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Photos: Kings County D.A. Gonzalez Announces His Candidacy

Photos: Kings County D.A. Gonzalez Announces His Candidacy

Brooklyn D.A. Eric Gonzalez stands with Public Advocate Letitia James, as he announces his candidacy to run for the position full-term.
Employment Opportunities: Jobs in Brooklyn

Employment Opportunities: Jobs in Brooklyn

Seeking employment? Here are five new opportunities posted this week within just a few miles from where you live: Toys R Us Toys R Us Assembler job in Brooklyn, NY Company: Toys R Us Job Title: Toys R Us Assembler Job Type: Part-time Location: Brookl
City Council Passes Bill to Create Notification System that Alerts Businesses About Complaints

City Council Passes Bill to Create Notification System that Alerts Businesses About Complaints

Councilmember Robert Cornegy represents the 36th district of Bedford-Stuyvesant and Crown Heights The New York City Council passed a bill on Tuesday, April 25, 2017, requiring the NYC Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications to cre

Seed to Spirit- A Juice Brewery Grows In Flatbush, Brooklyn

photo credit: House Of Juice The phrase "you can't be everything to everyone" has been passed down as sage advise for years.
NYC Comptroller Releases Economic Outlook of Central and East Brooklyn (And Oh, the Changes in Just 15 Years!)

NYC Comptroller Releases Economic Outlook of Central and East Brooklyn (And Oh, the Changes in Just 15 Years!)

A report released Tuesday by the office of New York City Comptroller Scott M.

Community Raises Money for Bedford Stuyvesant Mosque Damaged by Fire

photo credit: lauchgood.com The fire that destroyed a Bedford Stuyvesant mosque and deli on Saturday, April 22, 2017, is currently under investigation by the New York Fire Department.

New Comptroller Report Finds Decline in NYC Black-Owned Businesses, Despite National Increase

New York City Comptroller Scott M. Stringer on Tuesday released a comprehensive, neighborhood-by-neighborhood analysis of the City's economy since 2000, revealing both positive and negative trends for business growth across the five boroughs.

Beyond Sacred Explores Muslim Identities at BRIC

photo credit: Ping Chong + Company Ping Chong + Company is taking the stage at BRIC to explore Muslim identities in the U.S with Beyond Sacred this Saturday, April 29, 2017.
Greenlight Bookstore to Host Gabourey Sidibe and Lena Dunham for Book Discussion on Life and Satire

Greenlight Bookstore to Host Gabourey Sidibe and Lena Dunham for Book Discussion on Life and Satire

On Friday, May 5, from 7:30pm — 9:30pm, at St.

Brooklyn Museum Showcases Artists of the Black Power Movement

A newly-opened, mixed-media exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum pulls back the curtain on the black woman's experience during the mid 1960s' rise of second-wave feminism, a largely white, middle-class movement that ignored the black working-class poor.