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City Responds After 3 BK Community Boards Demand Fix for Potholed, Dangerous Broadway

City Responds After 3 BK Community Boards Demand Fix for Potholed, Dangerous Broadway

This is the second in a two-part series looking at why Broadway, a main Brooklyn thoroughfare, is in such dismal condition. In part two, we hear from the DOT as the community boards double down on their call to have it fixed.
How Love, Art and Her UPS Driver Got Bushwick Artist Allie Olson Through Breast Cancer Treatment

How Love, Art and Her UPS Driver Got Bushwick Artist Allie Olson Through Breast Cancer Treatment

For Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Allie Olson tells us about the power of community, gratitude, art and the viral friendship with her UPS driver.
BK Woman Dedicated to Making Safe Spaces for Others Gets Community Support After Horrific Accident

BK Woman Dedicated to Making Safe Spaces for Others Gets Community Support After Horrific Accident

Simona Miu, one of the people behind Sucia Brooklyn, was left with a number of broken bones after being run over and dragged by a van in Bushwick.
Two BK Men Indicted For Attempted Murder as a Hate Crime Following Anti-Gay Attack in Bushwick

Two BK Men Indicted For Attempted Murder as a Hate Crime Following Anti-Gay Attack in Bushwick

The men allegedly shouted homophobic slurs at the men before violently attacking and stabbing them
Permits Filed for 17-Story Mixed-Use Building at Atlantic and Franklin Avenues

Permits Filed for 17-Story Mixed-Use Building at Atlantic and Franklin Avenues

The proposed tower would be 175-feet-tall and would contain 425 apartments
The Week in Crime: Spotlight on Crown Heights

The Week in Crime: Spotlight on Crown Heights

Overall, crime is down in Crown Heights, but up in Brooklyn as a whole.

Brooklyn Borough President Race: Reynoso Faces 3 Challengers

Brooklynites heading to the polls this November will see four names on their ballot in the borough president race. One of them will be Council Member Antonio Reynoso, who beat out 12 candidates in the Democratic primary this June.
Bed-Stuy’s Laundromat Project Awards $50K to Five POC-Led Nonprofits

Bed-Stuy’s Laundromat Project Awards $50K to Five POC-Led Nonprofits

The grants are the largest amount the Brooklyn organization has awarded at one time and are part of People-Powered Pay-it-Forward campaign
Free Skateboarding Lessons at Betsy Head Skatepark Prove Popular With Kids

Free Skateboarding Lessons at Betsy Head Skatepark Prove Popular With Kids

L+M Development Partners teamed up with the Harold Hunter Foundation to bring free skateboarding clinics to local kids at the Brownsville park
5 Takeaways From the New York City Mayoral Debate

5 Takeaways From the New York City Mayoral Debate

The contest to become New York City's next mayor effectively ended early this summer, when Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams won the Democratic primary .