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City Releases Plans for 100% Affordable Homeownership Development in Bed-Stuy

The City has announced that Almat Urban and the Bedford-Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation will develop the condo coop development

Dec 31, 2021 1:23 PM Read more >

Homicides, Shootings and Other Violent Crimes in Brooklyn Showed Overall Decline in 2021

Murders declined in Brooklyn by 16% this year, bucking a citywide trend. But hate crimes increased by 41%, according to the borough’s district attorney

Dec 31, 2021 11:32 AM Read more >

The Week in Crime: Spotlight on Flatbush and East Flatbush

Crime is up in Flatbush and East Flatbush, and in Brooklyn as a whole.

Dec 31, 2021 9:57 AM Read more >

4 New Year’s Resolutions for a Healthier Environment in 2022

What if we expanded our New Year's resolutions to include resolutions that benefit our communities, society and the planet, too?

Dec 30, 2021 1:56 PM Read more >

Nia: Little Sun People

A Bed-Stuy preschool is on a mission to instill Black pride in the next generation.

Dec 30, 2021 12:06 PM Read more >

Reflecting on 2021: Brooklyn's Year in Stories

In cased you missed it, here's a look back on BK Reader's top stories of 2021

Dec 30, 2021 11:01 AM Read more >

Brooklyn Small Businesses Hit Hard By Omicron This Holiday Season

20% of local businesses had to close their doors for a period of time this holiday season due to the surge in COVID-19 cases

Dec 30, 2021 10:31 AM Read more >

Brooklyn: Here’s Your List of What to do This New Year’s Eve!

There won’t be the crowds or hugging strangers we may have hoped for... and we might be rocking sweats and socks. But, together, we will kiss 2021 goodbye!

Dec 29, 2021 10:25 PM Read more >

2 Bed-Stuy Landlords to Pay $214K for Building Violations, Tenant Harassment

It is the second round of legal action the two landlords are facing over the seven buildings they own in Brooklyn and Queens

Dec 29, 2021 4:43 PM Read more >

Ujamaa: Brownsville Community Culinary Center

Cooperative economics helps Brownsville residents start and flourish in culinary careers.

Dec 29, 2021 2:58 PM Read more >