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Family supportive housing residence in Brooklyn to be rebuilt and expanded

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Sep. 3, 2024 By Kirstyn Brendlen A nearly 30-year-old family supportive housing development in Clinton Hill will be completely rebuilt and expanded after a Council Member Crystal Hudson allocated $1.5 million to the project. The Emerson Davis Family Residence opened in 1996 to support adults with mental health illnesses who had lost custody of…

This immersive art pop-up brings an emergency shelter experience to Sunset Park

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Sep. 3, 2024 By Adam Daly A temporary art installation resembling an emergency shelter tent is set to pop up in Sunset Park this month to highlight the challenges faced by Temporary Protected Status seekers, its beneficiaries and asylum seekers in the U.S. “A Mobile Home” will serve as both a sculpture and an…

‘A strong step forward’: Brooklyn sees historic low in gun violence this summer, DA reports

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Aug. 30, 2024 By Jada Camille This summer was one of the safest in recent history in terms of gun violence and gun-related deaths, according to data released Friday by Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez’s office. The months of June, July, and August are typically marked by high numbers of shootings and gun-related deaths,…

‘It shook my house’: Four injured in Brooklyn home explosion

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Aug. 30, 2024 By Lloyd Mitchell Four people are recovering after an explosion in the basement of an East Flatbush home on Thursday night. Units responded to numerous 911 calls to an East 37th Street home, between Foster Avenue and Farragut Road, at around 8:30 p.m. on Aug. 29. Upon arrival, firefighters found two…

Cyclists take to the streets of Brooklyn to protest reduced McGuinness Boulevard redesign

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Aug. 30, 2024 By Kirstyn Brendlen North Brooklyn residents and street-safety advocates took to the streets of Greenpoint on their bicycles Tuesday night in protest of the city’s stripped-back redesign of McGuinness Boulevard. Protestors accused Mayor Eric Adams of ignoring the community and his own Department of Transportation by deciding the city would abandon…

AG James cracks down on anti-abortion group ‘accosting’ patients outside Planned Parenthood clinics in Brooklyn and Manhattan

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Aug. 29, 2024 By Adam Daly New York Attorney General Letitia James filed a motion Tuesday to hold an anti-abortion group in contempt of court after one member of Red Rose Rescue was allegedly “accosting patients” outside of a Planned Parenthood in Manhattan and Brooklyn on four separate occasions. The motion claims that Bernadette…

Goals on hold: Brooklyn FC pro-soccer league postpones home opener amid turf concerns

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Aug. 29, 2024 By Jada Camille Pitch perfect? Not quite.  Brooklyn’s new pro-soccer league is postponing its first home match after finding “deficiencies” in the turf. While installing the turf at Maimonides Park, the league and the Brooklyn Football Club (Brooklyn FC) decided the space wasn’t up to their standard, rendering the field surface…

Teal ribbons tie together community effort for ovarian cancer awareness in Park Slope

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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…