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Brooklyn Unscripted is a monthly series where Brooklynites unpack the serious — and not so serious — issues shaping the borough. This month we shine the spotlight on actress and comedian Ilana Glazer.

Five weeks late, the proposed $268 billion budget includes funding for childcare, immigration, public safety, lowering auto insurance rates, energy rebates, modernizing building permits, online privacy and safety measures, and more.

Keisha Scarville, winner of the 2026 UOVO Prize, brings an intimate meditation through her photography and installations in Bushwick and at the Brooklyn Museum this season.

Local community groups say they feel unheard and are divided as meetings progress on the $3.5 billion Brooklyn Marine Terminal project.

Back for its fourth year, the alternative to the Met Gala blends fashion, activism, and fundraising to eliminate medical debt and uplift Black trans communities.

Suleiman Rifai provides counseling and daily guidance to homeless men in East New York. He says his experience of becoming blind at the age of 11 helps make him even more empathetic to clients.

The project at the major transit hub will completely transform the area in a decade, bringing in new outdoor space, offices, retail and housing.

In 2021, the Prospect Park Alliance launched the ReImagine Lefferts Initiative through a grant from the Mellon Foundation. The next phase, where details are still under wraps, will bring more exhibits and programs outdoors.

Bruce Blakeman, the GOP gubernatorial candidate, and Saritha Komatireddy, the Republican candidate for New York Attorney General, rallied in Bensonhurst against opponents Governor Kathy Hochul and New York Attorney General Letitia James.

Despite the rain, father-son DJ Jo Vill and DJ Chill started Brooklyn's block party season with the 6th annual Saint James Joy in Clinton Hill.