Bushwick Community High School is fighting for its right to stay open and to service kids in need. This is a “transfer” school on Palmetto Street that helps 420 students who have exhausted most other options. They are now facing the possibility of being temporarily closed and having half of the teachers fired after they’ve…
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Exactly What Does It Take to Fire a Teacher?
Teachers appear to have more job security than anyone else in the history of the world. Manhattan Supreme Court Judge Barbara Jaffe just welcomed Christine Rubino back to the classroom – after an administrative decision was rendered to fire the disgusting teacher from PS 203 in Flatlands. Facebook Posting Posting comments on Facebook about how…
Brooklyn Pushes to Open Science School, Launches Video for Twitter
A Youtube video was released this Friday in an effort to catch Mayor Bloomberg’s eye and encourage him to consider a plan to turn an old Downtown Brooklyn building into an applied science school. The video was launched by two Brooklyn business groups in support of a Center for Urban Sciences and Progress, with hopes…
Public School 307 Helping Dying Alumnus
When someone is in need, Brooklyn comes to the rescue. At least that’s what Penelope Morales is hoping will, ultimately, happen. Morales, 27, grew up in the Farragut Houses and went to Public School 307. Finding the Co-Pay Battling leukemia, she is now trying to pull together the co-payment that she needs for a life-saving…
Brooklyn Graffiti Blasts Google’s New Privacy Policies
Graffiti is commonplace throughout Brooklyn, often making a statement involving a current event or trend. A recent depiction on the Pulaski Bridge in Brooklyn continued the tech trend that includes the “Stop Sopa” and a Guy Fawkes mask that symbolizes Anonymous hacking. The artwork, which shows a kind of ‘Google Doodle,’ shows two cameras replacing…
Spike Lee Puts Spotlight on Red Hooks
When Spike Lee makes a new project, he doesn’t just make it – he breathes it. Last summer, Lee quietly filmed his latest movie set in the Red Hook Houses of Brooklyn. Using Brooklyn’s largest housing project as his backdrop, he spent 19 days there filming the story of a boy’s adventures. Residence Speak And…
Brooklyn’s Gun Buy-Back Program Returns 108 Weapons to NYPD
This past weekend saw the first gun buy-back program of the year at the Bedford Central Presbyterian Church in Crown Heights. 108 weapons were relinquished to the New York Police Department, including 61 revolvers, 29 semi-automatics, 2 shotguns, 3 rifles and several others. Some of the firearms were armed. The program has helped remove 7,600…
All-Female Mariachi Band Takes on Brooklyn
Everyone in Brooklyn knows that we break the barriers – and our mariachi skills are no exception. Brooklyn is enjoying a great new mariachi band, and what makes this one unique is that it’s all women. Playing Saturday night at Williamsburg bar El Moderno, the group called Flor de Toloache, is the City’s first all-female…
New Visitor Center Coming to the Brooklyn Botanical Garden
The Brooklyn Botanical Garden is currently working on a renovation of the Visitor Center as part of hundred-year-old garden renewal project. The new center, which measures 20,000 square feet, is shaped as a curved glass building partially embedded in the hillside at the northeast corner of the garden. A leaf-shaped “living roof”, measuring 10,000 square…
Shark Burgers Hit Gowanus
For those of you hankering away for a shark burger – hanker no longer. Now, at the Island Burger in East Flatbush, you can get your fix for $9.50. Located at 915 Utica Avenue, the hotspot is hoping to help customers to imagine themselves on the beautiful beach, purchasing a shark sandwich from the grass…
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