Brownsville school receives major changes to its library due to student families voicing concern

Katelynn Ulrich • Jan 30, 2024

More than 100 repairs have been made in several district 23 schools. The total repairs by the end of this year will total to 168. It's part of $10 million from the city to make the changes.


At P.S. 137 in Brownsville, the library received new flooring. Other fixes throughout the district include staircases, outdoor space and more. Students and families rallied together with the help of the East Brooklyn Congregations to get the changes made.



"Some people may think they're little things but when you add all of them up you show our young people that we care about them. We want to have an environment where our young people can thrive," said Mt. Lebanon Baptist Church Brooklyn Pastor Shaun J. Lee

Rally Backs Affordable Housing Initiative in Wingate

By BK Reader Staff • 25 Jan, 2024
The body content of your post goes here. To edit this text, click on it and delete this default text and start typing your own or paste your own from a different source.

A sleeping giant for new homes: Creedmoor could be the key to Hochul’s housing agenda

By DAVID K. BRAWLEY and PATRICK O'CONNOR | • 10 Sep, 2023
Gov. Hochul put forth her plans to address New York’s housing crisis. Though the announcement outlined several executive actions, the most powerful and exciting policy tool the governor floated as a solution to New York’s housing woes is her vision to convert state-owned sites into housing.

How Community Builders saved its Far Rockaway project

By The Real Deal • 15 Aug, 2023
Rental projects often hit a wall in the City Council for not offering enough affordability. In the case of the Community Builders’ 106-unit proposal for Far Rockaway, the opposite happened.
Share by: