By Yepoka Yeebo Last year, five 12-year-old girls from Brownsville, Brooklyn recorded an exuberant, electro-tinged song that would see them featured in music snob bibles ‘Pitchfork,’ and ‘The Fader.’ By a bizarre twist of the record industry, it became the soundtrack to luxury label Proenza Schouler’s show at Fashion Week in February. But only one of [...]
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
by Matthew Huisman Longtime community activist Charles Barron, who has represented the 42nd district of Brownsville and Canarsie as well as parts of East New York and Flatbush for nine years, said the new health care bill creates more questions than it answers due to the size and scale of the legislation. “Before the bill people were [...]
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
By K. S. Nikhil Kumar The victim had asked to speak to her attacker. She rose and came to the front of Judge Vincent DelGiudice’s Brooklyn courtroom today. The judge was about to pronounce sentence for Boker Thomas, 31, who stood convicted of multiple counts of rape, criminal sexual assault, burglary and robbery. Three court officers escorted Thomas [...]
Monday, February 15, 2010
By Jack Mirkinson The Brownsville Recreation Center takes basketball seriously. When you walk in, one of the first things you see, nestled in between the fish tank and the cage for Juliet the lizard, is a cluster of large trophies celebrating moments of glory. The basketball court is right at the front of the building, too. At [...]
Friday, February 12, 2010
After being immortalized in the rap anthem ‘Ante Up’, Brownsville, Brooklyn, once home to the city’s highest murder rate, is now being celebrated with a t-shirt. From the Brownsville, Brooklyn Facebook group. Creator Robin Pugh-Perry’s creation celebrates the “home of the brave.” Pugh-Perry says it’s about celebrating the resilience of the neighborhood’s community. Share
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Dozens of Brownsville residents gathered together in front of Metropolitan Diploma Plus High School last night to pay tribute to Malachi Cotton, who was gunned down in front of the school the day before.
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