Business
Food trucks and carts all over Brooklyn are struggling to stay open as Coronavirus grinds business to a halt. Farmers’ markets, on the other hand, will stay open for now. Trucks and Carts: Frenchy’s food truck at 333 Eastern Parkway has taken Thursday, March 19 and Friday, March 20
Announcements
Photo: Zainab Iqbal/BklynerSOUTHERN BROOKLYN – Doctors and nurses working in hospitals across the city are asking for more gloves, masks, and other supplies to protect themselves. Police officers are in the same boat. One officer from a precinct in Southern Brooklyn told Bklyner that cops, who qualify as essential workers,
Announcements
March 20, 2020- Albany, NY- Governor Andrew Cuomo holds a press briefing on Coronavirus (Darren McGee- Office of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo)Governor Cuomo has signed the “New York State on PAUSE” executive order, which goes into effect at 8:00 pm on Sunday. It consists of public health safety
Central Brooklyn
NYU Langone staff [https://www.instagram.com/p/B99qsaLhm1U/].A lot of people in Brooklyn are living in tiny apartments with roommates, or with extended families, often “doubled up”. As the pandemic spreads, more people who are not “very sick” are asked to stay home – the latest numbers as of
Central Brooklyn
A Dollar Van near the Barclays Center. Curtis Brodner/BklynerMayor Bill de Blasio signed an executive order [https://www.nydailynews.com/coronavirus/ny-coronavirus-pooled-rides-uber-banned-20200317-rwyk5spsfnbrflqjcbv7lpw5ju-story.html] on Tuesday, March 17 banning “pooling” for ridesharing services like Uber and Lyft — meaning no cheap group trips with strangers, but it stopped short of saying
community
A flyer for #bedstuystrong. Courtesy of Phil Ortiz.Like much of the country, Brooklyn has had to react quickly to the coronavirus pandemic and the enormous strain it’s placed not only on our infrastructure [/there-are-not-enough-ventilators-not-enough-beds-officials-worry-as-pandemic-grows/] but on our daily lives. Daily errands have become a safety risk, and we’
Business
We, like you, are still trying to figure out how to navigate this new reality we’ve found ourselves in. There are a lot of uncertainties, but one thing we know for certain is that we love our local restaurants and we want to support them in any and all
Announcements
A testing site on Flushing Avenue. Photo via Liam Quigley. [https://twitter.com/_elkue]Good Morning! It’s another Friday and there’s still a pandemic. Here are some updates for today: * The new numbers are out. There are now 5,151 positive coronavirus cases in NYC, with 29 fatalities.
Brooklyn Heights
We, like you, are still trying to figure out how to navigate this new reality we’ve found ourselves in. There are a lot of uncertainties, but one thing we know for certain is that we love our local restaurants and we want to support them in any and all
Announcements
Via Governor Cuomo’s office.Updated throughout the day. Good morning! Here’s the latest on Coronavirus. New numbers are expected to come in at 6 p.m.: * Last night, over 7,500 New Yorkers were tested for the coronavirus. And 1,871 new positive cases were found. The total
Business
Brooklyn is rich in small businesses. But small businesses aren’t rich. Coronavirus is threatening the livelihoods of bars and restaurants, which have been shuttered to avoid spreading the virus. But another category of the small businesses that power the Brooklyn economy are personal service businesses like beauty parlors and
Business
We, like you, are still trying to figure out how to navigate this new reality we’ve found ourselves in. There are a lot of uncertainties, but one thing we know for certain is that we love our local restaurants and we want to support them in any and all