In March, 2012, School District 16 in Bedford-Stuyvesant was identified in an annual report by the Schott Foundation for Public Education as – once again – one of the lowest-performing districts in the city.
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January 29, 2013
Money talks and BS walks in the county of Kings, where residents are much more likely to open their wallets for political candidates and charities than go to the polls, a new report shows.
January 29, 2013
The electricians are coming.Gerritsen Beach residents left in the dark after Superstorm Sandy will get free electric repairs starting Saturday so Con Ed can restore their power.The technicians will be paid with money from the Brooklyn Recovery Fund, which borough businesses and charitable groups created for hurricane relief .
January 29, 2013
A newly-formed community group that's helped organize Hurricane Sandy recovery efforts in Red Hook won a six-figure grant from the Brooklyn Recovery Fund last month.The Red Hook Coalition, comprised of Red Hook residents, business owners, community groups and Occupy Sandy volunteers, was awarded $100,000 by the Brooklyn Community Foundation last week.
January 29, 2013
They won’t be home for Christmas — and that makes residents of a Red Hook group home for the developmentally disabled sad.Flood damage from Superstorm Sandy forced them out of Visitation Residence on Richards St. Repairs to the house where some have lived since the 1970s likely won’t be finished until February.
January 23, 2013
Watch: Panel Discusses Top Issues In Brooklyn on NY1's Road to City Hall The Road to City Hall’s Errol Louis examined the top issues affecting Brooklyn in 2013 with political activist Rock Hackshaw, Marilyn Gelber from the charitable organizat
October 5, 2012
A group of ten gifted high school students from across Brooklyn have been chosen as this year’s recipients of Brooklyn Community Foundation’s Peter Jay Sharp Youth Arts Fellowship.Four of the winners are musicians – including a clarinetist, violinist, vocalist and rock musician -- and three are dancers. The group also includes one writer, one visual artist, and one filmmaker/actor.
September 6, 2012
Today, the Daily News exposed what is perhaps Brooklyn's worst kept secret; this is a borough divided. Which is a fact that we would like to think most people were pretty cognizant of already.
