#ICE knocks on a door in #Brooklyn. A 'traumatic nightmare' follows.

https://gothamist.com/news/ice-knocks-on-a-door-in-brooklyn-a-traumatic-nightmare-follows

> Safaryan, 44, an Armenian immigrant who has lived in the United States for more than two decades, was sitting at his computer and eating breakfast when the officers knocked, according to written court testimony from his wife Léah Lazonick. After Safaryan opened the door, the officers asked him for identification, and as Safaryan went to retrieve his wallet, “a heavily armed SWAT team of about six people stormed inside” and detained him.

"Decades after almost the entire #Syrian #Jewish community left the country, Henry Hamra of #Brooklyn, #NY, stands at the metal door of a small #synagogue in this ancient Syrian city, literally holding the keys to a possible return of Jewish citizens.

Hamra was 15 years old when his family left #Damascus in the early 1990s after the #Assad regime lifted a ban on travel. Many of the Syrian #Jews were unable to sell their homes before they left. Some of the homes ended up occupied by other Syrians while the government took charge of the #synagogues and #schools.

In December, just days before Hamra's visit to #Aleppo, the Syrian government licensed a Jewish heritage foundation he leads, transferring control of Jewish #religious properties from the government to the organization.

The organization will also help restore private property appropriated when the Jewish community left to its Jewish owners."

https://www.npr.org/2026/02/03/nx-s1-5674746/syria-jewish-syrians-jews

"Decades after almost the entire #Syrian #Jewish community left the country, Henry Hamra of #Brooklyn, #NY, stands at the metal door of a small #synagogue in this ancient Syrian city, literally holding the keys to a possible return of Jewish citizens.

Hamra was 15 years old when his family left #Damascus in the early 1990s after the #Assad regime lifted a ban on travel. Many of the Syrian #Jews were unable to sell their homes before they left. Some of the homes ended up occupied by other Syrians while the government took charge of the #synagogues and #schools.

In December, just days before Hamra's visit to #Aleppo, the Syrian government licensed a Jewish heritage foundation he leads, transferring control of Jewish #religious properties from the government to the organization.

The organization will also help restore private property appropriated when the Jewish community left to its Jewish owners."

https://www.npr.org/2026/02/03/nx-s1-5674746/syria-jewish-syrians-jews

#Brooklyn #NewYorkCity 11/

#FotoVorschlag
“Zweckentfremdet” / Repurposed

#photography #urbanphotography #bloomscrolling #bathtub #flowers #urbannature #brooklyn #nyc

#ICE detention skyrockets at controversial #Brooklyn jail

https://pix11.com/news/local-news/population-skyrockets-at-controversial-ice-detention-center-in-nyc/

> The number of people in immigration detention at a controversial Brooklyn jail quadrupled in November, according to Immigration and Customs Enforcement data. #Immigration detention numbers have increased significantly nationwide. In mid-November, 65,735 people were in immigration detention, the highest number on record, according to the Vera Institute of Justice.

#FotoVorschlag
“Zweckentfremdet” / Repurposed

#photography #urbanphotography #bloomscrolling #bathtub #flowers #urbannature #brooklyn #nyc

#FensterFreitag
Some arched windows and chandeliers inside the Trader Joe’s in my neighborhood. The building was once home to a respected bank, the South Brooklyn Savings Institution, and was built on the ground where George Washington stood as he watched his troops retreat in the Battle of Brooklyn. There’s history to be found everywhere, even if you’re just making a grocery run.

#photography #windows #WindowFriday #architecture #brooklyn #nyc

#FensterFreitag
Some arched windows and chandeliers inside the Trader Joe’s in my neighborhood. The building was once home to a respected bank, the South Brooklyn Savings Institution, and was built on the ground where George Washington stood as he watched his troops retreat in the Battle of Brooklyn. There’s history to be found everywhere, even if you’re just making a grocery run.

#photography #windows #WindowFriday #architecture #brooklyn #nyc

#ICE detention skyrockets at controversial #Brooklyn jail

https://pix11.com/news/local-news/population-skyrockets-at-controversial-ice-detention-center-in-nyc/

> The number of people in immigration detention at a controversial Brooklyn jail quadrupled in November, according to Immigration and Customs Enforcement data. #Immigration detention numbers have increased significantly nationwide. In mid-November, 65,735 people were in immigration detention, the highest number on record, according to the Vera Institute of Justice.

#Windows and a #door and #autumnleaves — a little bit of everything for #FensterFreitag.

#photography #urbanphotography #autumn #autumnvibes #autumncolors #WindowFriday #doorsday #japanesemaple #brooklyn #nyc

Doing some #MeshCore in #Brooklyn.

#Windows and a #door and #autumnleaves — a little bit of everything for #FensterFreitag.

#photography #urbanphotography #autumn #autumnvibes #autumncolors #WindowFriday #doorsday #japanesemaple #brooklyn #nyc

Doing some #MeshCore in #Brooklyn.

#SilentSunday

#photography #autumn #autumnvibes #clouds #cloudscape #sky #brooklyn

#SilentSunday

#photography #autumn #autumnvibes #clouds #cloudscape #sky #brooklyn

📣 New Podcast! "30 November 1963: Brooklyn rent strike" on @Spreaker #black #brooklyn #history
https://www.spreaker.com/episode/30-november-1963-brooklyn-rent-strike--68370905

Scientists used historical tidal data to predict that future storms in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Red Hook will produce surging waves reaching at least 11 feet.

The area’s yet-to-be-built flood protection system is only 10 feet.
https://www.propublica.org/article/new-york-city-brooklyn-flood-storm-protection?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #NewYorkCity #NYC #Brooklyn #Flood #Climate #ClimateChange

A secluded alley in Japan…

…Village, in Brooklyn, NY. Japan Village is actually a bustling marketplace occupying two buildings, and this may be the only “secluded alley” it has. It’s a lovely sliver of quiet where I can pretend I’m elsewhere, if just for a moment.

Sharing this as an homage to all the great Japan street photography I see on this app, but have never had the chance to try myself.😊

#photography #streetphotography #nightphotography #japan #brooklyn #nyc