See how college aid applications changed for Prospect Heights-Crown Heights area high schools.
Shola K. Roberts was one of two finalists who won $10,000, and $2,000 for their school, in awards announced this week.
The grant includes scholarships for 1,000 students at the Brooklyn college as part of a plan to help areas most impacted by the pandemic.
Students have overcome many obstacles the past year. Celebrate your graduate on Prospect Heights-Crown Heights Patch.
The lawsuit comes after THE CITY tried to get information about 26 schools that officials found aren't offering substantial instruction.
The schools were all temporarily closed this week, amid a campaign to loosen the city's rule that forces such closures.
The share of U.S. residents holding four-year or higher degrees has been rising. Here's how it’s changed in Brooklyn.
The schools were among 105 New York City schools facing a 24-hour closure on Monday.
Crown Heights' District 17 had the second highest population of students experiencing homelessness in Brooklyn, according to a report.
The new five-story building will replace portable classrooms at the Carroll Street school, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Monday.
The Department of Education is still shutting down school buildings linked to multiple coronavirus cases even as students stay home.
The Friends of Crown Heights center is closed for two weeks after multiple cases were reported at the building, according to the DOE.
The percentage of students opting for all-remote learning in the Brooklyn district ticked up 8 percent since the start of the school year.
"How can we practice outdoor learning if we have a playground...that's divided almost in half," Laurie Cumbo said at a rally at the school.
Exactly 50 percent of students in the district, which spans over Prospect Heights and parts of Bed-Stuy, have chosen to learn virtually.
Professors from more than 10 countries will teach the third semester of University Open Air from September 16-26.
As NYC prepares to reopen schools during the pandemic, reports show at least 24 of Crown Heights' 37 schools have ventilation issues.
District 13 created its own plan for reopening after a survey showed nearly all of its 24 schools don't have enough staff, PPE or city help.
Sandra Santos-Vizcaino taught third grade at Brooklyn’s P.S. 9 in Prospect Heights, according to the school.
The virtual candlelight vigil will be held Wednesday at 7 p.m. memory of Brownsville principal Dez-Ann Romain, 36.
Brooklyn Public Library released digitized archive of old high school newspapers featuring now-famous Brooklynites like Bernie Sanders.
The Achievement First charter network is shuttering a Crown Heights elementary school, saying it is simply too under-enrolled.
More than 14,000 students in Crown Heights, Williamsburg and Borough Park will go to Museum of Jewish Heritage as part of anti-hate effort.
A Prospect Heights elementary school will phase out its Gifted and Talented classes amid concerns over the program’s lack of diversity.
Parents of infants across New York City struggle to find care for their infant children, according to a Comptroller's Office report.
An NYPD school safety agent faces criminal charges for an assault in Crown Heights Sunday morning, police said.
Nancy Bowen, a sculptor who teaches at Purchase College, won the award alongside a woman commissioned to take a portrait of Michelle Obama.
Students can earn an associate in arts from classes taught at the library's Grand Army Plaza branch.
"An entire family got hit by a car in front of the school at drop-off. It could happen to you. And there’s no reason for this."
"It should not be hard to meet these requirements, as our students need to keep similar rules," a letter from the school's director says.
“I could not think of a better match for a graduation speaker," the school's president said.
It was the third school bomb threat to cause evacuations in Brooklyn this week.
She was hit at the intersection of Nostrand Avenue and St. John's Place, police said.
Thursday's snowstorm could dump as many as 12 inches of snow on New York City. Make sure you're notified of local school closings.
The school hopes to open to students from districts 17 and 18 by the fall of 2018.
The school is one of 20 in the New York and New Jersey area using the program.
The school, called "Wortspiele, Brooklyn," has been in its current digs for more than a decade.
Ethan Ambrose, 17, currently attends Medgar Evers College Prep School in Crown Heights.
Their teacher stopped Coheed and Cambria frontman Claudio Sanchez on the sidewalk in Prospect Heights and requested a quick acoustic set.
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