Lifestyle & Culture

Rent is out of control for some poor New Yorkers and if you are making minimum wage, odds are you aren't living alone, according to a recent report by Street Easy. And living alone will cost you.

According to Brooklyn District Attorney, Ken Thompson, 49-year-old Georgia Native, Rodney Brewer, has been sentenced to 10 years prison for trafficking firearms from Georgia to Brooklyn via Interstate 95.

Parents and potential parents are encouraged to attend the third annual First Food Festival on August 20, 2016 at the Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Plaza from 10:00 am to 3:00 pm. The festival will be hosted by Council Member Robert Cornegy Jr.

An eager camp-goer enjoys sewing instruction at Sew Green Fashion Camp While young boys and girls adorn brightly colored shirts on their way to traditional summer camps around the city, a group of children from ages 8 to 17 are embarking upon a less

Daaimah Taalib-Din instructs a dance class Photo: Viewme.

Foodies throughout New York City are preparing their palettes for the first ever African Food Festival on August 13 and 14 at the Brooklyn Navy Yard.

This Friday, August 12, 2016, come drop by Black Bear Bar in Brooklyn for an evening of burlesque.

Last year's Painting It Forward event. (photo credit: ziongallery.blogspot.

Students participate in a beer brewing lesson.

If you haven't really rocked your summer so far, this could be a great weekend to get it poppin'. The weather will be your basic mix of sunshine and thunderstorms, but don't expect a torrential downpour or earth scorching heat.