by Aminisha Black There has been a lot of talk about the rash of violent incidents in the streets, including the recent shooting of a three year old who was playing in a Bedford- Stuyvesant playground. With the current pressure on NYPD to cease the stop and frisk policy, community members are torn between NYPD […]Read More
By Eddie Castro This November, basketball will finally make its way to our borough. The team, formerly known as the New Jersey Nets, will be on their way to the Barclays Center. In coming to Brooklyn, Nets owner Mikhail Prokhorov has not been shy about flexing his power. Two weeks ago, the Nets made their […]Read More
Central Brooklyn fears more loss of jobs in the wake of the Interfaith merger By Amelia Rawlins Add the SUNY Downstate Medical Center to the growing slew of Brooklyn’s hospitals reported to be under a merger or closing. The downsizing was all but confirmed this week by Downstate spokesperson Ronald Najman. “As […]Read More
The United States swimming team will have three African-Americans in London; the country’s gymnastics team will carry two. New York native John Orozco, at age nineteen, is an emerging star of USA Gymnastics and a recently crowned U.S. all-around champion. Having grown up in the Bronx, he had to move to the Olympic Training Center […]Read More
Free Summer meals for kids The city’s free summer meals for kids program is up and running at over 1,000 sites around the five boroughs, operating weekdays through August 31. The program provides a nutritious breakfast and lunch to every child without any paperwork requirements. All your kid needs to do is show […]Read More
James shows fundraising muscle By Steve Witt City Councilwoman Letitia James, who came up through the ranks of Central Brooklyn politics, is showing she intends on being a serious contender in next year’s public advocate race. That after the Fort Greene lawmaker reported raising a hefty $217,000 in the past six months according to […]Read More
Residents walking along Kosciuszko Street between Nostrand and Bedford Avenues may have done a second take when noticing a five-seat Cessna airplane in the yard about mid block. The plane was put there by the owners of The Aviary, a five-story, 109-unit residential building at 41 Kosciuszko Street, which was converted from a commercial building […]Read More
Raising Isaiah, Part II of a Continuing Series by Amelia Rawlins Summertime, and the living in many urban areas is hard, not easy. Violence is known to reach an all-time high once heat hits, and so does fear. So as temperatures rose last week, tempers did too, especially at the Peace and Prayer Rally […]Read More