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Monthly Archives: June 2017

Posted inArts & Entertainment, Bedford Stuyvesant, Featured News

Bed-Stuy Artist Marie-Hélène Transforms Photographs into 3D Objects

by Kindra Cooper June 26, 2017January 28, 2021
The Uni Project, Leslie Davol, Pitkin Avenue BID, Brooklyn public spaces, outdoor reading room, NYC pop up reading room, summer learning
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Brownsville, East New York, Featured News, Lifestyle & Culture, Neighborhoods, Popular

Uni Project Reading Room Pops Up in Brownsville

by Shiloh Frederick June 26, 2017January 28, 2021
Posted inUncategorized

Babies May Sleep Longer in Their own Rooms, Study Says

by Andrea Leonhardt June 26, 2017January 28, 2021
Who Is Muslim, Zaheer Ali, oral history, BK Reader, The Brooklyn Historical Society presents "Who Is Muslim?", a discussion led by NYU Chaplain Imam Khalid Latif, with a panel of Muslim men and women living in AmericaMuslim in America, Muslim, Islam, Muslims in Brooklyn, Brooklyn Historical Society, Imam Khalid Latif, Nzinga Knight, Immigrant & Non-Citizen Rights Clinic, CUNY School of Law, Ramzi Kassem, Moustafa Bayoumi, Bim Adewunmi
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Featured News

Brooklyn Historical Society Asks “Who Is Muslim?”

by Andrea Leonhardt June 23, 2017January 28, 2021
East New York, redevelopment, BK Reader, Magnusson Architecture, revitalization, gentrification, residential space, commercial space, retail space, community facility, redevelopment, Brooklyn development, affordable housing
Posted inBrownsville, Business & Innovation, East New York, Featured News, Popular

East New York’s First Massive Redevelopment Project Revealed

by Andrea Leonhardt June 23, 2017January 28, 2021
BK Reader, Brooklyn, brooklyn employment, Brooklyn jobs, employment opportunities, jobs
Posted inBusiness & Innovation, Featured News

Employment Opportunities: Jobs in Brooklyn

by Andrea Leonhardt June 23, 2017January 28, 2021
Posted inUncategorized

10 Reasons Pregnancy is Awesome

by Andrea Leonhardt June 23, 2017January 28, 2021
AbunDance Academy, AbunDance Academy of the Arts, abunDantly, Sister Act, Sister Act AbunDantly, Karisma Jay, dance academy, Brooklyn gaze, bk reader, Flatbush
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Featured News

AbunDance Brings Broadway to BK with ‘Sister Act, AbunDantly’

by Andrea Leonhardt June 22, 2017January 28, 2021
rats, Department of Health, Dean Street, Barclays Center, Prospect Heights construction, Brooklyn development, Rat Academy, Dean Street Block Association
Posted inFeatured News, Neighborhoods, Prospect Heights

Prospect Heights Residents Complain of Rat Infestation

by Shiloh Frederick June 22, 2017January 28, 2021
Agent Jay, Angele Lee, Beat Brigade, Crazy Baldhead Dub Session, EastRev Records, Fabolous, Harlem Globetrotters, I Love You Fun, Natasha Diggs, Pharaohe Monch, Pizza Party, Talib Kweli, The Bishop Gallery, They Cyclone, Luna Park, The NYC Grind, The People's Garden, The Soul Rebels Brass Band, The Soul Rebels, BK Reader
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Bedford Stuyvesant, Featured News, Restaurants & Bars

Summer’s First Weekend – Event Roundup

by Richards Burroughs June 22, 2017January 28, 2021
Healthy Start, BK Reader
Posted inUncategorized

Smoking Ten Cigarettes a Day While You’re Pregnant ‘Harms Your Baby Well into Their Teenage Years’

by Andrea Leonhardt June 22, 2017January 28, 2021
Honey Nail Salon
Posted inBeauty & Fashion, Business & Innovation, Featured News, Fort Greene / Clinton Hill

In Gentrifying Brooklyn, is ‘Boutique’ Always Best?

by Brooklyn Reader June 21, 2017January 28, 2021
Neighborhood Challenge, Myrtle Avenue Brooklyn Partnership, Robin Hood, AOL, BK Reader, NYC Small Business Services, Benefit Kitchen, financial literacy, financial literacy app, Fort Greene, Clinton Hill,
Posted inBusiness & Innovation, Featured News, Fort Greene / Clinton Hill

Myrtle Avenue Partnership Wins Innovation Grant For Financial Literacy App

by Andrea Leonhardt June 21, 2017January 28, 2021
Posted inUncategorized

Should You Swaddle If You’re Bed-Sharing? Here’s What You Need To Know

by Andrea Leonhardt June 21, 2017January 28, 2021
Posted inLocal Voices

I HOPE YOU HAD A HAPPY PAPA BEAR’S DAY!

by Harriet Faith June 20, 2017January 28, 2021
Wellhouse restoration, BK Reader, Prospect Park Alliance, Prospect Park, Lookout Hill, composting toilets, Wellhouse, Olmsted, Vaux,
Posted inCrown Heights, Featured News, Flatbush, Prospect Heights

Prospect Park Now Home to NYC’s First Composting Toilets

by Andrea Leonhardt June 20, 2017January 28, 2021
department of agriculture, free summer meals, no kid hungry, NYC
Posted inBedford Stuyvesant, Brownsville, Crown Heights, East New York, Featured News, Flatbush, Fort Greene / Clinton Hill, Prospect Heights

Free Summer Meals for NYC Kids

by Brooklyn Reader June 20, 2017January 28, 2021
Posted inUncategorized

Can Mindfulness Reduce Fear of Labour and Postpartum Depression?

by Andrea Leonhardt June 20, 2017January 28, 2021
homelessness, Steven Banks, commissioner of the New York City Human Resources Administration led a information campaign on Friday at 12 schools in Brooklyn neighborhoods where many families enter the shelter system
Posted inCrown Heights, Featured News, Popular

End of School Year Means Surge in Homelessness

by Andrea Leonhardt June 19, 2017January 28, 2021
Posted inBedford Stuyvesant, Featured News, Gentrification in Brooklyn, Popular

‘Making Rent in Bed-Stuy,’ Gentrification from a Gentrifier’s Viewpoint

by Phyllis Huang June 19, 2017January 28, 2021

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Today, we celebrate Martin Luther King, Jr.’s birthday, a federal holiday.

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