Science & Technology

A year into remote learning, de Blasio starts seeking bids for low-cost broadband access

Photo by Kelly Sikkema [https://unsplash.com/@kellysikkema?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText] on Unsplash [https://unsplash.com/s/photos/remote-learning?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText] Reema Amin, Chalkbeat New York [https://ny.chalkbeat.org/2021/3/3/22312187/a-year-into-remote-learning-de-blasio-starts-seeking-bids-for-low-cost-broadband-access] As New

Announcements

Education, Solar Energy, and Student Aid Startups Win Annual Brooklyn Innovation Award

The winners of the Downtown Brooklyn Partnership’s “Make It in Brooklyn” competition: Ilona Wilcox of UrbanEnergy, Tammy Kwan of Cognitive ToyBox, and David Helene of Edquity.Three Brooklyn startups focused on increasing access to green energy, remote education and student financial aid have “made it.” Or, at the very

Education

Council Member Treyger and City Bar Association Call on City to Speed Up Shelter Wifi Installation

Council Member Mark TreygerThe city needs to pick up the pace when it comes to installing wifi in homeless shelters, argue the City Council’s education chair and the head of the NYC Bar Association. In a joint letter sent yesterday [https://mcusercontent.com/6fe866f4b5e485eb450be1baa/files/ef767369-5a53-4cbe-a6db-3ed31c79bd38/2020806_Wifi4Homeless_DOE_

community

At Home STEM Kits Bring Science To Living Rooms Of Public School Kids

The hydroponic STEM kits that the students received. Courtesy of NY Sun Works. One non-profit organization has been making it easier to bring the classroom home during the Pandemic forced blended/remote learning by providing thousands of at-home hydroponic kits to NYC public school students. NY Sun Works [https://nysunworks.

COVID-19

A New Virtual Learning Program For Kids Stuck At Home

CampComputer volunteers. Courtesy of Cintia Shamsu.CampComputer [https://www.campcomputer.org/], a free, two week-long virtual education program catering to rising fourth-and fifth-grade students across the city, was created out of necessity. The college-age creators watched their younger siblings – many of whom are in elementary school – quickly run out of

Election 2020

New York Has a Checklist for “Going Back to Normal,” but “Normal” Wasn’t Working

Katherine Walsh, courtesy of Katherine Walsh.On Saturday, Governor Andrew Cuomo released a detailed checklist for New York State that will determine when businesses can begin to reopen and life can go to a “new normal.” What was “normal?” More than 25,000 New Yorkers have died from coronavirus. So

Business

During COVID-19, Internet is a Blessing – Unless You Need Verizon

Verizon Fios truck. File photo/BklynerOver the past month, internet access has helped New Yorkers maintain a vague semblance of the life we had before we were forced to huddle indefinitely in our own homes, together in our aloneness. Virtual dinner parties and Seders and Skype chats with friends and

Announcements

Garment Manufacturing Hub Will Open at Bush Terminal in 2021

Rendering of new manufacturing hub workspace, Made in New York.SUNSET PARK — Earlier this month, the New York Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC) [https://edc.nyc] released the designs for the new Made in NY Garment Manufacturing Hub and Facility at Bush Terminal in Sunset Park, Brooklyn. The facility, opening in

bath beach

De Blasio Addresses Power Outages in Southeast Brooklyn

Mayor Bill de Blasio commenting on blackouts at press conference (Photo: Todd Maisel)MILL BASIN — Mayor Bill de Blasio said Monday that he is “extremely disappointed” in Con Edison after power outages hit tens of thousands of households in southeast Brooklyn at the tail end of the weekend heat wave.

Central Brooklyn

How To Save Everyone: Doc who Saved Hundreds After Las Vegas Mass Shooting Trains Colleagues in Brooklyn

FLATBUSH — On the night of the mass shooting [https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/buzzfeednews/live-updates-two-people-are-dead-as-police-investigate] at the Las Vegas Harvest Festival in Las Vegas that killed 58 people and wounded several hundred, Dr. Kevin Menes was on duty at nearby Sunrise Hospital. [https://sunrisehospital.com/]There, Dr. Menes, a night

Bushwick

Cybersecurity Has Over 300,000 Open Jobs — These Two Nonprofits Are Training Brooklynites To Fill Them

Photo Courtesy of NPowerDo a search of the term “data breach” and you’ll get a sense of how vulnerable companies of all kinds are to attack. And with that vulnerability comes a need for cybersecurity experts, people with the knowledge and skills to help defend against those attacks. Unfortunately,

Bay Ridge

ColoGuard: Connecting Brooklyn, Investing in Brooklyn

When founding, constructing, and growing a business—any kind of business—you need support from a range of sources, be they wholesalers, distributors, office management platforms, maintenance workers, and perhaps dozens more. In this day and age, internet connectivity and a generally strong tech support foundation are as paramount to

News

Aging Infrastructure Could Spoil New York City’s Latest Tech Boom – Opinion

Shrihari Pandit, Stealth CommunicationsBy Shrihari Pandit, CEO and Founder of Stealth Communications, [https://stealth.net/] a company that delivers fiber-optic Internet Service to businesses throughout New York City. New York City, its people, and its resources have always had the enviable ability to attract newcomers. The 21st-century version of that

