via The Local
Forgotten Hoop Greats Honored
The Brooklyn Nets recently saluted the legacy of the Smart Set Athletic Club, whose members played basketball in the borough long before the desegregation of the NBA.
Tag: New York City
via Juvenile Justice Information Exchange
Call for Ex-Cops at Schools
Former NYPD Lieutenant Mike Reilly is the co-author of a controversial proposal to station armed, retired cops at city schools.
via Voices of NY
Chef Serves up Food and Peace
Restaurateur Ali El Sayed, the honorary "Mayor of Astoria," views fine food as a form of diplomacy.
via The Queens Courier
New Wave of Greeks in Astoria
The financial crisis in Greece is spurring an influx of young immigrants into the Queens neighborhood.
Fighting a Bureaucratic Tide
Ye Qing, whose Chinese food takeout restaurant in the Rockaways was destroyed by Sandy, is battling red tape as she fights to restart her business.
via Bushwick Daily
Images of Changing Bushwick
Photographer Meryl Meisler began chronicling the Brooklyn neighborhood in the 1980s after becoming an art teacher at a local middle school.
via Crain's New York Business
A Mixed Post-Storm Forecast
Some of the boroughs are recovering quicker than others after Sandy.
Saving Sandy’s Lost Dogs
Woof and Walk seeks homes for dogs abandoned after the storm.