Video – Dead Horse Bay, A Living Museum Of Trash
In the 1950s, a cap on a landfill burst, sending trash flowing onto Dead Horse Bay. Trash, both old and new, has continued to cascade onto the sands of Dead Horse Bay ever since.
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Bicyclist killed by van in Flatbush
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
An unidentified male bicyclist in his 20s was struck by a white 2008 Dodge Grand Caravan on Flatbush Ave., and Beverly Rd. in Flatbush. He was dragged under the van for half a block, a witness said. Police report that the biker died at the scene, and that the driver, also unidentified, was arrested. Share
Hate Crime Victim May Face Deportation
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
The mother of a Brooklyn man who faces deportation after being arrested when he told cops he was the victim of an anti-gay hate crime wants justice, the Daily News reports. “It hurts me so much,” said his mom, Jorgelina Aguirre. “He’s there in jail unjustly.” Aguirre, supported by the nonprofit group Make the Road New York, [...]
Gay and Jewish in Brooklyn
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
by Amanda Julius Benjy Unger remembers sitting cross-legged on his therapist’s floor, waiting to be tapped on the head. Dressed in traditional Orthodox Jewish regalia, “the whole garb,” the 25 year-old was playing duck, duck, goose. The children’s game is one of several tactics used by Jews Offering New Alternatives to Homosexuality, or JONAH, to turn gay [...]
City Councilor Says Bill Falls Short
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 [...]
At Immaculée, Talk of Haiti Earthquake Ebbs
Thursday, February 25, 2010
By Clare O’Connor Inside Immaculée Haitian Restaurant and Bakery, there’s a big-screen TV on the back wall, its volume turned up. ESPN is on, but no one is paying attention to the golf on the screen, just chatting to each other in Creole and forming a line. On January 12, the day of the earthquake — and [...]
Skaters Remember Fallen Friend
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
When up-and-coming inline skater Brian "Cozmik" Scott was murdered on Oct. 12, the skating world was rattled. His friends came together Sunday to skate in his memory and honor what he did so well.
Brooklyn Hairdresser Goes It Alone
Friday, October 23, 2009
Sheryl Oliver has cultivated her small business for three years. Originally from St. Vincent, owning her own salon is a dream Oliver is still realizing.
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