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Mark Henegan, left, co-owner of South African restaurant Madiba, talks dining room seating strategies with one of his staff members.

Kristen Joy Watts — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 19:53:37 +0000

Henegan opened the restaurant in Fort Greene on DeKalb Avenue ten years ago, and it’s been a cultural center for South Africans in the city ever since.

Click here to read more about the way that a community has grown around Madiba Restaurant in Fort Greene, Brooklyn.

For more reporting on immigration across the borough by students at CUNY Graduate School of Journalism, view Brooklyn Bridges Cultures.

Hilde Freedom, 41, is one of eight artists showing her work in the first annual Brooklyn Community Housing and Services’ art show.

Kristen Joy Watts — Tue, 12 May 2009 22:13:58 +0000

Alfonso Gonzalez, originally of Mexico, looks over his adopted home of Queens while on the 7 train platform on Saturday, Feb. 21, 2009.

Kristen Joy Watts — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 19:13:07 +0000

Gonzalez is a day laborer who is suffering from the lack of work available to immigrants. Click here to watch American Dream Delayed, an audio slideshow on Latinos in Queens who are struggling to find work.

Patrons and barbers ham it up for the camera at the Rome Style Barber Shop in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn.

Kristen Joy Watts — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 11:34:09 +0000

Alex Eisenstein, 18, attended NYC Comic Con dressed as a character from World of Warcraft.

Kristen Joy Watts — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 22:21:58 +0000

Click here for a slideshow of other costumes comic book fans donned for the annual convention.

A New York police officer works crowd control on 40th St. near 8th Ave. in Midtown Manhattan on Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2009.

Kristen Joy Watts — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 17:09:30 +0000

An empty briefcase was left outside the Garment Center Congregation synagogue and was called in as a possible bomb.

Police officers and the bomb squad gather on 40th St. after a bomb scare this morning.

Kristen Joy Watts — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 07:02:39 +0000

Emma Mercer, left, and Tanisha Smott, both of Harlem, cheer in Times Square after President Barack Obama is sworn into office on Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2009

Kristen Joy Watts — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 23:59:38 +0000

FDNY members carry an emergency medical board away from the Pier

Kristen Joy Watts — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 02:43:37 +0000

They were among the emergency response teams arriving at points all along the west side of Manhattan to treat survivors of US Airways Flight 1549, which landed in the Hudson River.

Double Dutch teams from places as far away as Belgium, Japan and the British Virgin Islands gathered at the Apollo Theater on Dec. 7, 2008, for the annual Double Dutch Holiday Classic.

Kristen Joy Watts — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 04:29:40 +0000

Here’s a link to a video about the match.