The mass-vaccination hub at Medgar Evers College in Crown Heights finally started inoculating some of Brooklyn’s most vulnerable on February 24.
Locals Arrive as Medgar Evers College Vaccination Site Opens
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Daily Links: One Thousand MTA Employees Will Be Vaccinated Weekly in Downtown Brooklyn
In the News
- A Coming-Out Party for KAWS at the Brooklyn Museum [NYT]
- MTA Will Vaccinate 1,000 Transit Workers per Week in Brooklyn [NYP]
- Black-Owned Bed Stuy Home Goods Store Hangs Tough [NYDN]
- State To Solicit Bids for Smorgasburg Park Space in Williamsburg [BP]
- Red Hook Man Killed in Second Hit-and-Run Fatality in 24 Hours [Gothamist]
- Several Arrested in Daniel Prude Protest in Williamsburg [Patch]
- Longtime Nonprofit Needs Help Creating New Home in Brooklyn [Patch]
- Peter Luger Fills Empty Seats With Mannequins From Madame Tussauds [Eater]
Daily Links: Middle School Students Return to Classrooms for First Time in Three Months
In the News
- Report: City’s Arts and Recreation Employment Down by 66 Percent [NYT]
- Homeless Man Targeting Women at Bushwick Subway Stop Indicted [NYP]
- Boy Fatally Struck by Car in Williamsburg, Cops Say [NYP]
- Crown Heights CB Hires District Manager After Multi-Year Search [BP]
- City Middle Schoolers Poised To Return to Classrooms [Gothamist]
- Eviction Moratorium Pause Ends Friday. Here’s What You Need To Do [The City]
- Fourth Avenue Tower Developers Sign ‘Community Agreement’ [Patch]
- French Restaurant Coming to Vacant Park Slope Fifth Avenue Spot [Patch]
- Park Slope Nurses Rally in Support of Safe Staffing for Quality Care Act [amNY]
- Why Ursula’s Hatch in Crown Heights Is Worth the Wait [Eater]
- How a 30-Year-Old Freelancer DIY-Ed His Bushwick Rental [CNBC]
- Meet the Brooklyn Artist Breathing New Life Into Traditional Textiles [AD]
- Silverstein Offers To Buy Half of All Year’s Bushwick Rental Complex [TRD]
Bus Service Increase Planned to Bring Brooklynites to Vaccination Site at Medgar Evers College
Beefed-up bus service will help transport eligible Brooklynites to the new vaccine mega-site at Medgar Evers College in Crown Heights, state officials announced Monday.
Get a Virtual Look at Restoration Projects Underway at Green-Wood Cemetery
In order for visitors to enjoy the peaceful oasis that is Green-Wood Cemetery, quite a bit of work goes into the upkeep of hundreds of acres of mausoleums and monuments.
Daily Links: Southeast Brooklyn Could Get Subway Service Via Biden Infrastructure Plan
In the News
- Biden Infrastructure Plan Could Fund New Southeast Brooklyn Subway [NYP]
- Crown Heights Developer Disputes ‘Save Associated’ Claims [Caribbean Life]
- Brooklyn Real Estate Empire Shows Strain With Rental Bankruptcy [Bloomberg]
- How Brooklyn’s Office Market Is Getting Through COVID [CO]
- Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce Survey Shows Small Business Struggles [Crain’s]
- Musicians Transform Fort Greene Apartment To Fit a Baby Grand Piano [Curbed]
- Greenpoint Barber Hopes New PPP Guidance Will Be a Lifeline [NY1]
- East Brooklyn Mutual Aid Needs Help Funding Food Deliveries [Bklyner]
- Toby Moskovits’ Williamsburg Hotel Enters Bankruptcy [TRD]
Four Southern Brooklyn Libraries to Be Outfitted With Solar Powered Backup Systems
The Brooklyn Public Library is outfitting the roofs of four southern Brooklyn literary emporiums with solar energy backup systems that guarantee the lights stay lit.
Daily Links: Cuomo Says Movie Theaters Can Open at 25 Percent Capacity Starting on March 5
In the News
- Movie Theaters Can Reopen With Limited Capacity Late Next Week [NYT]
- Vaccine Rollout in Brooklyn, Queens Has Reflected Same Inequalities [NYT]
- Fire Destroys Crown Heights Auto-Body Shop [BP]
- Is Another Bay Ridge Store Part of Century 21’s Comeback? [Eagle]
- Red Hook Vaccination Site Opens Up for Elderly Residents [amNY]
- Protesters Gather at East New York Amazon Facility [BK Reader]
- LOT Office for Architecture Creates All-Blue Building in Bushwick [Dezeen]
- Charter School Developer Buys New Lots Site Out of Bankruptcy [TRD]
- Eight-Story Building Planned at Christopher Avenue in Brownsville [NYY]
Daily Links: One of State’s Largest Vaccination Centers Will Open in Crown Heights This Week
In the News
- New Yorkers Can Dine Indoors Again. Will They? [NYT]
- Pigeon Guys Face Tough Times in Ocean Hill and Beyond [NYT]
- Locals Brave Cold To Oppose Gowanus Fracked-Gas Plant Repowering [Eagle]
- Indoor Dining Will Increase to 35 Percent Capacity Starting February 26 [Eater]
- Largest Vaccination Sites in Brooklyn, Queens Open Wednesday [Gothamist]
- Despite COVID Concerns, Crowd Holds Torah Party in Williamsburg [Pix11]
- Drag Delivery Helping Popular Williamsburg LGBTQ Bar Stay Afloat [Eater]
- Former Modell’s Site in Downtown Brooklyn Up for Sale [TRD]
- Permits Filed for Seven-Story Building in Bensonhurst [NYY]
What You Need to Know About Getting a COVID-19 Vaccine Appointment in Brooklyn
The vaccine rollout in New York has been marked with shortages and confusion, with those eligible finding the process of securing an appointment for the life-saving jab onerous and time-consuming.