News

Would 750 Speed Cameras Help? Gounardes Sponsors Speed Camera Bill

Photo: Zainab Iqbal/BklynerBROOKLYN — State Sen. Andrew Gounardes is making good on his word to increase pedestrian safety by introducing legislation [https://www.scribd.com/document/401394029/S4331-Speed-Camera-Bill-State-Sen-Andrew-Gounardes] on Thursday that could add speed cameras to 750 New York City school zones. The legislation submitted Thursday could increase the installation

Business

Myrtle Ave Brooklyn Partnership Introduces App To Connect Low-Income Residents To Local Benefits

FORT GREENE/CLINTON HILL – The Myrtle Avenue Brooklyn Partnership [http://myrtleavenue.org/benefitkitchen/] has teamed up with the tech company Benefit Kitchen [http://benefitkitchen.com/#about] to create an app that helps low-income Fort Greene and Clinton Hill residents find out if they are eligible for federal benefits as well

Central Brooklyn

Star Parties: Two Stargazing Events In Brooklyn This Week

GOWANUS – There are two opportunities this week—weather permitting—to view the stars through a telescope with local astronomers. The first event, Starry Night: A Night of Stargazing and Drinks, is scheduled for Tuesday, September 18 at Parklike [http://parklifebk.com/event/starry-night-a-night-of-stargazing-and-drinks/], 636 Degraw Street (between 3rd & 4th Avenues)

Greenpoint

Look Up! Free Stargazing Tonight in Greenpoint

GREENPOINT – Want to wish upon a star? A local stargazing group has just the opportunity for you—a free stargazing event open to the public tonight in Greenpoint. For a lot of Brooklynites, looking up at the night sky means spotting the skyline of Manhattan—the latest colors projected on

Central Brooklyn

Internet-Enabled Services Create Opportunity For Brooklyn Communities And Small Businesses – OPINION

By: Representative Yvette D. Clarke and Internet Association President & CEO Michael Beckerman The internet is about opportunity. Its evolution continues to open doors for students to further their education, for communities to exchange ideas, and for small businesses to leverage tools that help them market their products and engage consumers.

Announcements

NYU Tandon Research Expo Returns to Downtown Brooklyn on Friday

DOWNTOWN – Swarms of autonomous robots. Smart appendages controlled by the mind. Are they elements from a dystopian sci-fi novel? Not so much, in fact… They’re just a few of the projects that will be on display at this Friday’s Research Expo from the NYU Tandon School of Engineering.

Announcements

Make It In Brooklyn: Start-Ups Pitch Smart City Tech Tomorrow

UPDATE (3/26): The Make It In Brooklyn Smart Cities event has been rescheduled—it will now take place on Thursday, March 19th, from 6-8 pm. DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN – Interested in how tech could help build the city of the future? Tomorrow’s Make It In Brooklyn Smart Cities event at

Announcements

Compete For Chance To Win $5K In The ‘Make It In Brooklyn Smart Cities’ Pitch Contest

DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN – The Downtown Brooklyn Partnership [http://downtownbrooklyn.com/big-ideas/make-it-in-brooklyn/make-it-in-brooklyn-pitch-contests] presents The Make It In Brooklyn Smart Cities pitch content—giving startups working to create smarter cities the chance to win $5,000. Startup businesses developing innovations in urban technologies in an effort to create smarter cities are

Central Brooklyn

What To Do If There’s A Nuclear Attack In Brooklyn

After Hawaii residents received a false emergency alert on their phones on Saturday saying, “BALLISTIC MISSILE THREAT INBOUND TO HAWAII. SEEK IMMEDIATE SHELTER. THIS IS NOT A DRILL,” it makes Brooklynites wonder: what if there’s a missile threat inbound to Brooklyn one day? > HAWAII – THIS IS A FALSE ALARM.

Announcements

Cobble Hill’s Digital Arts & Cinema Technology High School Receives $5,000 Grant

COBBLE HILL – Brooklyn’s Digital Arts & Cinema Technology High School [https://www.digitaltechhs.org/] (284 Baltic Street) was recently awarded a $5,000 grant from IMAX as part of the company’s second annual student-made documentary film challenge. Via Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/1549314278695983/photos/a.1552185211742223.1073741827.1549314278695983/

community

5 Years Since Sandy: Emotions Ran High At #Sandy5 March

Photo/ Zainab IqbalDOWNTOWN BROOKLYN – “Please excuse me, I just came from the hospital. My daughter, 11-years-old, had a nervous breakdown because I was talking to somebody about Hurricane Sandy. My daughter was only six years old. I almost lost my daughter,” said Rachel Rivera, a Brooklynite. Thousands of people gathered

Business

5 Years Since Sandy: How The Storm Affected DUMBO’s Beloved Jane’s Carousel

October 29 marks the five year anniversary of Hurricane Sandy. BKLYNER interviewed local business owners who were affected by the historic storm about their experiences and lessons learned. Jane’s Carousel flooded by Hurricane Sandy (Photo Credit: Ana Andjelic, courtesy of Jane Walentas)DUMBO – After more than 25 years of