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Clinton Hill Designer Creates Toy to Help Kids With Online Learning

Clinton Hill Designer Creates Toy to Help Kids With Online Learning

Clixo is an eco-friendly, open-ended toy that fuels creativity and helps children build skills and focus on online learning
Brooklyn Museum to Host Reopening Celebration This Weekend

Brooklyn Museum to Host Reopening Celebration This Weekend

After six months of shuttered doors, Brooklyn Museum is reopening this Saturday and putting on a show to celebrate
Gun Buyback To Take Place in East New York This Weekend

Gun Buyback To Take Place in East New York This Weekend

Brooklyn DA Eric Gonzalez and NYPD will hold the event at St. Paul Community Baptist Church
Brooklyn Creatives Capture New York's Underground Artists Through Quarantine

Brooklyn Creatives Capture New York's Underground Artists Through Quarantine

When NYC's underground and street musicians were forced back into their homes during the pandemic, nonprofit Urbano Street went with them
Brownsville and Bronx's Wakefield Square Off in Census Challenge

Brownsville and Bronx's Wakefield Square Off in Census Challenge

The Census Subway Series pitches neighborhoods against each other to boost census self-response rates

Brooklyn’s Black-Owned Small Businesses Grow Despite Challenges

Although the pandemic threatens those gains, many entrepreneurs are pushing on and getting creative to weather the storm
Video: Meet the East New York Woman Who Feeds 550 Feral Cats All Night, Every Night

Video: Meet the East New York Woman Who Feeds 550 Feral Cats All Night, Every Night

Meena Persaud spends $150 a day feeding neighborhood cats with all of her own money
Brownsville Youth Honor Black Lives Matter with New Mural

Brownsville Youth Honor Black Lives Matter with New Mural

A new Black Lives Matter mural painted by students of the Youth Design Center aims to inspire other Brownsville youth
New York’s Economy Has a Racial-Equity Problem— and All Sectors Must Come Together to Address it

New York’s Economy Has a Racial-Equity Problem— and All Sectors Must Come Together to Address it

The conclusion of a 3-part series examining the huge gaps in employment levels and wages between Black and white New Yorkers doing the same job 
Brooklyn's Newtown Creek Farms Wants New Yorkers to Give Microgreens A Chance

Brooklyn's Newtown Creek Farms Wants New Yorkers to Give Microgreens A Chance

Brooklyn creatives Claudia Lake and Benjamin Kabin want to bring the superfood to every Brooklyn resident