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Brownsville Hospital Offers Vaccinations Without Appointments To Improve Equitable Access. Outsiders Take Advantage.

Brownsville Hospital Offers Vaccinations Without Appointments To Improve Equitable Access. Outsiders Take Advantage.

Freezing weather couldn't stop 77-year-old Betsey Smith from receiving a COVID-19 vaccine on Friday, even though it meant waiting more than two hours outside Brookdale University Medical Center in Brownsville, Brooklyn.
NYCHA Awarded $25M by HUD; $7M to Address Problem of Lead-Based Paint

NYCHA Awarded $25M by HUD; $7M to Address Problem of Lead-Based Paint

More than 9,000 children under the age of 6 possibly have been exposed to lead in their NYCHA apartments
Crown Heights Sneaker Store to Open With Exhibition Honoring Three Decades of Nike Dunks

Crown Heights Sneaker Store to Open With Exhibition Honoring Three Decades of Nike Dunks

Sneaker and streetwear retailer SNIPES is opening a new location located at 1117 Eastern Parkway
New BK Photo Exhibit of LGBTQ Seniors Counts Years 'Lost' Hiding Authentic Self

New BK Photo Exhibit of LGBTQ Seniors Counts Years 'Lost' Hiding Authentic Self

The national exhibition kicking off Tuesday in Brooklyn tells the untold stories of 12 elders and the years they lost by staying in the closet

’They’re All Terrified to Open the Doors’: Third Murder of an Elderly Woman in Five Years in Brooklyn Senior Housing Development has Tenants on Edge

The three homicides over the last five years all happened in the Woodson Houses, a NYCHA building for 450 elderly residents on Powell St. near Dumont Ave. in Brownsville — and all three remain unsolved.

NYC Held Special Place in Martin Luther King Jr.’s Heart

Today marks the 35th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, a celebration of the beloved leader of the modern U.S. civil rights movement and 1964 Nobel Peace Prize winner.

The Week in COVID-19 (01/15/21): Brooklyn, Here’s Everything You Need to Know

NYC is set to run out of vaccinations by the end of next week if the federal and state governments don't step in.
Brooklyn Nonprofit CEO Wins Grant for Leaders of Color Fighting Racial, Economic Injustice

Brooklyn Nonprofit CEO Wins Grant for Leaders of Color Fighting Racial, Economic Injustice

Jose Ortiz, Jr., CEO at nonprofit New York City Employment and Training Coalition, has been awarded around $400K for his organization and to fund his own growth as a leader.
Exhibition Celebrating Latinx Abstract Art Opening at BRIC

Exhibition Celebrating Latinx Abstract Art Opening at BRIC

The new contemporary exhibition challenges the complex established history of abstract Latinx art

What Will It Take To Fix The City’s Most Troubled Police Precinct?

Like many low-income communities, East New York was hit hard when coronavirus began to sweep through the city in late March. But the neighborhood was simultaneously the victim of two other pandemics: gun violence and police misconduct.