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Category Archives: Bernstein Spring 2009
Conflict Arising in Quiet South Brooklyn
Taking up ten blocks of the neighborhood, Avenue N is the main source that pumps life into Mill Basin. The major businesses and community gatherings are located on the block and as a resident it is truly difficult to avod … Continue reading
Posted in Bernstein Spring 2009, Brooklyn, Mill Basin
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Post-Zoning Issues in the Lower East Side
On November 19, 2008 the City Council adopted the East Village/Lower East Side Rezoning. The zoning changes which are now in effect, involved an area of 111 blocks. An estimated 343 new units of affordable housing were approved and height … Continue reading
Posted in Bernstein Spring 2009, Lower East Side
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“A Change Is Gonna Come”
Now that the 125Th Street Rezoning Project has been approved, what’s next? City leaders, environmental organizations, community activists, mom and pops businesses, and long time residents of Harlem are now realizing that change is coming to their neighborhoods whether they … Continue reading
Posted in Bernstein Spring 2009, Manhattan
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Soho Lanes Causing a Fuss
Jam packed with bustling shoppers and tourists, Soho is a neighborhood that does not lack traffic. Trucks blocking the streets and honking car horns creating disturbing music are a common occurrence. However, it seems that it is the bikers who … Continue reading
Queens Residents Have No Place to Go
The Queens Library along with the Brooklyn Public Library and the New York Public Library are facing budget cuts by the city. Faced with hard times, the Queens Library is forced to close branches on weekends and reduce programming, … Continue reading
Posted in Astoria, Bernstein Spring 2009
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Last School Standing
There are plenty of public schools in Bensonhurst, but The Most Precious Blood School is the only Catholic School remaining in the neighborhood. According to OBI, one of the major nonprofit companies sponsoring the school, enrollment for catholic schools has … Continue reading
Posted in Bernstein Spring 2009
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A Place for Books and Residents
The library is not just a place to check out books in Mill Basin. Besides housing computers, books and classes for all Brooklyn residents, it lets the community know what is going on with a bulletin board plastered with events … Continue reading
Posted in Bernstein Spring 2009, Brooklyn, Mill Basin
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Medical Clinics Serve Patients’ Needs
There are numerous elementary schools and churches in Woodhaven, Queens, as well as a fire department and volunteer ambulance corps. However, junior high schools, high schools, and large hospitals are non-existent in the southern Queens district. St. Anthony’s Hospital, once … Continue reading
Posted in Bernstein Spring 2009, Queens
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Community Services in Bushwick
The Bushwick neighborhood is filled with community services. It has everything from a fire department and police station, to sanitation that comes around three times a week, but with the current state of our country, churches, schools and health care … Continue reading
Lend a Helping Hand!
Help!! Everyone needs a helping hand whether it is your local school, nursing home, or library. Volunteers are welcomed with open arms. Help is always appreciated. Devote as little as an hour or two each week to organizations that benefit … Continue reading
Fire!
Gerritsen Beach—Fired!–the word that in 2009 is in employers’ minds and in our everyday fears, although in this case, fire (without the D) is providing jobs–positions as volunteer fire fighters. In a fire department in Gerritsen Beach, Brooklyn, there are … Continue reading
Posted in Announcements, Bernstein Spring 2009
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A Successful Conquest For “La Nueva Conquista”
236 Lafayette St. New York, NY, is home to a restaurant that by the looks of its exterior is not too welcoming. “Don’t judge a book by its cover,” is the most appropriate phrase that can be said about one … Continue reading
East Village Residents Preserve Neighborhood’s Legacy of Protest
It is no secret that East Village residents are typically socially-conscious and opinionated people. Tompkins Square Park, the neighborhood’s central park, is one of the city’s most politically active centers, hosting throngs of renegades, squatters and … Continue reading
The Emptiness of the Small Businesses
As I got off the 2 train on the Fulton Street stop, I saw the first of several small businesses with very few customers. The reason might have been the fact that it was rush hour. It was the Royal … Continue reading
Posted in Bernstein Spring 2009, Financial District
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