Posts Tagged ‘Brooklyn’

Community group in Crown Heights hopes to reduce gun violence

Community group in Crown Heights hopes to reduce gun violence

Community group Save Our Streets Crown Heights works with youth in Brooklyn

May 17th, 2012 | Video | Read More

GOP Primary: Bay Ridge Republicans vote

GOP Primary: Bay Ridge Republicans vote

A small, but dedicated group of Republicans head to the polls to vote for Romney.

April 24th, 2012 | Special Reports, Video | Read More

A Passion for Electric Bikes

A Passion for Electric Bikes

“The average person on a regular bike cannot travel 10 miles without stopping to rest,” Viccor said. “But modern electric bikes would allow average folks to travel twice that distance without stopping, and without polluting the air with greenhouse gases.”

March 22nd, 2012 | Video | Read More

NYC Marathon: Canadian support in Bay Ridge

NYC Marathon: Canadian support in Bay Ridge

A lot of runners experience a bad zone at this distance, but would break out of it if they heard loud cheers, she said.

November 6th, 2011 | Features | Read More

Brooklyn artists exchange arts education for church studio space

Brooklyn artists exchange arts education for church studio space

Local bands join forces with parish school to celebrate the arts.

April 13th, 2011 | Arts, Features | Read More

Brooklyn commuters face MTA construction, longterm delays

Brooklyn commuters face MTA construction, longterm delays

The MTA’s recent launch of the Culver Viaduct project is causing headaches.

February 15th, 2011 | News | Read More

Dealt many blows, one woman fights on

Dealt many blows, one woman fights on

Carolina Quinones Scott overcame the death of her mother as a teenager, a painful divorce, mental illness and the death of her second husband.

December 12th, 2010 | Features | Read More

Amid brownstones, neighborhood morphs

Amid brownstones, neighborhood morphs

Carroll Gardens, a Brooklyn neighborhood, has changed drastically since Stuart Zagnit moved there 20 years ago.

December 12th, 2010 | Features | Read More

Jewish neighborhood copes with change

Jewish neighborhood copes with change

The Hasidic Jewish community in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, faces increased rents and encroaching development.

November 14th, 2010 | News | Read More

Mexican immigrants flock to Sunset Park

Mexican immigrants flock to Sunset Park

Mexican residents of Sunset Park, Brooklyn, decry crime and say laws like Arizona’s SB1070 worry them.

November 12th, 2010 | Features | Read More