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Three Brooklyn churches blessed with preservation grants totaling $90k

(L to R) Flatbush -Tompkins Congregational Church, Ditmas Park; St. Michael’s Roman Catholic Church, Sunset Park; Holy Family-St. Thomas Aquinas, Park Slope

Oct. 23, 2024 By Adam Daly Preservationists have answered the prayers of three Brooklyn churches, blessing them with a combined $90,000 in grants to carry out necessary repairs at the aging houses of worship. St. Michael’s Roman Catholic Church in Sunset Park, Flatbush-Tompkins Congregational Church in Ditmas Park and Holy Family-St.Thomas Aquinas in Park…

Palestinian eatery Ayat will open new outpost in Bushwick, featuring nonprofit café Giving Grounds

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Oct. 23, 2024 By Anna Bradley-Smith Ayat, the popular Palestinian restaurant, is set to expand to Knickerbocker Avenue in Bushwick with a new location, while also launching a nonprofit café next door on Starr Street that aims to support humanitarian causes both locally and globally. Last week, Brooklyn Paper’s sister site Brownstoner observed signage…