By Faaria Kherani If you are grabbing a meal in Sunset Park or southern Park Slope, beware of cockroaches on the loose. A 2010 Roach Map released by The Great Urban Hack NYC shows that Brooklyn’s cockroaches are calling some neighborhoods home more than others. According to the Roach Map, which is based on restaurant...
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December 31, 2010January 5, 2011Brooklyn Life
Community Programs Fill Gaps in Childhood Obesity Policy
By Faaria Kherani Over the past year, Mayor Bloomberg has implemented a variety of policies to combat childhood obesity, but New York City doctors, health educators, and the Health Department’s own representatives are now saying the policies alone will not be enough to lower the childhood obesity rate. “There’s no one answer,” says Health Department...
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November 19, 2010November 19, 2010Brooklyn Life
Paul Auster Draws a Diverse Crowd with his Novel Sunset Park
by Faaria Kherani A crowd of over 100 people sits silently as Paul Auster stands at the podium and slowly opens his book. He places his dark glasses on his nose, low enough so he can peer out over them at the audience for effect. His grey hair is brushed back and he wears a...
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November 18, 2010December 8, 2010Brooklyn Life
Brooklyn’s longest kindergarten waitlist
By Faaria Kherani A kindergarten in Sunset Park has capped its waitlist amid the rapidly growing number of Chinese immigrant families vying for spots in the school. Melody Zhao, parent coordinator for PS 105, was keeping track of the waitlist across ten pages of a yellow notepad earlier this year, all the while telling parents...
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November 17, 2010November 17, 2010Live Wire
Teen charged with Shooting a Pair of ex-cons
An 18-year-old man was charged Wednesday with shooting a pair of ex-cons in Brooklyn, the NY Daily News reports. Daquan Myers was charged with murder, attempted murder, and weapons possession. The victims, Vashawn Brown, 21, and Jamel Baily, 35, were shot during a clash at around 8:45 p.m. on Sunday in Bedford-Suyvesant. Brown was shot...
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November 17, 2010November 17, 2010Live Wire
Brooklyn’s Haitian Community Mourns Spread of Cholera Epidemic
By Léa Khayata The epidemic of cholera in Haiti, declared “a matter of national security” by health officials, has spread to the Dominican Republic. The epidemic accounts for more than 1,100 deaths and 18,400 hospitalizations, and Haitian officials say it has not yet reached its peak. A doctor with the Pan-American Health association said projections...
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November 17, 2010November 17, 2010Live Wire
Justice for Man Shot in Face Almost 20 Years Ago
The jury reconvened this afternoon to deliberate in the trial of a young man who allegedly shot a security guard almost 20 years ago, reports The Brooklyn Ink’s Michael del Castillo. On New Year’s Eve 1990, security guard William Smith, 22, was shot in the face and killed. Shortly after the shooting, Derrick Lloyd, the...
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November 17, 2010November 17, 2010Live Wire
Cuomo Announces Settlement for Greenpoint Oil Spill
Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo announced today a settlement that will require ExxonMobil Corporation to pay for the full cleanup of its oil spill and any related environmental contamination in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, according to a statement from the New York Attorney General Press Office. It is estimated that at least 17 million gallons of oil...
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November 17, 2010November 17, 2010Live Wire
Man Loses Home in 3-Alarm Fire
Firefighters rushed to a residential Brooklyn building in Cypress Hills early Wednesday morning after a large fire erupted, reported WPIX-TV. FDNY Deputy Chief Michael Ajello told WPIX that 35 fire companies responded to the 3 alarms triggered, and it took an hour to get the fire under control. 10 firefighters suffered minor injuries, but all...
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November 17, 2010November 17, 2010Live Wire
10-shot Espresso Introduced in Crown Heights
The Pulp & The Bean coffee shop has raised the caffeine bar with a 10-shot espresso, reports the NY Daily News. Owner Tony Fisher, who drink 10 cups a day of regular coffee himself, started selling the 20-ounce drink on Tuesday. He hopes to make Brooklyn, and the East Coast, a coffee destination like Seattle...