Sep. 20, 2024 By Kirstyn Brendlen A city-owned concrete facility is producing dust and noise in the Columbia Waterfront District, and local leaders say something needs to be done. Earlier this year, the Department of Transportation moved its concrete recycling facility from the South Brooklyn Army Terminal to a lot near the piers on…
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Crowd packs Gowanus church for rowdy meeting over migrant shelter
Mar. 7, 2024 By Anna Bradley-Smith
Spaced elbow to elbow in Hoyt Street’s City Life Church Monday night, Gowanus locals aired their concerns at a community meeting on a migrant shelter for 400 men slated to open in a former factory building on 3rd Street.
Beverley Road open street transformed into permanent pedestrian plaza
Oct. 12, 2023 By Isabel Song Beer
Kensington’s temporary open street on Beverley Road has officially been transformed into a permanent pedestrian plaza.
Kensington mosque embraces open streets for Friday prayers
Oct. 10, 2023 By Augostina Mallous
A mosque that serves Kensington’s diverse community has taken a leap of faith, where prayers meet pavement and neighbors mingle without barriers.
Beep celebrates Brooklyn’s ‘diverse, beautiful, and powerful’ disability community at Disability Pride Month event
Jul. 17, 2023 By Isabel Song Beer
Brooklynites kicked off Disability Pride Month with an educational, welcoming celebration at Brooklyn Borough Hall on July 11.