Starting in September MS 51 in Park Slope will add a dual language program to meet the needs of students transitioning from PS 58, in Carroll Gardens, which has two French-English dual language classes from kindergarten through fifth grade. Experts say there is an increasing interest in bilingual education throughout New York City.
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April 23, 2013September 30, 2019Live Wire
Citi Bikes Riding Into Trouble with Some Residents
Some Brooklyn residents feel as though the new Citi Bike stations in the area are guilty of “intrusive advertising” and “commercial activity” because the stations have a Citybank logo attached. Check out CBS Local to find out why the Landmarks Preservation Commission doesn’t have a problem with the 25 bicycle docks.
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April 23, 2013September 30, 2019Live Wire
The Brooklyn Latin School Gets a Good Grade
The Brooklyn Latin School in Bushwick has been ranked number 21 out of approximately 21,000 public high schools and number 1 in New York State according to the most recent U.S. News & World Report. Read more about it at The New York Daily News
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April 17, 2013September 30, 2019Live Wire
Brooklyn College Faculty Members Win Big
Three faculty members from Brooklyn College’s Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing won the prestigious Guggenheim Fellowship last week. The three winners (Louis Asekoff, Ben Lerner and Erin Courtney) were among 175 others winners out of 3,000 contenders. To read more about the contestants and their big win check out the New York Daily News for the full story.
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April 16, 2013September 30, 2019Live Wire
Teenage Girl’s Nude Photos Used to Lure Brownsville Victim
A teenage girl was paid to take nude photos of herself, which would ultimately be used as bait to lure a Brooklyn man to his own death. Ebony Geddie, 19, bared her breasts and butt for several photos. She was aware that her photos would later be used to fatally tempt Dwayne Burnett, 26. Geddie also...
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April 16, 2013September 30, 2019Live Wire
NYPD Release Surveillance Footage of Serial Rapist in Brooklyn
The NYPD released a video yesterday of a man they believe is a serial rapist. He has already lured 3 women to separate areas of Brooklyn and then raped them. The most recent attack was last Thursday. There is an increased number of officers in the area, but the suspect is still at large. To...
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April 15, 2013September 30, 2019Live Wire
Lafayette Avenue Fire Injures 3
A ravaging fire injured one resident and two firefighters at a Bedford Stuyvesant building early this morning. The building located at 857 Lafayette Avenue caught ablaze shortly before 2 a.m this morning. 33 units and 138 firefighters responded to the fire, which spread to buildings on both sides. It took firefighters over and hour to control...
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April 7, 2013September 30, 2019Brooklyn Life
Residents Vote to Decide How to Spend $1 Million
Participatory budgeting is when community members give their ideas to improve the neighborhood and vote on which ideas get funded. City Councilmember Brad Lander has set aside $1 million to fund these ideas. Residents voted early this week at Lander’s office in Park Slope.
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March 13, 2013September 30, 2019Brooklyn Life, Business
Midtown for Publishers? It’s Not Written in Ink
Two years ago, when David Black, a prominent book agent, moved to downtown Brooklyn, many in the industry were astonished.
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February 18, 2013September 30, 2019Brooklyn Life
A Red Hook Deli Picks Up the Pieces After Sandy
When the owners of Mile End deli in Boerum Hill and NoHo decided to open up a production facility in Red Hook the goal was to make life easier. But then super storm Sandy hit.