EAST FLATBUSH – On November 12, local residents turned in guns at the NYPD’s Gun Buyback Initiative in Central Brooklyn. A total of 39 guns were turned in by midday. The 2011 Gun Buyback Initiative was held in the middle of the busy streets of Church Avenue, Brooklyn in the small yet cozy Restoration Temple: [...]
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Hundreds Pack Times Square for Mario 3D Launch
Video game fans brave the cold to join event promoting release of Super Mario 3D Land
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Pet Hospital Opens With Hot Dog Contest
Brooklyn’s newest pet hospital opens with dog contest and visit from hot dog eating champ
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How Will the Barclay’s Center Affect its Brooklyn Neighborhood
Sometimes when Anne and Adam are walking past the construction at Barclay Center Arena in central Brooklyn, they see rats – lots of them. The rats cross the streets or crawl around trash cans, in families, as many as 12 at a time. There are an “incredible amount of rats,” says Adam. The rats are [...]
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Brooklyn Turns Containers Into Shops
Dekalb Market converted unused shipping containers into a small village of eateries, craft shops, and performance spaces
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NBA Lockout’s Effect on Store Sales
MIDTOWN MANHATTAN – Stores around Madison Square Garden usually experience a boom in business during the NBA season. But due to the NBA lockout in its fifth week, some neighboring stores are feeling the financial pressure. Thomas Tallaphro, a sales representative at Footaction across the street, said that during the NBA season they would make [...]
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Runners Gear Up at Marathon Expo
FIRST TAKE student reporters learn what preparations marathoners make ahead of November race
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Nightmare Snowstorm Doesn’t Dampen Halloween Spirits
DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN – Despite the uncharacteristic October snowstorm, shoppers came out to do some last minute searching for costumes before the Monday Halloween holiday. At Ricky’s NYC in Brooklyn Heights, sales associate Shaun Pettigrew, 19, from East New York, didn’t seem to think the weather would be a problem. “We’re in New York and everybody [...]
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Do Occupiers Really Represent the 99%?
Protesters say they are a more diverse group than the public realizes.
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Protesters Brave the Rain, Snow and Wind
Winter conditions give Wall Street occupiers serious test of their resolve
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White House Holds Anti-Bullying Summit
Conference raises awareness about teen bullying, specifically against Asian Americans
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Protesters at Zuccotti Park!
Protesters at Zuccotti Park claim that they’re the 99% but their ranks lack diversity. FIRST TAKE students took pictures of the protesters, their outdoor operation, plus their signs and paraphernalia.
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Shivering For S.W.A.N
A hearty group of volunteers braved the chilly waters at Coney Island on Saturday to benefit women serving in the armed forces ahead of the Veterans Day holiday. About 50 members of the Coney Island Brighton Beach Open Water Swimmers club jumped into the water for a race to benefit the Service Women’s Action Network, also [...]
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Beautifying Nostrand Avenue
Several volunteers lined Nostrand Avenue, from Eastern Parkway down to Atlantic Avenue, on Saturday to plant daffodil bulbs in an effort that they hoped would rejuvenate Crown Heights. The event was organized by Nostrand Park, a group whose mission is to revitalize their neighborhood. Organizers encouraged local businesses to participate in the event, and some [...]
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Charles Barron Rallies His Supporters As Governor Election Draws Near
City Councilman Charles Barron announced a series of endorsements Saturday that he said will boost his run for governor. “They mean the world to me. They’re incredible and they’re authentic. They’re endorsements that our people endorse,” said the African-American candidate as he stood on the steps of City Hall on Saturday. Barron, a candidate for [...]
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Black Group Criticizes Sharpton Outside His Harlem Headquarters
Nearly two dozen protesters gathered outside of Al Sharpton’s National Action Network headquarters in Harlem on Saturday, calling on Sharpton to join them in what they described as their local fight for justice. The protestors chanted and yelled as they held signs that read, “AL SHARPTON WE NEED YOUR HELP!,” “ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!,” and “STOP [...]
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World Trade Wreckage Ship Commissioned
Video by: Danielle Pierre Photos by: Keziah Green Just four days before Veterans Day, the USS New York, a ship made in part out of steel from the World Trade Center wreckage, was commissioned at Pier 88 on the Westside of Manhattan. The ceremony included speeches by Governor David Paterson and Secretary of [...]
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Workshop Explains Allure of Gangs
A workshop about gang violence was held in the Hilton Hotel in Manhattan for concerned parents and teens. Gang violence has always been a huge problem. The host, Carlos Ortiz, an officer of the NYPD Division of School Safety Special Projects Unit, says that “there are over 500,000 members worldwide” pertaining only to a new [...]
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