Jun. 19, 2025 By Kirstyn Brendlen The people of South Williamsburg have, for decades, dealt with the long-term effects of environmental abuses and climate change. New York City considers the nabe an environmental justice area — meaning it has suffered “disproportionate negative impacts due to historical and existing social inequities without equal protection and…
Apr. 4, 2025 By Miriam Norwitz The Coney Island Polar Bear Club announced this week that its annual New Year’s Day Polar Bear Plunge raised more than $60,000, benefiting seven local Coney Island non-profits. The event, hosted in collaboration with the Alliance for Coney Island, drew over 6,000 participants. The Polar Bear Club, the…
Jan. 2, 2025 By Adam Daly The annual Coney Island Polar Bear Plunge drew thousands of people to the beach on New Year’s Day as participants took a freezing dip to ring in 2025 while raising record funds for local nonprofit organizations. New Year’s Day was a little warmer than usual, with air temperatures…
Oct. 15, 2024 By Naisha Roy On Sept. 30, Taeli Kim, owner of Sonbul Café, received a phone call from someone claiming to be his electric company. The caller asked about missed payments and threatened to shut off services to his restaurant. Initially skeptical, Kim continued to receive calls over the next five days,…
Sep. 6, 2024 By Kirstyn Brendlen Two days before the first day of classes at Bay Ridge Prep, school leaders and local politicians cut the ribbon on the school’s brand-new building on Shore Road. The private K-12 school bought a plot of land overlooking Shore Road Park three years ago in a bid to…
Jun. 18, 2024 By Meaghan McGoldrick O'Neil
Brooklyn Workforce Innovations raised over $200,000 last week at a fundraising event to support the nonprofit’s mission of providing skills training and job placement for low-income New Yorkers facing employment barriers.
May. 1, 2024 By Jada Camille
City Harvest, one of the largest food rescue organizations in New York, is partnering up with some beloved Brooklyn restaurants to host the inaugural “Brooklyn Bites” tasting and fundraising event on May 7.
Jan. 15, 2024 By Jada Camille
Leaders from the Brownsville Community Culinary Center say the neighborhood-focused non-profit is in need of major financial support to keep their doors open.
Nov. 20, 2023 By Melissa Fishman
For one group of 26 runners, this year’s TCS New York City Marathon was much more than a day of grueling running. Instead it was the measure of true grit, determination, and proving that they can do the impossible.
Sep. 18, 2023 By Megan McGibney
As the new school year approached at Williamsburg Charter High School in East Williamsburg, Academy Leader, Angie Helliger, began thinking of ways to make the school’s second back-to-school giveaway bigger than last year’s.