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NYC Neighborhoods: Race, Class, and Socio-Economic Change
Columbia Journalism School Students Reporting
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NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital Presence Helps Local Businesses
NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital Presence Helps Local Businesses
There was a time when Robert Rosenburg, 65, owner of Theresa Pharmacy on Broadway, remembers being a reckless toddler in his father’s shop…
Cat McGrath
Nov 3, 2023
Ballet in Brighton Beach embracing neighborhood’s diversity
Ballet in Brighton Beach embracing neighborhood’s diversity
The group of six-year-old girls gathered in the corner, in identical black leotards and white tights, with small round buns on their six…
Subeksha Poudel
Nov 2, 2023
Immigrant women twice as likely to face domestic violence
Immigrant women twice as likely to face domestic violence
In 2012, when Mandas returned home after selling tortilla all day long in Brighton Beach, she discovered that her husband had tied a tight…
Subeksha Poudel
Nov 2, 2023
City’s historic floods put food delivery workers at risk
City’s historic floods put food delivery workers at risk
Chen Xianghai parked his moped on the side of Roosevelt Avenue, one of the busiest streets of downtown Flushing. He met up with a group of…
Elza Goffaux
Oct 24, 2023
Brooklyn small businesses helping fuel city’s pandemic recovery
Brooklyn small businesses helping fuel city’s pandemic recovery
At the catty-corner of McGolrick Park’s northwest edge, Drama Club subtly makes its presence known. While its exterior consists of muted…
Alan Kronenberg
Oct 24, 2023
Muslims in New York are stepping out of the shadows
Muslims in New York are stepping out of the shadows
When the sun set over Church Avenue in Brooklyn, Shafiul Azam touched his head down on the soft green carpet of the new mosque in the…
Ariane Luthi
Oct 24, 2023
Raw sewage keeps residents from enjoying Flushing Creek
Raw sewage keeps residents from enjoying Flushing Creek
Navigating a muddy trail, Xin Xu walked around the creek’s shore to set his fishing rod and the rest of his equipment. Then he sat on his…
Elza Goffaux
Oct 23, 2023
Amidst New York City’s Green Dreams, Some Neighborhoods Feel Left in the Shadows
Amidst New York City’s Green Dreams, Some Neighborhoods Feel Left in the Shadows
Growing up in Jackson Heights, Queens, Daniel Karatzas’s memories are dominated by images of games won and lost on narrow sidewalks, for…
Indy Scholtens
Oct 22, 2023
The Rise of Japanese Restaurants in Greenpoint
The Rise of Japanese Restaurants in Greenpoint
Picture sitting at a 30-foot, charcoal-colored counter in a newly renovated brick building. On top of the smooth surface lies a white plate…
Alan Kronenberg
Oct 22, 2023
Brooklyn neighborhood trying to answer city’s migrant crisis
Brooklyn neighborhood trying to answer city’s migrant crisis
Juan Carlos Ruiz spends most Thursday nights at his church. Bone-white and vaulted, slender and Germanic, in many ways the Good Shepherd…
Iryna Humenyuk
Oct 21, 2023
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