At the southwest corner of Himrod Street and Wilson Avenue in Bushwick stands the Himrod Wilson Community Garden, where tomatoes, basil, summer squash, string beans, eggplant, mint and more grow from four plots. Luis A. [...]
Thursday, March 17, 2011
By Kim Chakanetsa On the third floor of the Brooklyn Court House, the judge sits high and straight-backed, framed by two flags and a wooden plaque. She looks up. “Chris,” she says, “we’re ready.” With that [...]
Thursday, November 18, 2010
By Lea Khayata On a late weekday afternoon, Valentino Pier Park, in the south west end of Red Hook, looks like any neighborhood park. Kids on their scooters and bikes are playing around the pier [...]
Wednesday, November 17, 2010
By Camilo Smith Somewhere in the middle distance between the Gowanus Expressway and the polluted Gowanus Bay lies a small factory where a young man carefully tastes a batch of clear white liquid dripping from [...]
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
By Joi-Marie McKenzie “Baby, baby, baby, where did our love go?” Diana Ross’ voice slides over the speakers in Re/Dress Brooklyn, a vintage clothing shop in Cobble Hill. Three volunteers, wearing coordinated black T-shirts, greeted [...]
Sunday, September 19, 2010
by Joi-Marie McKenzie and Joe Proudman Twenty-four hours after a tornado swept through Brooklyn, longtime Clinton Hill resident James Randall is picking up the pieces. The tree that once stood in front of his house [...]
Thursday, September 16, 2010
by Michael Keller You’ve never seen so many hands reaching for matzo balls. And then there’s the Kugel: Broccoli Kugel, Butternut squash Kugel, Spinach Kugel, Sweet Noodle Kugel, Apple Cherry Kugel, Apple Blueberry Kugel, Champagne [...]
Friday, April 30, 2010
Crazy children bring both sides of the neighborhood together.
Friday, March 26, 2010
Read Yepoka Yeebo’s poetic take on the burst of noise that shattered the morning quiet in Brownsville.
Friday, March 26, 2010
By Yepoka Yeebo An ear-splitting roar blasted its way through the mid-morning Brownsville silence, sending the flock of birds pecking around Betsy Head Park into a fluttering, flapping frenzy and turned the heads of the [...]
Sunday, August 14, 2011
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