Shakespeare & Co. Closes The Door In Brooklyn
Empty bookshelves line the walls at Shakespeare & Co.’s store on Hillel Place and Campus Road. The long-time bookseller found it’s impossible to compete with …[read more]
Brooklyn
Softball Broadcast Team At Brooklyn College Hits Snags
The new softball broadcast team at Brooklyn College, organized by Carlos Montanez, hit snags when it went on the air this spring. But volunteers struggled …[read more]
Change Comes To Franklin Avenue
Change comes to Franklin Avenue in Brooklyn. It’s not all good. Some think the Crown Heights neighborhood is getting too pricey for long-time African American …[read more]
What’s an Egg Cream?
Egg creams were once a popular drink in New York’s Jewish immigrant communities in candy store soda fountains. But what’s an egg cream? Steve Loffredo …[read more]
Brooklyn Small Business Success
A Brooklyn mom can’t find skin care products for her children and launches her own product line. She also studies business and becomes an entrepreneur. …[read more]
From Brooklyn, fighting slavery in Africa
By FRITZMYRE CHERUBIN The tall African intellectual walked around the Brooklyn radio studio with his chest upright and his head held high as if he’d …[read more]
Boxing Match Billed as ‘Battle of Brooklyn’
By ALEX ELLEFSON Former boxing champion Paulie Malignaggi said on Tuesday that it was important for him to win his upcoming match against fellow Brooklyn …[read more]
SUNY plan causes turmoil for LICH and its workers
By KIRAN SURY 1986 was an important year. Microsoft launched its IPO, the Iran-contra affair was revealed, and Oprah started her famous talk show. It …[read more]
On streets of Crown Heights, standing up to violence
By MELISSA WALKER Allen James looked out over a sparse crowd of 25 people gathered at the corner of St. Marks and Schenectady avenues in …[read more]
`Lucky 13th’ Coney Island Film Festival Held
By KATIE MILANI The “lucky 13th” annual Coney Island Film Festival got under way last weekend in a museum that was opening its doors to …[read more]