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The pilot program provides funds, expertise and support to carry out physical improvements to storefronts and streetscapes, and to boost and attract business in East New York.

Nonprofit Radical Living teams up with the city's GreenThumb initiative to educate young people about community gardening, healthy eating and sustainability. Denise Higgins helps young volunteers inspect their plants.

The community gathered to unveil a collaborative mural honoring the spirit of 'One Crown Heights' and celebrated with food, games and performances in Brower Park City Council Majority Leader held the opening remarks.

A minor political party could make major waves this fall with its push for progressive legislation in support of working people Photo courtesy of Working Family Party Championing bread-and-butter causes affecting low and middle-income earners, such a

HealthCare Choices Inc. opened its state-of-the-art dentistry to bring a much-needed array of dental services to the East New York community.

The two Brownsville children were found sleeping in a Starbucks on 325 West 49th Street and were taken to a hospital for observation.

NYC becomes the first U.S. city to regulate app dispatch companies such as Uber and Lyft.

The mural was conceived and painted by 28 Brooklyn-based youth apprentices and will be installed at the Navy Yard's Dock 72, the manufacturing hub's newest building.

Rogers Avenue will be co-named to Jean-Jaques Dessalines Boulevard, honoring the first leader of an independent Haiti. A section of Rogers Avenue will be co-named in honor of Haitian leader Jean-Jacques Dessalines. Photo credit: Google Maps.

The One Crown Heights Festival boasts a full program of family-friendly activities and performances in appreciation of the neighborhood's diversity. One Crown Heights Festival returns on Sunday, August 12. Photo credit: Brooklyn Children's Museum.