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Prospect Park Ballfields Reopen After $1.25M Renovation

Prospect Park Ballfields Reopen After $1.25M Renovation

Two more ballfields have finished a long-needed update in Prospect Park. The Prospect Park Alliance announced Tuesday that Long Meadow Ball Fields "4" and "5" have reopened following a $1.25-million renovation.
Luxury Senior Community Opens Its Doors at Former Leverich Towers Hotel in Brooklyn Heights

Luxury Senior Community Opens Its Doors at Former Leverich Towers Hotel in Brooklyn Heights

The highly anticipated conversion of the Leverich Towers Hotel into a high-end assisted living facility for seniors in Brooklyn Heights is complete, with residents beginning to move into the revamped historic building.
Parents Voice Concern Over Safety of Morning Process at Schools With In-Person Learning

Parents Voice Concern Over Safety of Morning Process at Schools With In-Person Learning

The number of students physically going into the school building has dropped since the start of the school year. Today parents and elected officials are expected to speak out about what they're calling safety concerns at a school in Bushwick.
Brooklyn Borough President Releases Plant-Based Health Book

Brooklyn Borough President Releases Plant-Based Health Book

Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams has your newest quarantine-read. The BP and mayoral hopeful has written a new book detailing his journey from a diabetes diagnosis to a healthy, plant-based lifestyle.
Protests and Political Feud: The Response to Virus Hot Spots

Protests and Political Feud: The Response to Virus Hot Spots

New York is at a critical point. Even as city and state coronavirus positivity rates declined over the summer, officials have been wary of what the fall may bring.
NYC Paramedics Report Uptick in Coronavirus Calls

NYC Paramedics Report Uptick in Coronavirus Calls

The city's paramedics say a rise in the number of seriously ill COVID-19 patients they are treating is bringing back disturbing memories of the height of the pandemic in New York last spring.
Bed-Stuy Teacher Takes On Representation With New Children's Book

Bed-Stuy Teacher Takes On Representation With New Children's Book

A few weeks into remote learning in June, Alexis Clark decided she was going to send her second-graders a gift.
NYPD Detains Black Lives Matter Activists For More Than 30 Hours On Low-Level Charges

NYPD Detains Black Lives Matter Activists For More Than 30 Hours On Low-Level Charges

On the same night that NYPD officers stood by while protesters attacked civilians and a journalist during a Borough Park protest against COVID-19 restrictions, the police department arrested four Black Lives Matter activists in Bedford-Stuyvesant for
Hasidic Jews Quietly Defy Coronavirus Restrictions to Celebrate Last of the High Holidays

Hasidic Jews Quietly Defy Coronavirus Restrictions to Celebrate Last of the High Holidays

Hasidic Jews in Brooklyn went ahead with some indoor and outdoor holiday celebrations in their synagogues Saturday evening, in defiance of restrictions limiting all religious gatherings to 10 or fewer people, in neighborhoods where the rates of coron
MTA Rolls Out Pandemic Break Room Trailers For Workers At Train Terminals

MTA Rolls Out Pandemic Break Room Trailers For Workers At Train Terminals

More than six months since the pandemic began, the MTA has begun setting up mobile trailers outside some train terminals for workers to use during breaks, in an attempt to provide more social distancing for employees.