center running involve things like paying program staff, organizing field trips, and
Announcements
Council Member Reynoso speaking at a press conference in Williamsburg a few years ago. (Photo: Paul Stremple/Bklyner)BROOKLYN – The race for the next borough president is underway. As of right now, three people are running, hoping to take the seat in 2021. Today, current Council Member Antonio Reynoso was
Announcements
SOUTHERN BROOKLYN – Two yeshivas have been ordered to shut down by the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) as cases of coronavirus rise, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced. Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office“We’ve shut down two yeshivas. No one wants to shut down the yeshiva. That’
community
MARINE PARK – The Ryder Street Rockets, part of the Marine Park Community Association’s [https://www.marineparkcommunityassociation.com/] Gardening Club, met last Saturday, September 19 to plant new flower pots along the sidewalks of Quentin Road, a commercial street near their Ryder Street homes. Brigid McGrath, 10, and Mateo Besada,
Announcements
De Blasio at the press conference this morning when he announced the furloughs. (Photo: Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography Office)Over 9,000 managerial and unrepresented city employees will be furloughed for five days between October and March in an effort to save the city $21 million, Mayor Bill de Blasio
Bed Stuy
BEDFORD STUYVESANT – Cops are looking for the man who allegedly sexually harassed a woman as she was walking her child. On Monday, September 14 at around 4:20 p.m., a 37-year-old woman was pushing her child inside a stroller on the corner of Lewis Avenue and Chauncey Street when