Is Shipping in Red Hook Heading to Sunset Park?
The L magazine reports that shipping activity in Red Hook may shift to Sunset Park. Christopher Ward, who is leaving his option as the executive director of the Port Authority of New York and New [...]
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Sunset Park School Warns Parents: Learn Self-Defense
Tuesday, October 18, 2011
Teachers at a Head Start academy speak about the rise in sexual assaults in Sunset Park, and talk about the message that they are sharing with parents.
In Sunset Park, Few Traces Remain of Little Scandinavia
Wednesday, October 12, 2011
Sunset Park, now a full-fledged Chinatown, was once a bustling Little Norway. But its Scandinavian population has gradually dwindled over the years, and now the last signposts of this community face extinction.
Chinese Mormon Church: How Mormons Are Using English Language To Reach Immigrants
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
Our reporter Omar Akhtar visits a Mormon church that uses English to reach out to Chinese immigrants.
A Red-Light District Fades Away
Monday, October 3, 2011
Once a neighborhood overrun with strip clubs and adult video stores, Sunset Park is leaving its seedier days behind.
For Proclaiming His Innocence of a Brooklyn Rape, An Illegal Immigrant Faces Deportation
Sunday, August 21, 2011
Giraldo is caught — unjustly, he says — by a federal program aimed at serious criminals and security risks
VIDEO: Manuel’s Ride
Wednesday, June 1, 2011
By Amaris Castillo Manuel Feliz chose to work as a taxi driver eight years ago – weary from working for years in a bodega. Feliz soon learned that being a taxi driver comes with its [...]
Security Measure Turns Public Street into Prison Parking Lot in Sunset Park
Thursday, December 16, 2010
By Camilo Smith Along the southwest edge of 29th Street and Third Avenue in Sunset Park, cars dart along the shadow cast by the Gowanus Expressway. While drivers may not be able to distinguish the [...]
Three Brooklyn Congressional Representatives to Lose Clout
Wednesday, December 8, 2010
By Miranda Neubauer Brooklyn’s clout in the new U.S. Congress will be greatly diminished come January. Despite easy victories in November, the borough’s three most powerful congressional representatives will be removed from leadership posts in [...]
$10-Million Solar Power Grid Planned for Sunset Park
Wednesday, November 24, 2010
The New York City Economic Development Corporation is looking to add a $10-million Smart Grid Demonstration Project at the Brooklyn Army Terminal in Sunset Park, according to a press release. ”The Project will include a solar [...]
The Brooklyn Lens Webcast
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
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