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Feb 2: Brooklyn Black History Maker, Jean-Michel Basquiat

Basquiat’s signature painting style earned him cataclysmic stardom by the time he was 20.

Feb 2, 2020 4:23 PM Read more >

Feb 1: Brooklyn Black History Maker, Aaliyah

"Most exalted one"

Feb 1, 2020 3:05 PM Read more >

Common, Kehinde, Bri Blvck and Others at Bklyn Museum's First Saturday

Futura Noir: A bevy of exciting Black History Month programming kicks off at Brooklyn Museum's First Saturday

Jan 31, 2020 1:22 PM Read more >

Wanna Pizza Me? Joe & Sal's Pizzaria (Re-)Opens on Myrtle Ave

After a fire in 2010, the pizza shop opens again with a new name and new attitude

Jan 30, 2020 5:41 PM Read more >

NYC Comptroller Calls for Appointment of African Hair Braider on Advisory Board

Stringer and NY Assemblymembers say State's Appearance Enhancement Advisory Committee should be more inclusive

Jan 29, 2020 12:55 PM Read more >

VIDA Endorses Tremaine Wright and Stefani Zinerman for State Legislature

Zinerman tapped to fill the seat that will be vacated by Assemblymember Wright, who is running for the State Senate

Jan 28, 2020 6:16 PM Read more >

Rafael Espinal Resigns from City Council 'Effective Immediately,' to Serve as E.D. of Freelancers Union

The 35-year-old Councilmember announced his decision in a letter to Council Speaker Corey Johnson on Sunday

Jan 27, 2020 5:47 PM Read more >

Campaign Launched to Remodel Brooklyn Apartment of Holocaust Survivor, Zoltan Maytash

Campaign comes on the heels of 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz

Jan 27, 2020 4:59 PM Read more >

Study: Brownsville and Boerum Hill Most Unsafe School Zones in Bklyn for Pedestrians and Cyclists

An interactive map let's users search crashes by school zones

Jan 27, 2020 4:07 PM Read more >

Unaffordable NYC: Why Residents are Leaving ... And Why Some Choose to Stay

The second in a 3-part series on New York City's Affordability Crisis

Jan 24, 2020 10:03 PM Read more >