High school SING! competition grows
By SOPHIE DWECK On the outside, Brooklyn’s James Madison High School looked empty and quiet—after all it was a Saturday night. Who would be going …[read more]
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Preserving `CaribBeing’ culture in Flatbush
By AMBER ALEXANDER Flatbush Avenue is home to a cool cultural space dedicated to preserving and showcasing Caribbean heritage. The CaribBeing House, as it’s cleverly …[read more]
Feds, Apple battle in Brooklyn court
By ALEXANDRA SEMENOVA The legal battle between national security interests and personal privacy escalated last Monday after the Justice Department appealed a Brooklyn federal court …[read more]
`Taste NY’ Bar on Tap for Barclays Center
By UMMEY KARIM Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the Barclays Center announced Thursday that a Taste NY bar will be set up at the arena to …[read more]
For riders, transfers are key to new streetcar line
By REZA MALEK Mayor Bill de Blasio has given New Yorkers a bit more information regarding his proposed Brooklyn-Queens streetcar but has still not said …[read more]
A sense of style in Midwood
By BEVERLY ORTEGA As I walked down Avenue J in Midwood toward the Tznius Princess shop, the women around me were dressed a lot differently …[read more]
Nannies are Brooklyn’s bridge between cultures
By AMBER ALEXANDER Samantha Lee, a nanny from Dominica, remembers a time when one of her former employers overstepped her boundaries by trying to drop …[read more]
Mall Brings Change to Flatbush `Junction’
By DEJA SMITH In her youth, Gianna Mancini used to enjoy sledding in the municipal parking lot at the Junction in Brooklyn’s Flatbush section. It …[read more]
Heat’s on for Adams over Brooklyn development
Slideshow: Eric Adams is president of a borough that’s changing quickly. (Jherelle Benn) By JHERELLE BENN The president of Brooklyn began the morning in a …[read more]
In East New York church, a talk about the `nones’
By KECIAH BAILEY On a cold and windy Friday night in Brooklyn, about 140 18-to 35-year-olds piled into Christian Cultural Center’s young adult lecture hall …[read more]