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MTA Announces, two Subway Stops in Brownsville to Close for Next 5 Months

Beginning Monday, October 3, at 5:00am, MTA has announced service changes that will affect late night subway riders of the 3 and 4 trains in Brownsville.

L'Shana Tovah (Happy New Year)!

Jesse Hamilton, Jacob Eisdorfer, Community Liaisons and Yaacov Behrman Happy Rosh Hashanah October 2 (at sundown) - October 4 Leshana tovah tikatev v'tichatem (???? ???? ???? ?????). Happy New Year. 5776.

Man Who Forged Judge's Signature to Steal Bed-Stuy Home Convicted of Grand Larceny

Joseph McCray, 54, of Niagara Falls, NY, filed a fraudulent court order which granted him ownership of 119 McDonough Street A 54-year-old man who forged a a judge's signature to claim possession of his Bed-Stuy house, which he then sold, has been con

BP Adams Announces $26 Million Towards STEM Education in Brooklyn Schools

Brooklyn Borough President Eric L.

Brooklyn Artists Honored for Work in LGBTQ Community

Sue-Elise Peebles, Rebecca Centeno, Pamela Denzer, Jackie Yodashkin, Floyd Rumohr, Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito, Council Member Jumaane D.
Applauding SUNY’s Decision to #BanTheBox

Applauding SUNY’s Decision to #BanTheBox

By Ronald Day, Associate Vice President, David Rothenberg Center for Public Policy Ronald Day, Associate Vice President, David Rothenberg Center for Public Policy In a major step forward for formerly incarcerated people, the State University of New Y

Monday Night Showcase in Prospect Heights Features Art, Global Soul (...and Rabbit Holes)

Myztico Campo (far left) and Jeff Beler (sitting) at a past Monday night Cheryl's Global Soul Event "There's this amazing artwork where you put on 3D glasses and you feel like you're actually in the painting," says Jeff Beler, a Brooklyn-based art cu

New Report: Black Home Ownership Rate Lower than During Great Depression

According to the National Association of Real Estate Brokers's 2016 report, The State of Housing in Black America (SHIBA) , the current home ownership rate for Blacks in America was a mere 41.
Does Your Neighborhood Need More Benches? The CityBench Program Can Fix That!

Does Your Neighborhood Need More Benches? The CityBench Program Can Fix That!

You hear it all the time when you have out-of-town visitors: "New Yorkers do a lot of walking!" We sure do! And although most of us are entirely accustomed to using our legs as an acceptable form of transportation, for New Yorkers, the site of an ope

Feminism, Maleness Explored Through Iggy Pop and Naked Art at the Brooklyn Museum

Iggy Pop Photo: pbs.twimg.com On February 21, 2016, twenty-two artists gathered at the New York Academy of Art to participate in a traditional life-model drawing class, where singer-songwriter Iggy Pop was the unexpected model and subject.