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Raekwon The Chef, a Brownsville native, performed his landmark solo debut "Only Built 4 Cuban Linx…" on its 30th anniversary at BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! in Prospect Park.

A new business is tackling one of the city’s quietest, but most urgent needs: keeping seniors safe in their homes.

HOM Cafe & Wine in Park Slope brings options: coffee, pastries, dim-sum, wine and Southeast Asian treats all under one roof.

Daniel Silverstein, also known as Zero Waste Daniel, plays tribute to the 40th anniversary of the hit TV show "The Golden Girls" with flare and fun.

A packed auditorium of advocates, experts and community members gathered at The Brooklyn Public Library to confront how racism in mental health care continues to funnel Black and brown New Yorkers into the criminal legal system.

Residents of two proposed historic districts in Flatbush are bewildered that some streets didn’t make the cut and are asking for the New York City Landmarks Commission for an explanation.

The Coney Community Advisory Committee met for the first time on Wednesday to discuss The Coney, a casino project proposed for Coney Island. Committee members, who must approve the plan in order for the State Gaming Commission to consider awarding a gaming license, had some probing questions.

A lawsuit filed on behalf of three Brooklyn yeshivas prompted a state judge to temporarily halt the state Education Department's determination that the schools were not in compliance of state law.

A vacant lot at 459 Smith St. in Gowanus is in the planning phase of state remediation. Residents pressed officials to categorize the clean-up as a state Superfund project, not a Brownfield project, so taxpayers won't have to contribute to cleaning up the site that once housed a former gas and fertilizer plants.

What would the future of global reparations in America look like for Black and indigenous people? A new exhibition in Williamsburg goes deep with artwork from six Black artists.