Arts & Entertainment

Under-trafficked pavement can be repurposed as a venue for dancing, revelry and appreciating local arts and culture, as Flatbush residents saw this past Saturday when the Downtown Brooklyn Partnership converted Temple Square into a car-free zone for

"Aerial view of Grand Army Plaza, looking toward Bailey Fountain and Memorial Arch:" bklynlibrary.org The Brooklyn Public Library's central location will be celebrating its 75th birthday on Saturday, September 10th.

"Cown Street, between Franklin Ave and Washington Ave, Brooklyn, 2009:" Anderson Zaca New York City block parties have been a tradition for decades, and they continue to bring residents in the neighborhood closer together.

The gifted students of the Rush Philanthropic Arts Foundation Summer Session, a free program that provides underserved youth with exposure to the arts and opportunities to practice them, return to BBP for the second year in a row, according to the ev

A man and a women were shot at Empire Boulevard and Flatbush Avenue during the pre-parade festivities in Crown Heights shortly before 4 a.m. The 20-something-year-old man, who was shot in his chest, died of his injuries, according to police.

Grab your party hats and head on down to the Brooklyn Museum where you'll see an array of colors and sounds brought to you by the West Indian American Day Carnival Association (WIADCA).

Photograph: Courtesy CC/Flickr/Betty Tsang It looks like winter is coming for one of the best flea markets in NYC: organizers of the Brooklyn Flea announced on their website that the Flea will return to its old digs at Skylight One Hanson starting th

On Sunday, thousands of people gathered in Restoration Plaza in Bed-Stuy to sway, jump, salsa and shimmy for one of the last installments of this year's Soul Summit dance party .

Power 105.1 , Home of The Breakfast Club and Angie Martinez, New York's Hip Hop and R&B , announced the star-studded lineup for its annual live music event, Powerhouse 2016, which will take place onThursday, October 27 at 7 p.m.

[perfectpullquote align="right" cite="" link="" color="" class="" size=""]"The festival, a "safe zone" for creative expression, is also a sounding board for socio-political issues affecting the black community, and everyone seemed to be in on it!"[/p