Celebrating Community
City Council Speaker Corey Johnson announced funding for the Gowanus Houses Community Center and Wyckoff Gardens Community Center with local group leaders, advocates and politicians – including Council Member Brad Lander, Committee on General Welfare Chair Stephen Levin, and Public Housing Committee Chair Alicka Ampry-Samuel. The two centers will receive nearly $9 million from NYCHA and the City Council’s Fiscal […]
When Formula E racing began five years ago, no one knew how internationally popular it’d become, let alone if it would be successful on the circuit. “We started from a blank page and electric racing [didn’t exist] at the time. So, we had to discover it and try to do something that was suitable for everyone,” Spark Racing Technology Commercial […]
Two electric generating stations on six power barges, floating along the shoreline of Gowanus and Sunset Park, are looking to be replaced and updated by 2024. Collectively they provide enough energy between one and 1.5 million residential customers in Brooklyn. The barges continued operating during Superstorm Sandy in 2012 and were only offline for two hours, due personnel evacuations, according […]
When students go home for the summer, sometimes the excitement surrounding vacation trips and other plans might make them forget what they’ve learned in school all year. So, to beat the ‘summer brain drain,’ here are five summer reading challenges and activities – with prizes – that might give your kids the extra incentive to pick up a book and […]
The neighborhood buzzed with hungry local residents and newcomers, who came by bike, ferry and foot for the first annual Red Hook Food and Drink Crawl on July 28. “People live here, but may not ever walk in to try the great food and drink that’s there,” said Nancie Katz, crawl organizer and executive director of Seeds in the Middle. […]
George Westinghouse Career & Technical Educational High School students were among other tri-state area students to go-kart race against Formula E’s Geox Dragon team last month. They travelled to the RPM Speedway in Jersey City, New Jersey, on July 11 for an opportunity to meet the drivers and see Formula E technology firsthand. José María López and Max Gunther, the […]
Independence Day may have been a week earlier, but thousands dressed in red, white and blue in Lower Manhattan on July 10 for USA’s World Cup victory. Loyal soccer fans from the city and beyond had less than two days’ notice to make travel plans to see the U.S. Women’s National Soccer Team celebrate their fourth FIFA Women’s World Cup […]
Lois Wang, a soon-to-be 12th-grader at BASIS Independent Brooklyn, scored a 99 of 100 on her cello solo at the New York State School Music Association (NYSSMA) Spring Evaluation Festival. She played on a Level VI performance level, which is the highest, most difficult level one can do, according to the school’s music teacher, Luis Ingels. An adjudicator noted her […]
Catholic elementary school staff members played a friendly, mini game of baseball at the Brooklyn Cyclones’ annual Catholic School Night on June 17. Prior to the start of the Cyclones-Aberdeen IronBirds game that night, “Collars and Scholars” from the Dioceses of Brooklyn and Queens took their places to see who the best was, outside the classroom and on MCU Park’s […]
It’s almost time to swap your favorite bathing suit and beach towel for new school outfits and accessories. Some parents will take their kids’ “back-to-school” photos this year on Sept. 5 when the kids hold up chalkboards that say what grade they’re in now. For students, it’s the opportunity to make a statement through their ensembles and start the new […]