The building’s owner had been fined at least eight times for violations, most recently for a “dangerously bulging” side. One minor injury was reported. Source: New York Times
Posts published in “Brooklyn (NYC)”
Why Surviving Covid Might Come Down to Which NYC Hospital Admits You
By Gotham Rex on July 1, 2020
In New York City’s poor neighborhoods, some patients have languished in understaffed hospitals, with substandard equipment. It was a different story in Manhattan’s private medical centers. Source: New York Times
More Space, Same Address
By Gotham Rex on June 30, 2020
As quarantining has made small apartments seem minuscule, some renters have been able to find larger places without leaving the building. Source: New York Times
MTV to Hold V.M.A.s in Brooklyn With Limits on Audience
By Gotham Rex on June 29, 2020
Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo announced on Monday that the MTV Video Music Awards would be held at the Barclays Center on Aug. 30. The network said social distancing precautions would be followed. Source: New York Times
3 Long (Haired) Months: Barbershop Before-and-Afters
By Gotham Rex on June 25, 2020
As salons and barbershops opened up in the city on Monday, New Yorkers relished the opportunity to freshen up. Source: New York Times
Her Virus Test Came Back Positive. 3 Hours Later, She Had a Baby.
By Gotham Rex on June 23, 2020
The pandemic has reshaped the experience of childbirth in New York hospitals, adding more tension into what is an already uncertain event. Source: New York Times
N.Y.’s Legal Limbo: Pandemic Creates Backlog of 39,200 Criminal Cases
By Gotham Rex on June 22, 2020
A justice system based on face-to-face meetings has been limping along with virtual hearings, but officials are struggling with how to restart trials and grand jury proceedings. Source: New York Times
Barclays Center: How a Once-Loathed Brooklyn Arena Became a Protest Epicenter
By Gotham Rex on June 16, 2020
Barclays Center helped displace hundreds of residents and businesses, but its plaza has become a town square amid the local Black Lives Matter movement. Source: New York Times
How a March for Black Trans Lives Became a Huge Event
By Gotham Rex on June 16, 2020
“The violence that’s affecting black trans women and black trans folks is finally getting the attention that it deserves,” an organizer of the Brooklyn march said. Source: New York Times
Who's Leading the George Floyd Protests in New York?
By Gotham Rex on June 11, 2020
They’re young, charismatic and drawing crowds of thousands around the city. Source: New York Times
Black and Latino Churches Offer Prayers, Hope and Coronavirus Testing
By Gotham Rex on June 11, 2020
A public health program takes free tests and fellowship to communities in New York that have been devastated by Covid-19. Source: New York Times
Inside a Huge George Floyd Protest in Brooklyn
By Gotham Rex on June 1, 2020
A demonstration that began at the Barclays Center drew New Yorkers from many backgrounds. They worried that their goals were being hijacked by looting and violence. Source: New York Times
Lawyer Colinford Mattis Accused in Molotov Cocktail Attack on Police
By Gotham Rex on May 31, 2020
A Princeton graduate and a human rights lawyer were both charged in an attack that left a police car dashboard charred. No one was injured. Source: New York Times
Michael Halkias, Who Promised Wish Fulfillment at Banquet Hall, Dies at 82
By Gotham Rex on May 24, 2020
His Grand Prospect Hall in Brooklyn hosted four decades’ worth of events, and he and his wife, Alice, made the hall’s commercials a late-night TV staple. Source: New York Times