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Mar
26
The Young Are Volunteering More As Those Over 50 Told To Stay Home

The Young Are Volunteering More As Those Over 50 Told To Stay Home

Volunteers before the coronavirus, when they were allowed to touch one another. (Photo via MAS Youth Center)BROOKLYN – As the
6 min read
Mar
26
Players Don’t Listen, De Blasio Removes Basketball Hoops From 80 Locations

Players Don’t Listen, De Blasio Removes Basketball Hoops From 80 Locations

Removed basketball hoop at St. Andrew’s Playground on the corner of Atlantic Ave. and Kingston Ave. Curtis Brodner/BklynerMayor
2 min read
Mar
25
Where to Order and Take Out: Downtown Brooklyn

Where to Order and Take Out: Downtown Brooklyn

Brooklyn Borough Hall Liena Zagare/BklynerWe, like you, are still trying to figure out how to navigate this new reality
3 min read
Mar
25
Social Distancing Forces Piano Tutors To Rethink Teaching

Social Distancing Forces Piano Tutors To Rethink Teaching

CLINTON HILL – Sarah Dutcher sits at her dark wood Yamaha grand piano and looks to her right. A webcam captures
3 min read
Mar
25
Crime Blotter: 70-year-old Woman’s Death Ruled to be a Homicide, Stolen iPhone and Deli Assault

Crime Blotter: 70-year-old Woman’s Death Ruled to be a Homicide, Stolen iPhone and Deli Assault

EAST FLATBUSH/BROWNSVILLE — Seventy-year-old Queens resident Evelyn Lynch’s death was ruled a homicide yesterday. Lynch died on November 10
5 min read
Mar
24
‘Pray At Home!’ Houses Of Worship Close Physical Doors, Open Virtual Ones

‘Pray At Home!’ Houses Of Worship Close Physical Doors, Open Virtual Ones

Photo via Makki Masjid.BROOKLYN – Houses of worship serve as safe havens for many people. It’s where they go
8 min read
Mar
23
Stay Calm. Stay Home. Stay Healthy.

Stay Calm. Stay Home. Stay Healthy.

Forsythia in bloom. Liena Zagare/BklynerAs our routines are upended by Covid-19, I would like to remind my fellow New
3 min read
Mar
23
BP Adams Relieves Coronavirus Anxiety By Meditating, You Can Join Him

BP Adams Relieves Coronavirus Anxiety By Meditating, You Can Join Him

Eric Adams meditating. (Photo via Adams’ office.)BROOKLYN – To reduce the spread of the coronavirus, we are told to “social
2 min read
Mar
23
Here’s The Latest On NYC’s Child Care Centers

Here’s The Latest On NYC’s Child Care Centers

Credit: Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office.Originally posted on Chalkbeat [https://chalkbeat.org/posts/ny/2020/03/20/heres-the-latest-on-nycs-child-care-centers-opening-monday-amid-a-citywide-school-shutdown-due-to-coronavirus/?utm_
4 min read
Mar
23
Death in Bedford-Stuyvesant Fire Investigated as Homicide – UPDATE

Death in Bedford-Stuyvesant Fire Investigated as Homicide – UPDATE

Video of police and firefighters outside of 494 Jefferson Ave. Photo by Citizen AppUPDATED 3/23: The deceased has been
1 min read