Bensonhurst
On Sunday, 27% of positive tests in New York State came from just ten ZIP codes where just 3% of the state’s population resides. In fact, 37% of positive cases came from 20 ZIP codes where just 6% of the state’s population resides, Governor Andrew Cuomo informed on
Business
During the height of the pandemic, Tamecca Seril and her company, Element9 [http://www.element9.com/] were distributing 54,000 meals a week, part of the Get Food NYC initiative to deliver shelf-stable foods like pasta, rice, canned fruits and veggies, and tuna to those in need. Seril describes Element9
affordable housing
As City Councilmember Carlos Menchaca faces off with developers and his own colleagues [/is-the-industry-city-rezoning-doa/] over the plan to rezone Industry City, affordable housing advocates warn that the rising rents, gentrification and displacement that the plan’s opponents fear it could bring to the neighborhood are already well underway thanks to
Business
Industry City. August 2020. Liena Zagare/BklynerBy Greg David, originally published [https://www.thecity.nyc/2020/9/14/21436907/brooklyn-industry-city-expansion-plan-city-council-sahadis] by THE CITY [https://www.thecity.nyc/] Jackie Capriles and Ana Diaz, who met while attending Long Island University, started a business eight years ago specializing in electrical work in
Announcements
It took over 4 hours to battle the five-alarm fire. (Photo: FDNY)DYKER HEIGHTS – A five-alarm fire ripped through three homes late Saturday night, injuring 12 firefighters and displacing families. On Saturday, September 12, just before midnight, a fire blazed through 1330 74th Street and then spread to the two
Announcements
Photo by David von Diemar [https://unsplash.com/@davidvondiemar?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText] on Unsplash [https://unsplash.com/s/photos/police-tape?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText] DYKER HEIGHTS – A 33-year-old man was shot and killed in his
Bay Ridge
City Point, 445 Albee Square West in February of 2019 (Photo: Pamela Wong/Bklyner)Century 21 will be closing all of its 13 stores, located mostly across the city and nearby suburbs [https://www.c21stores.com/stores], and has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy [https://cases.stretto.com/Century21]. The
Arts & Culture
Few of us have ever fully explored NYC, and with all the travel restrictions in place this may just be the best time to discover something new. The US Open Tennis Championships are currently taking place in Flushing Meadows, Queens, but you can also playing tennis in the Bronx, take
Central Brooklyn
Schools Chancellor Richard Carranza. City Hall. Monday, August 24, 2020. Credit: Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office.Yesterday’s big announcement was that public school reopening is to be delayed [/nyc-school-re-opening-pushed-back-ten-days/] from September 10 to September 16 for remote, and September 21 for blended cohorts, to allow for school buildings to
Central Brooklyn
UPDATED WITH CURRENT DATA Mayor Bill de Blasio and Chancellor of Education Richard Carranza recently remarked how the city is at 1-2% infection rate citywide, and how that number is going to be used to determine the reopening of the city’s public schools – currently set to open if infection
Announcements
P.S. 169 Sunset Park School Equity Team sent the following letter [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1HCUYtP54SWLxb4zzOezaIfKMQ8f3AbffmFW0yvUkIqY/edit] to Mayor Bill de Blasio, Governor Andrew Cuomo and Chancellor Richard Carranza Wednesday, August 19, outlining their concerns over plans to reopen schools. The letter reads: We are the P.
Business
Industry City, August 2020. Liena Zagare/BklynerBy Greg David, originally [https://www.thecity.nyc/2020/8/19/21376132/industry-city-expansion-brooklyn-council-corey-johnson-menchaca-amazon] published by THE CITY [https://www.thecity.nyc/] The City Planning Commission’s decision Wednesday to approve and send on to the City Council a major redevelopment of Brooklyn’s Industry