This August, nineteen-year-old Ciarra Boyd learned that her friend, Donald, was about to join the Army, and she set out to stop him.
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December 24, 2009February 4, 2010Brooklyn Life
A Day In the Life at Red Hook Houses
By Miranda Lin When the first 1,408 units of the Red Hook Houses were opened in 1939, they boasted the best technology could provide: self-operating elevators, incinerators in every hallway, gas ranges, electric fridges and a laundry room under each building. In 1955, another apartment block called was added, making the Red Hook Houses the...
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December 24, 2009February 4, 2010Brooklyn Life, Multimedia, Slideshow
Breakfast for dinner in Bed-Stuy
There's always something new cooking at Jenn de la Vega's BedStuy apartment/publicity company
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December 23, 2009February 4, 2010Brooklyn Life
Cherry Hill Market puts an End to Lundy´s
After the Lundy family sold the restaurant, Lundy’s was never quite the same.
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December 23, 2009February 4, 2010Brooklyn Life
Food and Feuds Simmer at Red Hook Houses
This is the fourth of our five-part “What’s for Dinner?” feature series about Brooklyn meals.
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December 23, 2009February 4, 2010Brooklyn Life
Unconditional Support, No Questions Asked
The Doula Project, headed by two Williamsburg women, provides a comforting, no-strings-attached aid to women undergoing abortions.
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December 22, 2009February 4, 2010Brooklyn Life
Catching up with Chinese Brooklyn
A day in the life of James Lim, one of the only reporters whose exclusive purview is Chinese Brooklyn.
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December 22, 2009February 4, 2010Brooklyn Life, Religion
Parishioner Serves Up Hearty Meal for Homeless
Fort Greene parishioner and jazz musician Carla Cook prepares a hearty meal in her studio apartment to feed the homeless at the Sacred Heart Men's Shelter.
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December 16, 2009February 4, 2010Brooklyn Life, Sports
Brooklyn Tech Swimmer Looks to London Olympics
A day in the life of Annie Zhu, a record-breaking swimmer and sophomore at Brooklyn Technical High School, who is vying for a spot on the Olympic team one day.
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December 11, 2009February 4, 2010Brooklyn Life, Religion
Getting the “Get”: An invisible prison between marriage and divorce
By Terry Baynes Agunah Hannah Nagila’s sons are 3 and 5 years old, and they already know what an agunah is. They have told their mother what their father tells them: “Daddy says you’re going to be an agunah until you pay back every cent.” Agunah is the term for a Jewish woman chained to...