Rising property prices define who can stay in the new Williamsburg.
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December 14, 2011September 30, 2019Brooklyn Life
Is Eighth Avenue Chinatown Running Out of Luck?
Sunset Park's Chinatown seems to be outgrowing its Eighth Avenue britches. A walk down the street during the day requires quick and aggressive maneuvering, and jutting elbows. Goods displayed by stores spill out from the actual shops and out onto the sidewalks.
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December 14, 2011September 30, 2019Brooklyn Life
Too Tired to Live The American Dream
There are approximately 252,000 Mexican-born immigrants in New York City, according to the Census Bureau. However, few of them participate politically or as active members in their local community.
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December 14, 2011September 30, 2019Live Wire
Suspects Charged in Murder of Brooklyn Police Officer
Five men were charged on Tuesday in connection with the murder of Peter Figoski, a decorated Brooklyn cop and father of four daughters, The Wall Street Journal reported. The murder took place Sunday night when police arrived at the scene of an East New York apartment allegedly being robbed by the five suspects. Mr. Figoski was...
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December 13, 2011September 30, 2019Brooklyn Life
The Opposite of Luck: One Man’s Atlantic City
P, 61, came to Atlantic City from Long Island City, where he left behind a recovering heroin addict brother, an ailing mother and an estranged wife with a cocaine dependency. He’s at the Taj Mahal Casino every weekend.
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December 12, 2011September 30, 2019Live Wire
Book Review: The Influencing Machine
Maane Khatchatourian reviews The Influencing Machine: Brooke Gladstone on the Media by Brooke Gladstone.
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December 12, 2011September 30, 2019Brooklyn Life
Gladstone Disproves Already-Refuted Theory of Media as Influencing Machines
My 18-year-old self would have thoroughly enjoyed “The Influencing Machine: Brooke Gladstone on the Media” as required reading for an undergraduate course on mass communication. The graphic novel illustrated by Josh Neufeld traces the evolution of the media, from Julius Caesar’s Acta Diurna that divulged the activities of the Roman senate to penny papers like...
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December 12, 2011September 30, 2019Brooklyn Life
Growing up With Hip-Hop
A mini-documentary about hip-hop in Brooklyn’s projects.
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December 11, 2011September 30, 2019Brooklyn Life
Hofstra University Professor Helps Improve Math Education in Crown Heights
In Crown Heights’ M.S. 394, it was time for math in Jean Graham’s 5th grade class. On her green chalkboard, she wrote in white chalk: “Today we will continue to practice using data to plot a line graph. We will also interpret data from, and look at how, line graphs can be applied to...
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December 9, 2011September 30, 2019Brooklyn Life
Eyewitness Testifies in Double Murder Case
An eyewitness in a double murder trial testified in Kings County Criminal Court Thursday that he saw the defendant, Sean Steer, shoot three times at one of the victims. The eyewitness, Mr. Hunt, said he fled, only to discover later that the second victim at the shooting scene in Prospect Heights was his brother, Vance...