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Canarsie church bridges Nigerian-Caribbean cultural divide

by Kaara Baptiste | May 11, 2015 | Featured, International, Neighborhood: Brooklyn, New York, Religion

The Redeemed Christian Church of God, International Chapel of Brooklyn sits at the end of a quiet dead-end street along an industrialized stretch in Canarsie. But every Sunday, amid the auto repair shops and shuttered buildings, that unassuming corner awakens as...
Turning blight into green pastures

Turning blight into green pastures

by Kaara Baptiste | Jun 12, 2014 | Featured, Neighborhood: Brooklyn

Coney Resident Plots Garden Rescue for Vacant Lot By Kaara Baptiste Last year, Minico Roberts, a longtime Coney Islander, started thinking about creating a new community garden in her neighborhood. She was inspired by her experience as a culinary educator at farmers...
Q&A: Ronald Stewart, Coney Island violence interrupter

Q&A: Ronald Stewart, Coney Island violence interrupter

by Kaara Baptiste | Apr 10, 2014 | Featured, Neighborhood: Brooklyn

by Kaara Baptiste Shootings in the NYPD’s 60th Precinct, covering Coney Island, Brighton Beach and Gravesend, jumped nearly 85 percent last year, spiking to 24 incidents from 13 in 2012. The incidents included two fatal shootings in Coney Island within 48 hours of...

Coney Island summer job fairs seek local hires

by Kaara Baptiste | Mar 30, 2014 | Employment, Neighborhood: Brooklyn

For Coney Island residents, the amusement district’s Apr. 13 season opening will usher in plenty of sun, sand, and, hopefully for many, summer paychecks.   There is anticipation for the new season, which will bring hundreds of seasonal jobs associated with the...
Interfaith clergy fast to save SUNY Downstate

Interfaith clergy fast to save SUNY Downstate

by Kaara Baptiste | Mar 12, 2014 | Employment, Featured, Health, Neighborhood: Brooklyn, New York

by Kaara Baptiste Prayers are going up to keep a local hospital from shutting down. On Tuesday afternoon, a coalition of religious leaders from various faiths wrapped up a 48-hour fast intended to keep SUNY Downstate Medical Center active in Brooklyn. The SUNY...

Local groups tackle rising tide of gun violence in Coney Island

by Kaara Baptiste | Dec 19, 2013 | Neighborhood: Brooklyn

By Kaara Baptiste Gun crimes have had a tenacious hold on Coney Island in recent years. So much so that a local organization is taking the unique step of offering a support group for victims of gun violence in 2014. Mathylde Frontus, founder of Urban Neighborhood...
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