As Part of Historic 2020-2024 Capital Plan, Nostrand Avenue to be Made ADA Accessible MTA-New York City Transit today announced it is beginning construction work to reopen the closed Bedford Avenue entrances to the Nostrand Ave. A & C subway station in Brooklyn by the end of the year. The entrances will provide the station […]Read More

Hon. Robin Sheares on Daisy Mae Shavers and Emily Crisp Emily Crisp (above) was born in Hague, VA on January 8, 1920. She moved to Corona, Queens in the 1940’s and was employed as a domestic worker. She then moved to Roosevelt, LI where she married James Crisp. After he passed in 1994, she moved […]Read More

There was a time in Brooklyn when the best hangout spots weren’t adorned with flat-screen televisions or bordered by sidewalk seating, where the most popular menu items weren’t bourbon chicken wraps or the spinach artichoke dip. When young adults in the late 60’s and early 70’s wanted to have a drink or shoot some pool, […]Read More

Volunteers Go Door-To-Door to Raise Awareness About Homeowner Scams  BROOKLYN – New York Attorney General Letitia James today launched the “Protect Our Homes” initiative with a day of action to inform homeowners in Brooklyn about deed theft and other housing-related scams. Today’s efforts are the first step in a campaign of coordinated prevention and enforcement actions to […]Read More

The City University of New York is commemorating Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day with a series of commemorative events and volunteer activities on its campuses and throughout the city. It has been nearly 57 years since the iconic civil rights champion’s landmark commencement address at the City College of New York, which he delivered June 12, 1963, just hours […]Read More

The exhibit identifies four areas of Brooklyn, Bedford-Stuyvesant, Red Hook, Greenpoint and Prospect Park, as examples of the tenacity of Brooklynites in sustaining the borough’s natural landmarks. BPL is in discussions with Rice about a talk next month on the evolving green/environmental revolution since the days of Magnolia founder Hattie Carthan (1901-1984) and Silent Spring […]Read More

The stately and iconic Cornerstone Baptist Church in Bedford Stuyvesant, known for its beauty, longevity, Civil Rights Movement activism and community development, was just honored with a nomination to the National Registers of Historic Places for both New York City and New York State. The historic Romanesque Revival designed church on Lewis Avenue, now headed […]Read More

By Reuven Blau and Greg B. Smith, THE CITY (This story was originally published on December 2nd by THE CITY.) https://thecity.nyc/2019/12/drug-and-alcohol-detox-units-closing-at-nyc-run-hospitals.html The inpatient detox units at all 11 city-run hospitals are about to close — steering people struggling with alcohol and drugs back into already busy emergency rooms, THE CITY has learned. The shutdown, expected […]Read More