The recreational fishing season for winter flounder and striped bass in Sheepshead Bay started last month, but boat captains and bait shops in the neighborhood hit hard by Sandy have been seeing less business than usual as people focus on rebuilding.
Saturday, March 23, 2013
[VIDEO] Sandy Survivor: Jane’s Carousel Back to Brooklyn Heidi Nguyen, 23, knew the view of the East River and the city skyline from Jane’s Carousel in Brooklyn Bridge Park between the Manhattan and Brooklyn Bridges [...]
Sunday, March 17, 2013
Restored from the damage caused by the superstorm last year, Jane's Carousel is back to Brooklyn Bridge Park in Dumbo. In the first weekend of March, it sold about 1,500 tickets, quickly getting its business back to normal.
Monday, February 18, 2013
Red Hook Winery, located on the Brooklyn waterfront, had losses totaling a million and a half dollars after Hurricane Sandy. The winery is now rebuilding and thanks countless volunteers and community support (even Mayor Bloomberg stopped by to make a purchase).
Monday, February 18, 2013
Over three months after Hurricane Sandy hit New York city, hundreds still struggle without heat and electricity. This lack of basic amenities inevitably leads to a shortage of food. "Occupy Sandy" volunteers have created an elaborate food distribution network that provides more than 1,000 meals on a daily basis to relief centers in Brooklyn, Queens and Staten Island. The food is cooked and packaged by volunteers in the "Occupy Sandy" kitchen in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, and is transported to the affected areas by volunteer drivers.
Sunday, February 17, 2013
Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz did not appreciate comments about Brooklyn made by NRA Chief Wayne LaPierre. LaPierre said "looters ran wild in South Brooklyn" after Hurricane Sandy, as an argument for more gun ownership.
Sunday, February 17, 2013
Emergency repairs have begun on a shoreline Brooklyn bike path that was destroyed by Hurricane Sandy. The expected completion date is Memorial Day weekend.
Sunday, February 10, 2013
Southern Brooklyn has not been immune from this year's increase in city property tax assessments. That includes homes still reeling from thousands of dollars in damage from Hurricane Sandy.
Sunday, February 3, 2013
Friday marked the beginning of the People’s Recovery, a three day summit in Brooklyn, dedicated to the continuation of grassroots relief efforts in areas hit hardest by Hurricane Sandy last October. “It’s a crisis. [...]
Wednesday, November 7, 2012
The volunteers had commandeered a football field. Now a woman named Lisa was telling a group of them where to go. She was small, standing on a picnic table, voice big enough without the megaphone [...]
Wednesday, May 8, 2013
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