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I am Not Leaving!
This video looks at the effects on the Afro- American community and ask what the future hold for this community
Save The Date For My Brooklyn Report
I am always looking for more information on real estate in Bedford-Stuyvesant. While reading Mybrooklynreport.com I noticed that they will be publishing an ebook on buying foreclosure short sales in Brooklyn. The release date is March 15th 2011 and will only be available for download for 72 hours. Get more details on it here. I [...]
Do You Know Chauncey Street?
Unlike most military heros with streets named after them in Brooklyn, Isaac Chauncey had a connection to Brooklyn. After time spent in naval operations in China and the Mediterranean, Chauncey returned to the United States to take command of the Brooklyn Navy Yard. He remained there until the War of 1812. Chauncey later returned to [...]
Bed-Stuy Makes Six to Celebrate
The Historic Districts Council, is a advocate for historic buildings and neighborhoods. They have announced the results of their first annual Six to Celebrate, a list of historic New York City neighborhoods that merit preservation attention. By atöm Congrats Bed-Stuy! “Neighborhoods throughout New York are fighting an unseen struggle to determine their own futures. By bringing [...]
40 Years, History & Education
Ground Breaking Ceremony
It has been sometime since the Bradford was presented to Community Board 3 to get a letter of support but, the wait is over. click to view NY1′s coverage The groundbreaking ceremony was held on Monday for the housing and commercial building on Fulton Street. It will be for low- to middle-income families. What do you [...]
1946 Red Cross Fund Drive
by Bill Bence of A Week in New York April 1946 The Journal-American reported that Bedford-Stuyvesant was the first Brooklyn community to attain its quota in the community appeal division of the 1946 Brooklyn Red Cross Fund Drive. Overall, the division had reached 65 percent of its $500,000 Brooklyn goal. Arlington had also reached the 100 [...]
Faulty Paperwork Foreclosures Hit Bed-Stuy
Interesting story by PBS News Hour on the mounting foreclosures. Patricia Antrobus who lives in a turn-of-the-20th-century house in the Bed-Stuy section of Brooklyn tells her story of foreclosure.
Two-Alarm Fire Kills
A fire broke out Sunday morning around 6:00 am at 653 Green Avenue. Officials stated that an elderly woman from the building was taken to a local hospital in critical condition. Later she was pronounced dead. Elderly woman killed in Bed-Stuy fire – (News 12)
