Business
A hundred years ago, Brooklyn was teeming with mutual savings banks. There was the Brooklyn Savings Bank, the Dime Savings Bank of Brooklyn, the South Brooklyn Savings Bank, the Williamsburg Savings Bank [/dime-savings-bank/], … but they are all gone. Some went out of business. Others — like Dime and like most giant
Development
A rendering of the proposed Acme Smoked Fish development in Greenpoint. (Image: Gensler Architects)A rezoning proposal that would facilitate the creation of a nine-story office building along with a new processing facility for Acme Smoked Fish [https://www.acmesmokedfish.com/] in Greenpoint took the next step toward approval, after
Business
Under a new law that is being introduced by Park Slope Council Member Brad Lander, all employers of a certain size would be required to call back those they laid off due to COVID-19. Lander at the rally in Manhattan.Lander made the announcement at a rally in Manhattan organized
Central Brooklyn
The June 22nd Democratic primary is just a few months away, and all eyes are on the mayor’s race. But there are also several highly competitive races for City Council, Borough President and judicial seats happening in Brooklyn. In the absence of formal polling, contribution numbers can give us
Central Brooklyn
Students at M.S. 51 in Park Slope, Brooklyn streamed into the building, socially distanced and masked. A new federal stimulus bill will send billions of new dollars to New York City schools. Amy Zimmer / ChalkbeatBy Reema Amin, Chalkbeat New York [https://ny.chalkbeat.org/2021/3/16/22334388/nyc-schools-federal-stimulus-billions-learning-loss]
Central Brooklyn
A virtual fundraiser in support of Council Member Robert Cornegy Jr.’s run [https://robertecornegyjr.com/] for Brooklyn Borough President last night featured well-known entertainers Spike Lee and Tracy Morgan—but more importantly, it also included several notable city and state officials, some of whom hadn’t previously made public
Central Brooklyn
Bagels. They’re among our fair city’s most controversial foods, right up there with pizza and pastrami, so it’s no surprise that definitive statements can ruffle a few feathers. Yesterday, The New York Times (our own paper of record!) published a story titled “The Best Bagels Are in
Central Brooklyn
NYC high schools will welcome back students on March 22. Brooklyn’s Park Slope Collegiate, which shares a building with several high schools, welcomed its middle schoolers back on Feb. 25. Amy Zimmer/ChalkbeatBy Alex Zimmerman, Chalkbeat New York [https://ny.chalkbeat.org/2021/3/8/22318909/psal-nyc-high-school-reopening] The overwhelming
Arts & Culture
Emily Braden [https://emilybraden.com/] performing at a Pandemusic event in October. (Image: Josue Caceres)When the coronavirus pandemic overtook New York, Josue Caceres’ gigs—and some of his friends—started to disappear. Caceres is a sax player, originally from Brazil, who moved to Brooklyn in 2015 to pursue his
Central Brooklyn
This week marked the anniversary of the first confirmed case of COVID19 in NYC. Today, March 5, marks a year since the first confirmed case in Brooklyn. Soon it will be a year since the city was shut down. And, hopefully, soon everyone will have had a chance to get
Central Brooklyn
By Eileen Grench, THE CITY. This article was originally published [https://www.thecity.nyc/2021/3/3/22312705/state-bill-to-give-new-york-kids-more-miranda-protection-nypd] by THE CITY [https://www.thecity.nyc/] That’s all too common a practice, says a statewide coalition of juvenile justice advocates launching a “Right2RemainSilent” campaign for a law change. When
Central Brooklyn
With COVID19 still active in Brooklyn, random weekly tests [https://www.schools.nyc.gov/school-year-20-21/return-to-school-2020/health-and-safety/covid-19-testing] in the borough’s public schools have been the norm since December. But so have school building closures, whenever two unrelated cases are found. This has been particularly frustrating where more than