News
The Sean Casey Animal Rescue [https://www.nyanimalrescue.org/] (SCAR) in Windsor Terrace is who Brooklyn’s residents call about injured cats, stray dogs, or missing turtles. Sean Casey and his team consistently show up to help. Every fall, Brooklyn shows up for them by supporting SCAR’s annual Halloween
Arts & Culture
Rosalyn Marhatta has been enduring the Coronavirus lockdown while cooped up in her Greensboro, N.C., home with her sister Marsha Harris since March 17. The two septuagenarians had been active patrons of their local senior center, taking part in its diverse array of classes and activities before the pandemic
COVID-19
EAST NEW YORK — On a Saturday morning in late June the line at the food pantry at the Brooklyn Sports Club in Spring Creek Towers, commonly known as Starrett City, was trailing around the block and doubling back in the parking lot. Susie Williams was near the entrance of the
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Meals ready for distribution. Courtesy of Paul Carney.Andy Wandzilak can’t not feed people. Former co-owner of Two Boots Park Slope with his wife, Piper, as well as a caterer at Kings Theatre, Wandzilak had launched the volunteer-led Hurricane Sandy Relief Kitchen back in 2012 when the storm devastated
Big Story
Assembly Member Mathylde Frontus and volunteers help distribute meals to seniors in Coney Island. (Photo via Rathkopf Photography, [https://www.rathkopf.com/] with permission)SOUTHERN BROOKLYN – On Friday, March 20, Governor Andrew Cuomo signed the ‘NYS on PAUSE’ executive order. [https://www.governor.ny.gov/news/governor-cuomo-signs-new-york-state-pause-executive-order] All non-essential businesses
Food & Drink
When the COVID-19 pandemic started, the City knew that feeding those in need was going to have to be a top priority. One in five city residents was food insecure before the pandemic, and the Mayor said in his press conferences that they expect about 2 million of the city’
COVID-19
Feeding First Responders Press Conference with Coalition Partners. via Steven Saperstein.In early March, it became apparent that COVID-19 was going to have a profound effect on our lives. When the lockdown in NYC was announced and the pause order was put in place, I turned to my network to
community
Volunteers Christina Das and John Wasserman volunteering with People in Need. Courtesy of Nowshin Ali.New mutual aid groups, grassroots organizations that operate on the idea that communities can and should care for one another out of solidarity, have been springing up all around Brooklyn since the early days of
Business
Manwaring shows off some of the pantry’s goods. Courtesy of Patricia Manwaring. In the 11 years Roots Cafe [http://rootsbrooklyn.com/] has been in the neighborhood, it has gone through two rounds of owners, landing now on the third. Patricia Manwaring owns and operates the cafe with her husband
COVID-19
Across the country, it has become undeniably apparent that the coronavirus pandemic is taking a vastly disproportionate toll on communities of color. Here in New York City, Latinx and Black residents are dying at twice the rate of whites. In Brooklyn, economic, social, and health inequities are deeply rooted along
Business
Flatbush. Liena Zagare/BklynerFLATBUSH – To support small businesses amid the coronavirus pandemic, two Brooklynites launched Flatbush Thrives, [https://flatbushthrives.org/]a comprehensive website that connects Flatbush business owners and service providers with federal, state, and local resources to keep their businesses alive. Flatbush Thrives aims to connect volunteers (who have
Bushwick
Puerto Rico Earthquake Relief Fundraiser flyer. Courtesy of Saara DeAngelis. Puerto Rico [/pr-declares-state-of-emergency-after-6-4-magnitute-earthquake-hits-island-brooklyn-gets-ready-to-help/] has been hit with over 1,200 earthquakes [https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/14/opinion/puerto-rico-earthquake-power.html?searchResultPosition=1] in the course of just three weeks, leaving over 2,200 people homeless. Roughly 6,000 are