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Mar
12
Restoration of Red Hook Rec Center Finally Moving Forward Following Sandy Damage

Restoration of Red Hook Rec Center Finally Moving Forward Following Sandy Damage

The city is soliciting architectural services for the reconstruction of the Red Hook Recreation Center, March 2, 2021. | Gabriel Sandoval/
5 min read
Mar
10
NewYork-Presbyterian’s Center for Community Health Set to Open in Park Slope

NewYork-Presbyterian’s Center for Community Health Set to Open in Park Slope

The exterior of the new Center for Community Health in Park Slope. (Image: NewYork-Presbyterian)NewYork-Presbyterian Methodist Hospital will open a
2 min read
Mar
10
Cornegy Locks in Support from Establishment Democrats in Borough President Race

Cornegy Locks in Support from Establishment Democrats in Borough President Race

A virtual fundraiser in support of Council Member Robert Cornegy Jr.’s run [https://robertecornegyjr.com/] for Brooklyn Borough President
2 min read
Mar
10
Proposed Tower at McDonald’s Site Faces Pushback, Questions Over Ownership 

Proposed Tower at McDonald’s Site Faces Pushback, Questions Over Ownership 

840 Atlantic, rendering and massing plan via EAS.With the clock finally starting on the city’s land-use review process
9 min read
Mar
10
Crown Heights Council Candidate Crystal Hudson Unveils Endorsements from Local Tenant and Community Leaders

Crown Heights Council Candidate Crystal Hudson Unveils Endorsements from Local Tenant and Community Leaders

Crystal Hudson (Image: campaign)Crystal Hudson, a leading candidate in the competitive race to represent Crown Heights and nearby neighborhoods
2 min read
Mar
09
OPINION: Welcome to Gowanus Green—Brooklyn’s Own Love Canal

OPINION: Welcome to Gowanus Green—Brooklyn’s Own Love Canal

Rendering via Department of Housing Preservation and DevelopmentBy Linda LaViolette, Miranda Sielaff and Nora Almeida, VOICE of GOWANUS Advocates of
5 min read
Mar
09
The Bagel Debate: Our Favorites in Brooklyn

The Bagel Debate: Our Favorites in Brooklyn

Bagels. They’re among our fair city’s most controversial foods, right up there with pizza and pastrami, so it’
3 min read
Mar
08
It’s official: NYC high school buildings will reopen in March. Sports are set to resume in April.

It’s official: NYC high school buildings will reopen in March. Sports are set to resume in April.

NYC high schools will welcome back students on March 22. Brooklyn’s Park Slope Collegiate, which shares a building with
3 min read
Mar
05
A Year In Brooklyn: COVID-19

A Year In Brooklyn: COVID-19

This week marked the anniversary of the first confirmed case of COVID19  in NYC. Today, March 5, marks a year
4 min read
Mar
05
Remembering Eugene Hurkin, 1925-2021

Remembering Eugene Hurkin, 1925-2021

Eugene Hurkin, family photo.If there was one thing Eugene Hurkin lived for, it was to laugh and make others
2 min read