Celebrating Community
New York City is the epicenter of the devastation caused by COVID-19, and Paul Bamba, a former Marine who owns the Trifecta Strong gym in SoHo, is doing what he can to help out. Bamba will be taking on an inspiring challenge where he will run 72 miles in 72 hours, starting April 10 at 8 pm, in an effort […]
After undefeated regular season, Summit Academy Charter School’s boys basketball team easily won their first two playoff games, both of which took place at home in Red Hook, and notched an impressive victory against South Bronx Preparatory. The Eagles were on a roll – until the coronavirus canceled the final games of the postseason. In their first playoff game, Summit […]
The coronavirus has changed everything in New York City. The Red Hook Community Justice Center and the court system are one example. The city has asked the staff at the Red Hook Community Justice Center to vacate their building at 88 Visitation Place, which it will utilize for emergency court operations, according to Red Hook Community Justice Center Project Director […]
Mayor de Blasio along with Dr. Oxiris Barbot (Commissioner of Health of City of New York), Raul Perea-Henze (Deputy Mayor of Health and Human Services) and Marco Carrion (Commissioner of the Community Affairs Unit) held a press conference and Q&A on March 11 for community media on the emerging coronavirus. They emphasized that anyone who asks for health care and […]
The first day that you can fill out the Census is on March 12. It is very important that every single person completes the Census and is counted, and it does not matter your age or living situation. From March 12 until mid-May, the census will be primarily conducted online and via phone, and all New Yorkers are very strongly […]
Kiana Brereton and Sky Castro, who are both 6’2″, are the second and third female Summit Academy Charter School athletes to receive Division One basketball scholarships. Castro, who started at Summit in the eighth grade, will be attending St. Peter’s College in Jersey City. Brereton, whose first year at Summit was when she was a freshman, will be going to […]
The event was called The Church: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow. Kids and adults were involved, and there were three different acts with music (guitar, drums and piano) in between and during each one. “It was more or less looking at the church, what used to happen, comparing it to today, and thinking about how it can be better for the […]
Lerthon Theuma, who lives in Brooklyn, works in advertising at McCann and as a passion project recently did a portrait, with Joan Heo, of Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gianna. After the tragic helicopter crash involving Bryant, his daughter and the seven others, they decided they wanted to do a drawing to honor them. They posted it online two days […]
The boys basketball team at Red Hook’s Summit Academy moved to 11-0 with their dominating 102-55 win over Brooklyn Collaborative Studies (BCS) on January 27. BCS, located in Carroll Gardens, dropped to 2-10 in the league. If Summit Academy wins their final three regular season games, they will complete their second consecutive undefeated season in the B division. Summit had […]
The JR Chronicles exhibit at the Brooklyn Museum is one worth the checking out, and you have until May 3 to do so. The show grabbed my attention when I learned that it featured photos and stories from all kinds of New Yorkers. With audio stories from hundreds of people, as well as fascinating pictures of new arrivals, longtime residents, […]