Oct. 24, 2024 By Anna Bradley-Smith A truly affordable housing lottery has opened for 36 apartments in a new 100% affordable development in Crown Heights, with units starting at $454 a month. Dubbed Weeksville Place, the new eight-story, 45-unit building has risen on a formerly vacant and overgrown lot. The lottery for the new…
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Senior affordable housing lottery opens in East Flatbush with rents as low as $0
Sep. 10, 2024 By Anna Bradley-Smith An affordable housing lottery has opened specifically for seniors aged 62 and above in a new building in East Flatbush, with rents listed as free but with residents required to have Section 8 and pay 30% of their income on rent. The lottery for Bethany Senior Terraces at…
Home Care gets a new face with Duet Care at Home
Nov. 28, 2023 Sponsored post by Duet Care
Scientists know more about Mars than they do about the human brain, which makes Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia so confounding.
Bensonhurst seniors turn out for CenterLight PACE health fair
Nov. 14, 2023 Brooklyn Paper
The state’s largest provider of all-inclusive health care for the elderly, CenterLight Healthcare PACE, held a health and wellness fair in Bensonhurst on Saturday to bring awareness to local seniors about their options for long-term care.
‘It’s amazing what we’re doing’: Bay Ridge Center preps to open new, expanded facility for older adults
Oct. 13, 2023 By Jada Camille
The Bay Ridge Center, a community program that provides services for adults 60 and older, is inching closer to the opening of its new a state-of-the-art facility on Nov. 1.
Kings Highway Older Adult Center, ‘hub of activity and care’ for homebound seniors, opens in Gravesend
Sep. 15, 2023 By Melissa Fishman
The Jewish Community Center of Greater Coney Island unveiled a new older adult center in Gravesend on Thursday, hoping to help ensure the comfort and longevity of Brooklyn’s senior community.
Red Hook neighbors fume over 2-year library closure
Feb. 23, 2023 By Ximena Del Cerro
Red Hooks bookworms are fuming over plans to close the local library branch for two years.