Southern Brooklyn

May
14
WhatToOrder Data Shows Small Restaurants Stayed Open As Larger Ones Closed Up Shop

WhatToOrder Data Shows Small Restaurants Stayed Open As Larger Ones Closed Up Shop

When Rob Fraley first started developing his app, WhatToOrder, in 2016, he had no way of knowing what the restaurant
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May
14
PPP And Additional Funding Dominate Small Business Town Hall In Southern Brooklyn

PPP And Additional Funding Dominate Small Business Town Hall In Southern Brooklyn

Southern Brooklyn’s elected officials logged onto Facebook Live [https://www.facebook.com/FrontusAD46/videos/1445852378930428/] Wednesday night to help
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May
12
Local Jobs: Hiring for NYCHA, H+H, Taxi

Local Jobs: Hiring for NYCHA, H+H, Taxi

via NYCHAThese job listings are provided as public service to help as many of our neighbors as we can find
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May
11
Free Mask Giveaways in Coney Island Tuesday & Wednesday

Free Mask Giveaways in Coney Island Tuesday & Wednesday

This week Council Member Mark Treyger will host two free mask giveaways for residents in Southern Brooklyn. Council Member Treyger
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May
11
Weekend Crime Blotter: Two Murders On Mother’s Day, Serial Sexual Abuser Arrested, and more

Weekend Crime Blotter: Two Murders On Mother’s Day, Serial Sexual Abuser Arrested, and more

BRIGHTON BEACH – This past Sunday, May 10, shortly before 8 am, police responded to a 911 call of an unconscious
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May
07
Bunkeddeko Calls For Massive Investment In Environmental Infrastructure For Post Pandemic World 

Bunkeddeko Calls For Massive Investment In Environmental Infrastructure For Post Pandemic World 

Navy Yard. Liena Zagare/BklynerCOVID-19 pandemic has shown the world just how harsh the inequalities in our society are. Communities
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May
06
James Madison High School Honors Graduates With Photo Display

James Madison High School Honors Graduates With Photo Display

Photo via James Madison.MARINE PARK – To honor its new graduates in a pandemic, the plain black gate that is
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May
04
Monday Crime Blotter: Cop Impersonator, MTA Employee Forcibly Touched & More

Monday Crime Blotter: Cop Impersonator, MTA Employee Forcibly Touched & More

BAY RIDGE – The NYPD is looking for a man who forcibly touched an MTA employee at the subway station. On
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Apr
30
Subways Will Stop Running At Night For Now, Starting May 6

Subways Will Stop Running At Night For Now, Starting May 6

Last Stop. Liena Zagare/BklynerMTA announced earlier today that it will close the subway system for deep-cleaning every night between
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Apr
30
National Park Service Pledges To Reopen Floyd Bennett Field To Gardeners

National Park Service Pledges To Reopen Floyd Bennett Field To Gardeners

Floyd Bennett Field in Brooklyn, April 27, 2020. Photo: Ben Fractenberg/THE CITY By Jose Martinez and Gabriel Sandoval, Originally
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