Department officials joined New York City Mayor Eric Adams to rename the intersection of Greene Street and Marcus Garvey Avenue where the party was held in honor of the department’s founding leader, James “Rocky” Robinson. Rob Flaks Jul 13, 2024 at...
Brooklyn volunteer ambulance group battling back after setbacks BY LORI CHUNG BROOKLYN PUBLISHED 6:00 AM ET MAR. 15, 2022 BROOKLYN, N.Y. — There’s no telling what the members of the Bed Stuy Volunteer Ambulance Corps will find on an emergency call, but each day,...
At top, historic photo shows the late Rocky Robinson, center, holding court surrounded by first responders he personally trained. Our Time Press Bedford-Stuyvesant Volunteer Ambulance CorpsBattles Coronavirus Pandemic Antoine Robinson, 35, Commanding Officer of...
There was a time when emergency calls in Bed-Stuy went unanswered. The Bedford-Stuyvesant Volunteer Ambulance Corps was formed to answer the call. by Nigel Roberts May 26, 2020 in Bedford Stuyvesant, Covid-19, Featured News, Non-Profit & Community By now, we’ve...
Matt Troutman | Patch•May 20, 2020 BEDFORD-STUYVESANT, BROOKLYN — Bedford-Stuyvesant Volunteer Ambulance Corps was formed when few people stepped up to help the neighborhood — and even went out of their way to avoid it. Now, the historic, minority-run ambulance...
A firsthand look into life in New York City at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic CGTV America – Chinese TV At the start of April 2020 New York City was the most infected city on earth, with hundreds of thousands of residents suffering from COVID-19. As the...
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