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Community fridges are thriving in the age of Covid

August 10, 2020 by Ivar Laanen

In June, we published a story about the emergence of community fridges around New York City. The premise is simple: community members store food in a publicly-accessible fridge, and anyone can come and take what they want and leave what they don’t. The people who came up with … [Read more...] about Community fridges are thriving in the age of Covid

Artist donates paintings to all 1,800 employees at Brooklyn hospital

July 28, 2020 by Vlad Harabara

While typically on display in museums and art galleries around the world, the artwork of Los Angeles-based artist Michael Gittes has recently made its way into the apartments and office cubicles of 1,800 employees of a hospital in Brooklyn. Looking to show his appreciation for … [Read more...] about Artist donates paintings to all 1,800 employees at Brooklyn hospital

COVID-19: How Orthodox Jews became America’s biggest donors of blood plasma

July 15, 2020 by Ivar Laanen

One Saturday in mid-April, a group of Orthodox Jewish leaders held a conference call with a Minnesota doctor as they grappled with spiking coronavirus cases in their New York area communities. Dr. Michael Joyner of the Mayo Clinic is leading a nationwide study on the use of blood … [Read more...] about COVID-19: How Orthodox Jews became America’s biggest donors of blood plasma

A brewery in Brooklyn is making beer using leftover bagels to reduce food waste

January 2, 2020 by Ivar Laanen

No matter how hard Black Seed Bagels in Brooklyn tried to avoid overproducing bagels, the business always had leftover bagels at the end of the day. In an attempt to make use out of the leftover bagels and reduce food waste, the business came up with the idea of turning the … [Read more...] about A brewery in Brooklyn is making beer using leftover bagels to reduce food waste

Instead of ignoring sea level rise, this Brooklyn development embraces it

December 13, 2019 by Ivar Laanen

If you walk down Metropolitan Avenue, a street that stretches across North Brooklyn, you’ll eventually reach a dead end: a chain-link fence blocks off access to the waterfront on the East River. But vacant land behind the fence could soon be transformed into a new park that … [Read more...] about Instead of ignoring sea level rise, this Brooklyn development embraces it

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