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Daily Archives: September 18, 2020

Fort Greene Park
Posted inFort Greene / Clinton Hill

Fort Greene Activists Continue to Defend Local Park From City’s Redesign Plan

by Tramane Harris September 18, 2020January 28, 2021

Despite being sued twice by community groups, the city is continuing to move forward with plans to redesign Fort Greene Park, Brooklyn Paper reports. Members of Friends of Fort Greene […]

COVID-19, Brooklyn, Bed-Stuy, The Billie Holiday Theater, arts, community, Black art, Chris Berry
Posted inFeatured News

Bed-Stuy’s Billie Holiday Theater Expanding Reach with New Division

by Yannise Jean September 18, 2020January 28, 2021
Posted inFeatured News

Fort Greene Theater Uses Acting to Ease Tensions Between Civilians and NYPD

by Miranda Levingston September 18, 2020January 28, 2021
Posted inFeatured News

In-Person School Start Delayed as Brooklyn Teachers Struggle With Myriad of Problems

by Jessy Edwards September 18, 2020January 28, 2021
Artists; Brooklyn; COVID-19, Coronavirus; Art Collective
Posted inFeatured News

Meet Brooklyn’s Newest Art Collective

by Kimberlean Donis September 18, 2020January 28, 2021
Family of Black trans woman who was found dead in Brooklyn demands answers
Posted inIn Other Brooklyn News

Family of Black Trans Woman Who Was Found Dead in Brooklyn Demands Answers

by Brooklyn Reader September 18, 2020January 28, 2021
Permits Filed for 1540 Brooklyn Avenue in East Flatbush, Brooklyn
Posted inIn Other Brooklyn News

Permits Filed for 1540 Brooklyn Avenue in East Flatbush, Brooklyn

by Brooklyn Reader September 18, 2020January 28, 2021
Speeding Fire Truck Hits Ambulance, Killing Patient
Posted inIn Other Brooklyn News, In Other Brooklyn News Featured

Speeding Fire Truck Hits Ambulance, Killing Patient

by Brooklyn Reader September 18, 2020January 28, 2021
Posted inIn Other Brooklyn News

Flatbush Mortician Fights For License, Livelihood After Virus Scandal

by Brooklyn Reader September 18, 2020January 28, 2021

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