Featured Brooklynites of the Week:

In honor of the Puerto Rican Day Parade, this week's Featured Brooklynites of the week:  Brooklyn Boricua! 

"One Proud Rican" relaxed on the beach yesterday.

In case you haven't noticed the increasing presence of the other red, white and blue flags through out the week reminding us all of this annual early June festive event, today is the Puerto Rican Day Parade in NYC.  

Enjoy Boricua!

Featured Brooklynites of the Week: Brooklyn Environmentalist

This week's Featured Brooklynites of the Week honor goes to those folks who are truly contributing to the greening of our borough. You know them. You see them pushing shopping carts down the streets and rummaging through your trash looking for a for your discarded cans, plastic and glass bottles. Here's a few of our revered environmentalists cashing in at a local recycling center in Gravesend. These folks are truly worthy of our applause!