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Uber announced last month that it’s piloting a new, in-app safety feature using publicly available mapping data in three select U.S. cities, including New York. The feature pinpoints where bike lanes and shared roads are in the city, and will encourage Uber drivers to safely coordinate pick-ups and drop-offs away from bike lanes. Riders will receive a push notification informing […]
Families from PS 295 and the South Slope area had the chance to explore and sit behind the wheels of more than 15 special vehicles at the school’s 9th annual Touch-A-Truck fundraiser. The vehicles lined up on 18th Street, between 6th and 7th Avenues, this year included an FDNY fire truck, NYPD smart car and van, PSVAC ambulance, DOS garbage […]
Congresswoman Nydia Velázquez and the EPA provided updates regarding the Gowanus Canal cleanup at a 2019 Public Superfund Town Hall held May 29. The last town hall meeting, also hosted by the Gowanus Canal Community Advisory Group (CAG), took place in Nov. 2017. Velázquez spoke first. “The Gowanus Canal is a high-profile Superfund site … because of all of you […]
The Family Health Centers at NYU Langone has debuted a new grocery store-like food pantry, called “The Table,” in Sunset Park. This comprehensive program provides a new nutritional resource by offering a diverse variety of food to local residents at no cost. “We were surprised to learn from our screening survey that one in three families in our community ran […]
Littlefield, the performance space located at 635 Sackett St. in Gowanus, recently celebrated its 10th anniversary with a week-and-a-half-long festival that featured live music, comedy shows and dance parties. “We couldn’t fit all our history and programing into one week; there were so many people we wanted to work with,” said co-owner Julie Kim. “We hoped we covered all the […]
Smith Street Stage (SSS) has produced free Shakespeare at Carroll Park for 10 years. Starting with a five-actor adaptation of Romeo and Juliet, the company always looks for new ways to tell classic stories, making their productions deeply meaningful and easily accessible. Since that inaugural production, SSS has grown to more than 40 artists each year, performing for thousands of […]
Red Hook Lobster Pound, located at 284 Van Brunt St., celebrated its 10th year in the neighborhood on April 25. Hungry guests chowed down and received 10 percent off their bill. The idea behind the restaurant formed after owners Susan Povich and Ralph Gorham took a trip to Portland, Maine, and brought home fresh lobsters. Ralph had told Susan that […]
Industrial designer Maria Boustead thought of the idea for a functional and versatile bicycle bag back in 2009 when she couldn’t find one that was both bike-compatible for her work commutes and stylish enough to take into her office. Backpacks made her back too sweaty, and shoulder bags would swing around and annoyingly fall down her arm while she rode; […]
It’s never too late to learn more about melanoma as beach season approaches. While some exposure to sunlight can be enjoyable and even healthy, excess sun can be dangerous to your health. Prolonged time in the sun can lead to the development of melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer. More than 96,000 Americans will be diagnosed with melanoma this […]
Long gone are the days of clinicians making old-fashioned house calls to patients at their convenience and in the comfort of their own homes. But one masseur has been making house calls since 2011 – and all on two wheels through the busy streets of Brooklyn. Kip Yates, 49, is a New York State licensed and insured massage therapist and […]
Formula E and the NYC ePrix are reminding graduating high school seniors, who live in Red Hook and the surrounding neighborhoods, that they still have time to apply for a STEM scholarship. Formula E and Modis have partnered to create the first-ever NYC ePrix Scholarship, engineered by Modis, in recognition that future engineers, IT directors and event professionals will help […]
Crown Castle, the nation’s largest provider of shared communications infrastructure, hosted its third annual Connected by Good community service initiative on May 8. More than 1,880 employees spent their day planting, building, painting and improving public spaces around the country. The Floyd Patterson Ballfields, located in Brownsville, were one of those 22 chosen nationwide sites. Forty-eight employees from the company’s New York […]
Nine-year-old Ethan Weitz, from Carroll Gardens, recently got to experience what it’s like to be a doctor for a day – with the official white coat and all. Ethan broke his ulna during Labor Day weekend when he jumped off a swing while playing with a few other kids. “As a parent it’s such a scary and stressful situation for […]