[VIDEO] A Heart in Danger, at 24
Heart disease is Brooklyn’s leading cause of death according to a report by Downstate Medical Center. Stephanie Chan, 30, has been living with heart disease for the past six years.
Tag Archive | "Park Slope"
Brooklyn Looks to Slow Zones to Curb Speeding
Monday, February 6, 2012
The New York City Department of Transportation (DOT) launched a Neighborhood Slow Zone program this fall that reduces speed limits from 30 mph to 20 mph and adds safety measures, such as speed bumps, within a select area. The first and currently only existing Slow Zone in the city was created in the Claremont section of the Bronx in late November. Now several neighborhoods in Brooklyn are applying for their own Neighborhood Slow Zones, hoping to make their streets safer.
Going Green: North Brooklyn Locals, Activists Want More Open Space
Thursday, January 12, 2012
The transformation of Union Avenue is one of several initiatives currently being pursued by local officials, non-profits and citizen activist groups to address the severe lack of open space in this historically park-poor community.
Goodbye to Aunt Suzie’s: a Pioneer Calls it Quits
Tuesday, December 27, 2011
No one will go hungry when Aunt Suzie’s restaurant closes on January 1st. French, Thai, Indian, Japanese and Mexican joints dot the blocks of 5th Avenue in Park Slope where Aunt Suzie’s sits. The area wasn’t always a culinary scene, though.
Congested Brooklyn Thoroughfare to Undergo Development
Friday, December 9, 2011
If all plans are finalized by the borough president, one of Brooklyn’s major thoroughfares will become unrecognizable in the coming years as it evolves from an accident-prone access road to a pedestrian-friendly commercial district. A [...]
New Report Finds Service Deficiencies in B61 Bus Line
Thursday, December 8, 2011
A study put out by Councilman Brad Lander (D–Park Slope) found that only 43 percent of B61 buses arrived on time during rush hour, with some buses arriving 20 minutes late, The Brooklyn Paper reported. [...]
Slew of Park Slope Restaurants Shuttered Due to Economic Slump
Wednesday, December 7, 2011
Various Park Slope institutions crumbling under the weight of fiscal woes have closed in the last month, potentially altering the neighborhood landscape.
Suketu Mehta on Brooklyn’s awakening (2005- essay)
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
For me, Brooklyn became a neighborhood one steamy August night in 2003. It was the night of the great Northeastern Blackout. In Park Slope, volunteers were out directing traffic at every intersection, even if the [...]
Park Slope Boasts Booming Real Estate Market
Thursday, November 24, 2011
Park Slope houses evoke the urban landscape of 1950s Brooklyn, but boast a modern-day price tag.
Parents and Teachers Don’t See Eye-to-Eye on Merits of Language Mixing
Wednesday, November 23, 2011
“Maria quiere coffee after class, pero I have to study.” These ten simple words meaning “Maria wants coffee after class, but I have to study” sound harmless, but are highly contentious when uttered by a [...]
The Brooklyn Lens Webcast
Monday, February 20, 2012
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