Sep. 5, 2024 By Gabriele Holtermann Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield’s Sunset Park Customer Service Center on Fifth Avenue was buzzing with excitement on Aug. 30 as parents and children lined up between 53rd and 54th streets to collect much-needed school supplies for the upcoming school year. Gary Tai, Anthem’s community outreach manager,…
Sep. 4, 2024 By Kirstyn Brendlen The Sunset Park Health Council, including nine Brooklyn-based Family Health Centers at NYU Langone Health, has been awarded $600,000 to expand its anti-overdose education program across Brooklyn. Over the next three years, the Family Health Centers will use the funds — granted by the Anthem Blue Cross and…
Aug. 29, 2024 By Gabriele Holtermann On Monday, more than 30 volunteers joined Tell Every Amazing Lady About Ovarian Cancer (T.E.A.L.) to tie ribbons around trees along Fifth Avenue and North Flatbush corridors. The effort aimed to raise awareness for ovarian cancer and National Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month in September. T.E.A.L. — also formally…
Aug. 29, 2024 By Adam Daly When Brooklynite Elijah John was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia at 14, he immediately underwent six rounds of chemotherapy. Despite the aggressive treatment over the course of several months, his rare blood cancer persisted. Doctors informed the teen and his family that his best chance of survival would…
Aug. 27, 2024 By Meaghan McGoldrick O'Neil With Labor Day Weekend on the horizon, the New York Blood Center (NYBC) is calling on Brooklyn residents to donate blood during a period when collections are especially low. The summer months, including holiday weekends like Labor Day, often see a decrease in blood donations due to…
Aug. 26, 2024 By Gabriele Holtermann Anthony and Diane Napoli first crossed paths in 1975 as volunteers with South Brooklyn volunteer ambulance service BRAVO. Today, the couple — married for 41 years — are at the heart of BRAVO’s 50th anniversary celebrations. Diane joined BRAVO’s youth squad at 15, driven by an accident her…
Aug. 12, 2024 By Michael Zavatsky
There’s one popular phenomenon that is helping people do more than just feel sleepy, very, very sleepy.
Aug. 12, 2024 By Natalie Dahan
Expanding beyond its home state of New Jersey, the fast-casual, health-focused franchise Salad House has opened its 17th location in Brooklyn, at 2732 Ocean Ave. in Sheepshead Bay.
Aug. 8, 2024 By Jada Camille
Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso has announced the creation of a $50,000 community baby shower fund boost local support for new parents and parents-to-be.
Jul. 31, 2024 By Gabriele Holtermann
Ahead of Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month in September, the Tell Every Amazing Lady About Ovarian Cancer Louisa M. McGregor Ovarian Cancer Foundation, known as T.E.A.L., hosted Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso for an in-depth tour of its community center in Windsor Terrace.