homeless
As the city’s homeless census reaches an all-time high, residents are pushing back against the city’s plans to build a family shelter in Bensonhurst. It would be the only shelter of any kind in the neighborhood.
Announcements
(Photo: Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography Office)It’s a very anxious time in our country, in our borough, in our districts. Let’s begin with coronavirus numbers. For the newly reported cases, seven-day average, the threshold is 550; today we are at 633 cases. “Some of that because of more
Announcements
COVID-19 testing outreach workers in Sunset Park last month. (Photo: Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography Office)CENSUS: You have until September 30 to complete your census! NYC residents are woefully weary of being counted, so it seems, and the consequences will be significant, as for the next 10 years federal funds
COVID-19
P.S. 282. Courtesy of Amy Rodriguez.School has changed completely over the past month as classrooms have shut across the city and learning has moved online. New York City public schools will now be closed through the end of the school year at least, with no guarantee that they’
Announcements
Borough President Adams, Chancellor Carranza, students and educators celebrated the borough’s $25 million investment in STEAM education (Paul Stremple/BKLYNER) BROOKLYN NAVY YARD – This morning, Borough President Eric Adams and Schools Chancellor Richard Carranza joined up at the Brooklyn Navy Yard to reveal plans for an ambitious new education
Announcements
New Chancellor Robert Carranza and Mayor Bill de Blasio at today’s announcement (Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office)After last week’s drama surrounding the search for a new Chancellor, Mayor Bill de Blasio has tried again, naming educator Richard A. Carranza as his choice to head up New York
Announcements
Borough President Eric L. Adams at a high school in Midwood last week (Paul Stremple/BKLYNER)Last week, Brooklyn Borough President Eric L. Adams announced an investment of more than $55 million in funds for STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics) education in Brooklyn schools. The funds represent more
Bensonhurst
Photo via the Hebrew Language Academy’s webisteA new charter school is headed for southern Brooklyn. Hebrew Language Academy 2 will open its doors to early elementary students in the fall of 2017. This is the latest charter school for Hebrew Public Charter Schools, which already has two schools in
Education
The old 68th precinct. (Source: wikimedia commons)Sunset Park might lose a piece of its history to make room for school children. As we reported [/education/historic-sunset-park-castle-eyed-department-education/] last week, the castle built in 1886 that once housed NYPD precincts, is being considered by the Department of Education [DOE] as a
Education
The old 68th precinct. (Source: wikimedia commons)The vacant Romanesque Revival-style castle on 4th Avenue has caught the eye of the Department of Education (DOE), to be turned into a public primary school, reports Brooklyn Daily [http://www.brooklyndaily.com/stories/2016/25/br-sunset-park-castle-school-2016-06-17-bk.html] . If the DOE gets the
Arts & Culture
Photo by Megan McGibneyThe final Community Education Council 20 (CEC 20) meeting of the 2015-2016 school year was held Wednesday evening at P.S. 264 Bay Ridge Elementary School for the Arts [http://schools.nyc.gov/SchoolPortals/20/K264/default.htm] (371 89th Street). It was a meeting marked with
Bensonhurst
Angel Guardian Home, built in 1899. Courtesy of Angel Guardian Home’s Facebook. [https://www.facebook.com/AngelGuardianHomeBrooklyn/timeline]Tenants of the Angel Guardian Home [https://www.facebook.com/AngelGuardianHomeBrooklyn/timeline], at 6301 12th Avenue in Dyker Heights, have been given a deadline to move out — indicating that the nuns