Category Archives: Location

Bensonhurst: Sluggish Business in the Auto Industry

Everybody knows about the trouble in Detriot. But do you know about the trouble in Bensonhurst? A deli that has been in the neighborhood for ten years is closing down. Eckard has been remodeled into a thrift shop that sells … Continue reading

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A Helping Hand at Every Corner

Plain, simple, and old best describes the building that houses the organization American Asian for Equality. From the outside, it looks like a rundown building. There is a small main entrance which makes the office look dreary and unwelcome to … Continue reading

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The Face Behind Costume Jewelry

Jewelry is a woman’s best friend. Diamonds, gems, and sapphires, what more can women ask for. However, in reality this is not what most women can afford. Instead, they turn to costume jewelry. Necklaces, bracelets, rings, and pins are sold … Continue reading

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Great Help Found in Housing Works

Great help found in Housing Works On Crosby St, between Houston and Prince St, a large construction site obstructs the overall aesthetic of the block. Under scaffolding, rough edges and loud noise a treasure is hidden. Looking from a distance, … Continue reading

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The Same 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

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Look at the boards and know the community

On a typical Saturday afternoon children are roaming the bookshelves, surfing the web and whispering loudly across beige wooden tables in the Mill Basin library branch. The children’s section information desk assistant rarely sits except to search the database for … Continue reading

Posted in Bernstein Spring 2009, Community Service Story, Mill Basin | 2 Comments

Health insurance cuts impact dentist’s business

A pair of separate doors allow for entrance into the waiting room of the General Dentistry and Orthodontia office on Jamaica Avenue in Woodhaven, Queens. The first opens with a pull of the knob; the second requires a potential patient … Continue reading

Posted in Bernstein Spring 2009, Community Service Story, Queens | 4 Comments

Nail tips still a priority in recession times

At 8:30 p.m. on a Wednesday evening, four women are filling a few of the mostly empty chairs at CoCo’s Nail and Spa on Jamaica Avenue in Woodhaven, Queens. A young Asian woman is quietly staring around at the bright … Continue reading

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Catholic School to Be Shut Down

On weekdays at 3pm, parents and children hustle and bustle through the streets of Harway Avenue. Children laugh animatedly while playing tag as they cross the streets, mothers are hard at work controlling their kids and security guards wave happily … Continue reading

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Computer as the Second Language

“What am I gonna do with an email?” asked the man rather boisterously. “I’ll send ya a joke!” replied his classmate with a laugh. She was a 60-year-old woman with round cheeks that filled with a healthy blush as she … Continue reading

Posted in Bernstein Spring 2009, Brooklyn, Community Service Story | 4 Comments

NFL Draft Brings Hope to Local Fans

            During the last weekend of April, New York Jets fans found an aviator who can fly their Jets to the top of the AFC East. During the 2009 NFL Draft in Radio City Music Hall, … Continue reading

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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, like the other two library systems, are forced to close branches … Continue reading

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Gentrification Wins the 20 Year Battle for the East Village

It is the warmest weekend day of the year and the streets of the East Village are excitingly buzzing. There are people congregating on every street corner and residents happily migrating towards Tompkins Square Park. Outside the air is welcoming … Continue reading

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Food Not Bombs: Serving Heaping Helpings of Revolution to the Masses

The aroma of a vegetarian meal wafting from a rickety old serving cart draws a diverse crowd to the Southeast corner of Tompkins Square Park on Sunday afternoon. Squatters and yuppies alike curiously meander around the wobbly makeshift serving table, … Continue reading

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Breaking New Ground

The Groundwork for Success Program, run by the non-profit organization Groundwork Inc., provides high-school students with countless opportunities for academic, professional, and personal growth, and has a high rate of graduating scholars that make it into some of the nation’s … Continue reading

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Have Some Books Under the Car Seat, It’ll be a Long Wait at Park Circle

Buses, delivery trucks, taxis, and commuters crowd and bump against one another on streets surrounding Prospect Park, the large green grounds in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn. Four major roads, Coney Island Avenue, Caton Avenue, Parkside Avenue, and the Prospect Park Expressway … Continue reading

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City Park Plans Uproots Community Garden

As reported earlier this month, Two Coves Community Garden in Astoria, Queens, is at risk because the Parks Department and Goodwill Industries have forced a design for a city park on 75 percent of the garden’s space. Because the Garden … Continue reading

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How Far Will They Go

The current state of the economy is affecting people from all areas of life, even for those people who have jobs. “I just took a pay cut at work recently. There was nothing I could have done. It was either … Continue reading

Posted in Bernstein Spring 2009, Chinatown, Uncategorized | 1 Comment

You can’t play all day, every day

 In Jackson Heights, Queens’s overpopulation is a problem it’s residents face everyday. From the congested 7 train line to the gridlocked streets of Roosevelt Avenue, residents, old and young, share Jackson Heights. On one street in particular, 87 Street between … Continue reading

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Keeping It In The Family

Unfortunately, history tells us that family-owned businesses have some challenges ahead.  According to The Economist, about 70 percent of family-owned businesses in the United States never make it to the second generation.  And 90 percent do not survive until the … Continue reading

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