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Brooklyn Circus Ouigi Theodore Showcases Collection Dedicated to His Mother in Macys Icons of Style

The collaboration brings together some of the countrys most dynamic Black creatives to showcase limited-edition collections at Macys

Mar 23, 2021 3:37 PM Read more >

After Relationship Breakdown, BK Young Dems Bypassing BK Democratic Party in Attempt to Obtain Charter Renewal

A dispute between young Democrats and their parent party stalls a normally routine charter recertification process

Mar 23, 2021 1:29 PM Read more >

Vaccine Update in Brooklyn

Governor Andrew Cuomo has relaxed gathering restrictions as new groups are made eligible for a COVID-19 vaccine

Mar 23, 2021 11:55 AM Read more >

Founder of Unique Bed-Stuy Farm Stand Wants to Help Others Start Their Own

Mitch Bloom wants Brooklynites to get in the habit of buying locally-sourced fresh produce and is planning to mentor others to manage their own farm stands to serve their communities, too

Mar 22, 2021 3:28 PM Read more >

Youth, Community and Pols Call on City to Restore Summer Camp Funding in a Year Full of Uncertainty

Funding for Schools Out NYC summer programming has been cut in the Mayor's preliminary FY22 Executive Budget

Mar 22, 2021 2:26 PM Read more >

Yusuf Hawkins Life and Legacy Honored in Bed-Stuy Street Co-Naming

Bed-Stuys Verona Place has been co-named Yusuf Hawkins Way to honor the teen who was murdered in 1989

Mar 22, 2021 12:35 PM Read more >

The City Wants Your Ideas on Collective Ownership Models That Work

The City has put out a request for information for models that allow people of color and low-income to build wealth through collective ownership

Mar 19, 2021 5:21 PM Read more >

The Week in Crime: Spotlight on Flatbush and East Flatbush

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

Mar 19, 2021 5:17 PM Read more >

Meet CALICO, the Superhero Fighting Against Animal Abuse

Created by Brooklyn-based comic artist H.H German, CALICO puts a unique spin on superheroes and centers the most vulnerable: animals.

Mar 19, 2021 4:43 PM Read more >

Unsung Sheroes and Heroes of Black Literature to Be Celebrated at National Black Writers Biennial Symposium

Writers Paule Marshall and John A. Williams will be the focus of the Center for Black Literatures biennial symposium

Mar 19, 2021 1:06 PM Read more >