Non-Profit & Community

The legislation would require the city to analyze the potential of urban farming and to create a comprehensive urban agriculture plan to support urban gardeners and farmers.

Nonprofit Radical Living teams up with the city's GreenThumb initiative to educate young people about community gardening, healthy eating and sustainability. Denise Higgins helps young volunteers inspect their plants.

The two Brownsville children were found sleeping in a Starbucks on 325 West 49th Street and were taken to a hospital for observation.

Project Homemade not only teaches cooking techniques but focuses on educating the community to make healthier food choices. Project Homemade founder Sophia Samuda.

Meet your local police officers and neighbors while enjoying free food, games, prizes and music during the annual National Night Out

Howard was a longtime community leader, and a valued friend and senior campaign staff member for Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm. Bill Howard (left) with Harry Belafonte (right). Photo courtesy Barbara Bullard William "Bill" R.

Did you know? Colon cancer, which is curable, treatable and preventable, remains the third-leading cause of cancer deaths in Brooklyn.

Every year, Brooklynites embrace the borough's vast ethnic and linguistic diversity with cultural programming, performances and lots of scrumptious food! The day kicks off with the annual Flag Parade.

Women between the ages of 12 to 54 buy roughly 250 feminine care products every year -- a significant financial burden for families struggling with the rising cost of living expenses

The workshop will give dads an opportunity to hear and speak about their experiences as being fathers, partners and men in today's society.