Oct. 21, 2024 By Adam Daly Transportation advocates hiked from Flatbush Junction to Barclays Centre on Oct. 17 to highlight slow bus service along one of the borough’s busiest thoroughfares and called on the city to finally improve bus services on Flatbush Avenue after years of stalling. In June, the Department of Transportation unveiled…
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Sheepshead Bay Jewish community commemorates victims and hostages of Oct. 7 attacks for one-year anniversary
Oct. 7, 2024 By Gabriele Holtermann On the eve of the first anniversary of the Hamas terror attack in Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, Jewish Brooklynites gathered at Holocaust Memorial Park in Sheepshead Bay for a “Run for Their Lives” walk and a vigil in remembrance of the victims of the attack and a…
Brooklyn community rallies against gun violence and oversized migrant shelter
Jul. 24, 2024 By Lloyd Mitchell
Community members in Clinton Hill and neighboring Fort Greene are seeing red after back-to-back shootings near a crowded migrant shelter on Sunday night.
Healthcare workers rally for fair contract amid staffing crisis at Coney Island hospital
Jun. 25, 2024 By Gabriele Holtermann
Healthcare workers, allies and elected officials rallied outside NYC Health + Hospitals/South Brooklyn Health in Coney Island on June 20 to demand a fair contract in light of high turnover rate and an alleged staffing shortage.
Fight against Gravesend homeless shelter comes to City Hall
May. 24, 2024 By Adam Daly
Southern Brooklyn pols took their opposition to a planned homeless shelter in Gravesend to the steps of City Hall Thursday, calling on Mayor Eric Adams to fix what they say is a “failed policy” in dealing with homelessness.
Pro-Palestine organizers denounce police brutality, refute claims of outside agitators at Bay Ridge Nakba Day protest
May. 22, 2024 By Gabriele Holtermann
The organizers of a pro-Palestine protest held in Bay Ridge last weekend gathered on Ovington Avenue Tuesday to condemn what they called “excessive force” used by some NYPD officers at the event.
‘Irresponsible’: Locals criticize Adams, DOT as McGuinness Boulevard redesign falters
May. 21, 2024 By Kirstyn Brendlen
As the Department of Transportation resumed work on its scaled-down redesign of McGuinness Boulevard last week, dozens of Greenpointers rallied on the side of the thoroughfare, calling the city out for abandoning the original road diet it finalized last spring.
Advocates say proposed HEAT Act could reduce Brooklynites’ utility bills
Mar. 11, 2024 By Kirstyn Brendlen
A bill idling in the state legislature could save Brooklynites more than $100 on their monthly utility bills, advocates said at a rally outside Brooklyn Borough Hall on Friday.
‘Who is being held accountable?’: Parents, pols protest outside Midwood school used to house migrants overnight
Jan. 10, 2024 Adam Daly & Lloyd Mitchell
Outraged parents and elected officials held a protest outside James Madison High School Wednesday morning after the city placed some 1,900 migrants there overnight to ride out a storm.
Pro-Palestine protesters take over Brooklyn Bridge on New Year’s Day
Jan. 5, 2024 By Ximena Del Cerro
Thousands of protesters took to the Brooklyn Bridge on New Year’s Day to continue their calls for a ceasefire in Gaza.