The implementation of food court-style cafeterias is just one of the strategies improving the way students eat, City Council Speaker Corey Johnson said Thursday from a Brooklyn school known for its exceptional nutritional programming. Johnson joined Councilmember Rafael Espinal at P.S./I.S. 89, Cypress Hill Community School — the first in Brooklyn to have its own […]
It ain’t all brownstones. But it’s all beautiful. Brooklyn’s housing stock is blessed with infinite variety, which is of course a phrase I borrowed from Shakespeare. Some stunning neighborhoods look wildly different from other equally fabulous spots. If Brooklyn is a mosaic, the tiles that comprise it are in highly contrasting colors. Spring’s the ideal […]
A five-alarm fire devastated a row of stores and the homes of 15 families on Atlantic Avenue in Cypress Hills on Saturday morning. Four injuries were reported, including three firefighters and one resident. None of the injuries were considered life threatening. The fire broke out shortly after 10 a.m. at 2681 Atlantic Ave., in the […]