affordable housing
Glo Hotel is located at 850 4th Avenue. Photo by a reader.All of the signs that Glo Hotel is a hotel have been covered up, and it looks like the Best Western chain hotel is now providing emergency housing services to the City of New York. Glo Hotel is
community
‘Do Look Down’ by Shannon Hui, Kwans Kim, and Yujin Kim. Courtesy of Van Alen Institute.Two winners have been announced for the Reimagining Brooklyn Bridge Competition, hosted by design nonprofit, Van Alen Institute [https://www.vanalen.org/our-work/]. The winner in the professional category is titled Brooklyn Bridge Forest
Business
Dine In Park Slope [https://parkslopefifthavenuebid.com/event/dine-in-park-slope-2/], now in its third year running, holds a slightly heavier weight than usual. With restaurants, especially small, locally run restaurants, struggling to weather a pandemic, businesses need every bit of help they can get. Mark Caserta, the Executive Director of the
bath beach
District 20 Outgoing Superintendent Carina Kostantino with schoolchildren [https://www.facebook.com/CECDistrict20/photos/a.1217949231635561/1217953831635101/?type=1&theater] ., via CEC20 Facebook page.BAY RIDGE – On Friday, it was revealed that Superintendent Karina Costantino of District 20 (D20) will be retiring, effective Monday, August 31st. The announcement was
Business
Since last fall my youngest son has been ready to go to school just like his big brother. Even before he turned three he was working on his self-portrait. He’s been practicing writing his name. And it breaks my heart every day when he says, “I’m going to
Central Brooklyn
There have been three murders in the last three days in Brooklyn – two at Parkside, and one in East Flatbush. On Friday, August 14 at around 4 p.m., 28-year-old Deshawn Reid was shot right outside his home on Ocean Avenue near Crooke Avenue. He was found unconscious and unresponsive
Arts & Culture
Rosalyn Marhatta has been enduring the Coronavirus lockdown while cooped up in her Greensboro, N.C., home with her sister Marsha Harris since March 17. The two septuagenarians had been active patrons of their local senior center, taking part in its diverse array of classes and activities before the pandemic
brownsville
Photo by David von Diemar [https://unsplash.com/@davidvondiemar?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText] on Unsplash [https://unsplash.com/s/photos/police-tape?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText] Buttermilk Channel – Just after 1:30 pm today, Thursday, August 13,
COVID-19
Lenore DiLeo-Berner, the principal of Park Slope’s MS 51 back in 2017. Photo by Kathy Park Price, with permission.PARK SLOPE — The Department of Education announced today that Lenore DiLeo-Berner, the principal of Park Slope’s MS 51, will be retiring, effective Monday, August 17th, less than one month
News
Photo by Bill Oxford on UnsplashNine men from Brooklyn and one from the Bronx were separately charged by complaint or indictment during the past week in the Eastern District of New York with being a felon in possession of a firearm. “The one tried and true way to reduce the
community
Photo by David von Diemar [https://unsplash.com/@davidvondiemar?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText] on Unsplash [https://unsplash.com/s/photos/police-tape?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText] BEDFORD STUYVESANT – A 12-year-old girl was allegedly raped in the back
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BROOKLYN – Two fatal shootings last night/this morning took place just hours apart – one in Sheepshead Bay and one in Crown Heights. First, on Tuesday, August 11 at around 9:40 p.m., a 19-year-old man and an unknown person reportedly got into a dispute around Coyle Street and Avenue