A Push for Sustainability at Brooklyn Navy Yard
By DANIEL STEIN-SAYLES This article appeared in the August 14, 2014 Gotham Gazette. John Randall gestured to a pile of wood stacked to the ceiling …[read more]
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Brooklyn BP challenged over real estate ties
By MARCO POGGIO It had rained unceasingly for a few hours, but that did not prevent more than 400 residents from showing up in …[read more]
Art and a touch of madness in Bushwick
By KATHERINE LLOYD The rumbling of the elevated J train echoes along Brooklyn’s Broadway in the neighborhood where Bedford-Stuyvesant meets Bushwick. A few blocks over …[read more]
On Flatbush Avenue, stores close as rents rise
By ALVARO BLANCO In the back of a struggling eyeglasses store on Flatbush Avenue, Edgar Henry made call after call as he tried to keep …[read more]
Hate crimes mount in city amid Middle East unrest
By INEZ SHARABY It was a breezy fall night in September when 20-year-old Lorraine Dana was walking to her older sister’s house, ready to enjoy …[read more]
Sergei Nabatov: Teaching the Ballroom Dance Moves
By KACIAH BAILEY The theme song “Moving On Up” from the Jefferson’s blares through the speakers and resonates throughout the dance studio in the Brooklyn …[read more]
Is cricket taking Brooklyn and Queens?
By LOVASHNI KHALIKAPRASAD Cricket, which was first played in New York City in 1844, has now become a growing sport here. As immigrants from the …[read more]
On one block in Brownsville, 3 churches offer refuge
By TIFFANY THOMAS Pushing a shopping cart filled with loads of laundry below the No. 3 elevated train tracks in Brooklyn’s Brownsville section, Anastacia Stanley …[read more]
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]
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]