An Eye for the Runway
Claire Thompson battled back from an illness that threatened to take her sight and established a career as a fashion artist.
Place: Brooklyn
A Hunt for Affordable Groceries
Check out our interactive graphic comparing the prices of common items sold at various Crown Heights groceries.
Park Springs Back From Sandy
Workers hauled nearly four million pounds of debris from Prospect Park, which lost 500 trees in the storm.
via The Local
New Art Rises From Fire’s Ashes
Students who lost work in a recent blaze at Pratt Institute are getting back to creating art.
via Bensonhurst Bean
Sandy Loans Lag in Some Areas
Data shows the federal Small Business Administration has funded less than 30 percent of storm-related loans for people in some of the hardest hit areas of Brooklyn.
via Brooklyn Daily Eagle
A Library Reborn in Brooklyn
Parents at Boerum Hill’s Public School 38 banded to reopen the school's library, which had been shuttered for seven years.
via The Local
Moms Tackle Gun Control
Dara Sicherman was never an activist. Until recently, her days were fully o…
via Sheepshead Bites
Sandy Vics Wary of Aid Promises
Some business owners, citing protracted emergency loan dealings with the federal Small Business Administration, are skeptical that relief funds will make it them anytime soon.