Tag: downtown-brooklyn

LIU agrees to keep softball team in Brooklyn following Title IX lawsuit

Jul. 27, 2023 By Oscar Fock

Long Island University’s softball team scored perhaps its biggest win of the year last month, as LIU agreed to let the team stay in Brooklyn for another two years following a Title IX lawsuit filed against the university by some of the members of the team.  

Pricey scaffolding around Brooklyn Supreme Court house turns 16 as facade awaits repairs

Apr. 27, 2023 By Kirstyn Brendlen

If the scaffolding surrounding the Brooklyn Supreme Court building on Adams Street was a person, it would be preparing to finish its sophomore year of high school — and the city spends more money each year keeping the structure propped up than it does on the average public school student.

Abolitionist Place celebrates second anniversary of landmark preservation

Feb. 23, 2023 By Isabel Song Beer

Nestled on what could be mistaken for just an ordinary, unassuming street corner in Downtown Brooklyn, stands a brick building responsible for helping an unknown number of enslaved people in their journey to freedom.