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Red Hook school rallies to support migrant families amid housing crisis

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Jan. 14, 2025 By Lauren Rapp Educators at Patrick F. Daly P.S. 15 in Red Hook are urging the community to step up and support 20 migrant families whose children have enrolled at the school amid New York City’s ongoing migrant crisis. P.S. 15, a small 3K through fifth grade elementary school on Sullivan…

Back in the game! East New York basketball courts renovated as part of $1.8M initiative

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Oct. 31, 2024 By Jada Camille The city on Wednesday unveiled the new and improved basketball courts at Breukelen Ballfield in East New York.  With a significant investment from the Social Justice Fund — run by Clara Wu Tsai, who owns the Brooklyn Nets and the New York Liberty alongside her husband Joe Tsai…

Generations of former students bid farewell to Visitation Academy

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Sep. 9, 2024 By Kirstyn Brendlen & Arthur de Gaeta On Sept. 4, for the first time in 169 years, Visitation Academy in Bay Ridge was quiet on the first day of classes. The school permanently closed its doors last summer, with the monastery soon to follow. Generations of alumni attended a Thanksgiving service…

After-school programs in shortage in Brooklyn amid funding controversy

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Sep. 4, 2024 By Megan McGibney Brooklyn’s public schools will start the new school year on Sept. 5, but some will be without after-school programs. As the 2023-24 school year ended, Albany altered the funding structure for after-school programs. The New York State Learning and Enrichment After-School Program Supports, a new initiative by the state’s…

Coney Island Prep to host Back-to-School Fair with free supplies, haircuts and more

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Aug. 21, 2024 By Jada Camille Coney Island Prep is teaming up with The Alliance for Coney Island to ease the stress of back-to-school planning with a free community fair on Aug. 24. Families with students in Pre-K through 8th grade can head to Kaiser Park for free perks and activities before kiddos return…

Bed-Stuy school to be renamed after slain police officer Detective Rafael Ramos

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Aug. 19, 2024 By Natalie Dahan A Bed-Stuy elementary school school will be re-named to honor slain NYPD officer Detective Rafael Ramos, who was shot and killed in the neighborhood in 2014.  The school, P.S. 54 on Sandord Street, will officially take Ramos’ name during a ceremony on Sept. 13, according to the Detective…