Residents of Bedford-Stuyvesant honored the legacy of Brooklyn’s first black politician: Bertram L. Baker.

Jefferson Avenue, between Tompkins and Throop Avenues, was designated Bertram L. Baker Way, after the late assemblyman and Bed-Stuy native, at an official street renaming ceremony.

Read More and See Video Below:

Before starting their stretches and poses, each student in Third Root Community Health Center’s small yoga studio in Flatbush took turns saying their name.

Some were newcomers and others already knew each other well, but everyone participated in the weekly ritual.

These greetings are part of what make Betsy Shapiro a regular who is loyal to Third Root.

“In other classes,” she said, “you are one of many.”

The memory of the New York poet Jack Agüeros is capricious nowadays. He remembers the lyrics of certain Puerto Rican folk songs and the name of his petite, growling dog: Nikki. He does not remember collecting the old radios, locks and cast-iron pieces that once decorated his bright Manhattan apartment on West 14th Street.

To read more – and see a related video – click here.