It’s game time on a Saturday afternoon at the Brownsville Recreation Center. Middle schoolers in haphazardly tied pinnies are battling it out on the basketball court under the watchful eyes of black leaders and sports [...]
Friday, November 4, 2011
A Jamaica Hospital official testified Thursday that state Assemblyman William Boyland Jr. received improper compensation for his efforts to secure city council funds for the hospital. The testimony, in emails presented to the jury, also [...]
Thursday, November 3, 2011
Article corrected on 11/7/2011. Over fifty police officers from the 73rd and 81st precincts, a canine team and at least one NYPD helicopter are searching for a man who shot numerous rounds from a black [...]
Friday, October 28, 2011
The opening of a new soul food eatery heralds the return of full service, sit-down dining to Pitkin Avenue.
Thursday, October 27, 2011
Three suspects have been arraigned in connection to the shooting of Zurana Horton, a Brownsville mother of 13, murdered on Friday.
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
Once officially classified a “food desert,” Brownville now has plenty of fresh produce, but residents aren't necessarily eating their fruits and vegetables.
Monday, October 24, 2011
It was a violent weekend in the borough. Late Friday afternoon a gunman opened fire outside of an elementary school in Brownsville. One parent was killed and one child and another parent were also injured, according to WNYC. The parent who was killed, Zurana Horton, was previously reported to have been pregnant, but the medical report now shows that she was not. Horton did have 13 children, and was seen protecting several children from gunfire before being shot, according to Gothamist.
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
The Bedford-Stuyvesant Family Health Center, on Fulton Street, offers family planning services.
Thursday, October 6, 2011
It was only 20 years ago that pushcart vendors paraded along the busy blocks of Belmont Avenue, a four-block commercial strip in Brownsville. Now nearly half of the avenue’s storefronts are listed for sale and [...]
Tuesday, August 23, 2011
Norma Cayetano walked slowly, balancing a steaming plate of food in each of her large, walnut-colored hands. One dish held a soft mound of rice and beans and a juicy slab of oxtail meat; the [...]
Friday, December 9, 2011
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