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Business owners on Ralph Avenue in Bedford Stuyvesant have joined forces to create the Ralph Avenue Businesses (RAB) coalition, to increase foot traffic and preserve the community's identity.

Dr. Josephine English, a specialist in gynecology and obstetrics, was the first Black woman to open a private practice in the state of New York. She is said to have delivered about 6,000 babies, many of them in Brooklyn.

The Center for Brooklyn History's "Trace/s" exhibition reveals the history of slavery in Brooklyn, shedding light on the untold stories of those who shaped the borough’s past.

The singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist has been ranked among the 100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock.

Raised in Crown Heights, Dr. McKinney Steward was the first Black woman to earn a medical degree in New York.

Wallace was one of the greatest and most influential rappers of all time.

Gabourey Sidibe broke barriers, defied stereotypes and is defining her own success.

Jeanette Bigelson, who celebrated her 105th birthday on Feb. 7, credits her long life to not smoking, enjoying an occasional drink and not holding grudges.

During his time on screen, Williams became one of the country’s most prominent actors and was described as a "singular presence, onscreen and off, who made every role his own.”

The Richard Beavers Gallery returns to its Brooklyn roots with the exhibit "American Fiction," with works by Brooklyn-native Clarence Heyward that confronts the complexities of Black identity and media representation in America.