Students at Cypress Hills Collegiate Preparatory protested Monday asking the city to “Save our schools.” According to the New York Times, the high school, created six years ago by the Bloomberg administration, is in the [...]
Good morning Brooklyn, you are another day closer to a delicious thanksgiving dinner! This morning, ABC reports that authorities have obtained a surveillance video that they hope will lead to the arrest of an alleged [...]
After a dispute with its landlord, Grimaldi’s, Brooklyn’s iconic pizza joint, will serve its final pie on November 28, then open one day later at 1 Front Street. This moves comes after its landlord, Dorothy Waxman, refused [...]
After two pedestrians were seriously injured in collisions with cyclists, Prospect Park and the Transport Department attempt to prevent accidents from occurring again by installing a bunch of orange barrels. But Brooklyn residents have mixed feelings towards [...]
Parents, you may want to note this down on your calendar. The children’s musical group Hot Peas ‘n Butter will perform at Brooklyn College’s Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts at 2pm on January 29, [...]
On November 21, 1964, the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge that connects Brooklyn and Staten Island opened. With a 4,260-foot-center span between two 693-foot towers, it surpassed San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge as the world’s largest suspension bridge, and [...]
At the beginning of September, Salve Regina Catholic Academy (nursery-8) opened its doors, a brand new Catholic school in East New York that formed from the merger of three struggling schools—St. Rita’s and St. Michael’s [...]
BookCourt is something of a visual aberration for anyone walking down the northern part of Court Street. Sandwiched between a deli, a UPS store and a Starbucks, the bookshop stands out against the background. It’s [...]
Liciana D’Angelo of Brooklyn launched a $16 million sex harassment suit against her former employer, hair salon Devachan in Manhattan’s Broome Street. The Borough Park resident claimed that she was sexually harassed by the salon’s male [...]
Feeling the Monday blues? Hopefully, the prospect of a yummy Thanksgiving dinner and Black Friday shopping spree will lift your spirits a little! Before we bring you today’s news, here is a summary of major [...]
Tuesday, November 22, 2011
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