Flatbush Junction News Today

Advocates urge NYC officials to open more transfer schools for older immigrant students facing enrollment hurdles.

The Flatbush Nostrand Junction Business Improvement District announces the launch of "Raindrops @ the Junction."

Photo: Dancing on the Plaza, June 2023 Brooklyn-based Business Improvement District, the Flatbush Nostrand Junction Business Improvement

Amid gentrifying construction, street protests and a sweltering summer in Flatbush, the five Abellard sisters in Bernarda’s Daughters, by Diane Exavier, directed by Dominique Rider, take refuge in their family home. Simmering in the losses of their father and their neighborhood, they clash over how to contend with the legacy of their Haitian parents in a city that is no longer theirs.

Haiti-born producer-disc jockey Francis Mercier is having a big year. On Saturday, he kicked off his appearance at this year’s Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in California with a show at the Empire Polo Club.

A big split in values, fuelled by a series of Supreme Court decisions, is a cautionary tale of a country whose culture is in conflict.

Hundreds of homeless people were found camping out in New York Citys subway tunnels and stations earlier this month, MTA officials said on Thursday.

Mayor Eric Adams announced on Friday an ambitious plan to improve New York Citys subway, pledging to remove more than 1,000 homeless people who shelter there on a daily basis.

Fare evaders now account for a third of all bus trips taken in NYC, with half of all trips in the Bronx taken for free and the scam costing the MTA $56m in just three months.

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