Bringing Relief to Coney Island
Volunteers brought much-needed goods to the storm-battered masses at a disaster relief center at Our Lady of Solace.
Tag: Brooklyn
via Brooklyn Daily Eagle
Communities Create Wish Lists
Borough Park residents called for everything from more free Wi-Fi in parks to new bus shelters during meetings that helped kick off the city's second annual participatory budgeting sessions.
via The Local
Unique 9/11 Tribute Endures
David Roman painted the fire hydrant in front of his Brooklyn home red, white and blue shortly after 9/11. He's lovingly maintained the memorial, through rain and vandalism.
via City Limits
Food for Thought in Bushwick
Food is emerging as a unifying force in the fast-changing Brooklyn neighborhood.
via Sheepshead Bites
Gas Pipeline Fight Intensifies
Opponents to plans to run a gas pipeline under Jamaica Bay are calling for a presidential veto of the project.
Barbers Boost Voter Headcount
A group called Barbers for Obama is helping register voters in time for the Nov. 6 presidential election.
via Brooklyn Daily Eagle
Author Comes Home Again to Brooklyn
Jeffrey Eugenides, who lived in Brooklyn when he began writing the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel “Middlesex,” returned for a reading of his latest work.
via Narratively
Sideshow 101: Good to be a Freak
The Coney Island Sideshow School seeks to pass on the art to new generations.