E-scooters are an ingenious answer to an overly crowded city, providing a reliable form of transportation to many who either can not afford or don’t want, to own a car. But what is often overlooked is that they are dangerous too.
The New York City Districting Commission voted on a preliminary plan for new City Council districts. The Preliminary Plan is comprised of newly drawn maps of each of the city’s 51 Council districts, and leaves Crown Heights divided.
This Shabbos at the BESHT: Rabbi Dovid Shraga Polter is the director of chaplaincy for Jewish Senior Life in West Bloomfield, Michigan. He serves the spiritual and emotional needs of Jewish seniors living in non Jewish care facilities throughout Michigan. He is the author of three books on chassidic topics. He lives in Oak Park, Michigan with his family. He will be giving this weeks shiur on “Life in light of the Baal Shem Tov”.
A crash involving a gas powered scooter in Crown Heights has left one woman dead and a child injured Wednesday.
Crown Height activist Geoffrey Davis has come out with a blistering condemnation on Wednesday’s attack on a Crown Heights father.
Three years after a complicated deal led to he reunification of the Crown Heights Beis Din, Rabbi Shlomo Halevi Segal, who was accepted as a member of the Beis Din, has been removed in all compacity.
Bored in the long summer nights? Wife away in the summer? Come join the Summer Learning Program with nightly Shiurim by leading magidei shiurim.
A parking dispute in Crown Heights turned into a shocking beating Wednesday afternoon sending a Jewish man to the hospital.
The Shidduch House has hosted an array of events, and will now finally be dedicating an event for the shadchanim who put so much time, energy, and effort into the process of shidduchim.
The iconic wood door that fronts the 770 building was removed from its hinges Wednesday as it heads to a woodshop for restoration.
A Hachnosas Sefer Torah will be taking place today Wednesday, July 13th, in memory of Reb Pinchas Korf, a long time mashpia in Oholei Torah to thousands of Oholei Torah Talmidim.
An eight-story building is in the works for 1206 Eastern Parkway in Crown Heights, with the developers submitting permits and plans with the city.
A Halachic guide for the three weeks has been published by the Badatz of Crown Heights, providing a detailed walkthrough of the Halachos and Minhagim of the three weeks.
A brazen smash and grab thief targeted Sauce N Cheese on Albany Ave in Crown Heights Sunday night, leaving the front door shattered and the store’s electric bike stolen.
For the auspicious days of Yud Beis and Yud Gimmel Tammuz, the Ohel Bus Service will be providing extra transportation round trip from Crown Heights to the Ohel on Monday, Yud Beis Tammuz.
The New York Lottery today announced a second prize-winning ticket for the July 9 New York LOTTO drawing was sold at the Met Food store on St. John’s Place in Crown Heights. The prize-winning ticket is worth $297,827.
This Shabbos at the BESHT: Rabbi Boruch Jacobson is a shliach to Hunter College in NYC. He will be giving this weeks Shiur on Yud Beis and Yud Gimmel Tammuz.
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