Mar. 21, 2023 By Jada Camille
A local organization is helping minority-owned businesses with a 12 week course, which teaches the ins-and-outs of entrepreneurship.
Flatbush business incubator offers courses on entrepreneurship to BIPOC shop owners
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Museum of Failure opens at Industry City to great success
Mar. 21, 2023 By Isabel Song Beer
The Museum of Failure, an exhibit displaying the globe’s most notable failed projects and innovations, opened to the public at Industry City on March 17.
Bay Ridge to get new high school amid overcrowding
Mar. 21, 2023 By Megan McGibney
In an effort to deal with overcrowding in nearby schools, Bay Ridge is finally getting its first high school in nearly 100 years.
Family reaches $275k settlement in unlawful eviction lawsuit against Sunset Park landlords
Mar. 21, 2023 By Adam Daly
A family who were unlawfully evicted from their Sunset Park apartment nine years ago are to receive $275,000 after a settlement was reached with their former landlord during a trial in January.
One dead in shooting outside Crown Heights bodega
Mar. 20, 2023 By Kirstyn Brendlen
A gunman shot and killed a man outside a Crown Heights bodega on Monday afternoon.
New York Safety Net Hospital Coalition calls on Hochul for support
Mar. 20, 2023 By Isabel Song Beer The New York Safety Net Hospital Coalition, as well as hospital staff, held a press conference at the Wyckoff Heights Medical Center in Brooklyn on Friday, demanding Governor Kathy Hochul improve the Big Apple’s outdated Medicaid reimbursement system, and calling for additional funds for safety net hospitals in…
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Two dead, multiple others injured in Bensonhurst car crash
Mar. 20, 2023 By Aidan Graham & Lloyd Mitchell
Two people are dead, and five others are injured after a diver blew through a red light and crashed his car in Bensonhurst on Monday afternoon.
Bay Ridge Arts and Cultural Alliance celebrate 11th annual Art Walk
Mar. 20, 2023 By Jada Camille
Bay Ridge residents celebrated the 11th annual Art Walk on Saturday, where art lovers rejoiced at the work from local would-be Picassos.
Family of former firefighter takes FDNY to court for recognition, 80 years after grandfather’s death
Mar. 20, 2023 By Kirstyn Brendlen
Nearly 80 years after his death, the family of a former FDNY captain is fighting to have his name added to the memorial for firefighters who have died in the line of duty in the department’s Brooklyn headquarters.
City reaches $75k settlement with BLM protester rammed by NYPD cruiser in Park Slope
Mar. 17, 2023 By Ximena Del Cerro
The city will pay $75,000 to settle a lawsuit brought by a protester who was struck by an NYPD cruiser in Park Slope during the 2020 wave of Black Lives Matter demonstrations.