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BRIC Announces the 2015 Celebrate Brooklyn! Dance Parties at Brooklyn Bridge Park

Photo: Courtesy BRIC Three Spring Nights with Live Bands and DJs in Stunning Waterfront Locale Sponsored by Brooklyn Bridge Park Conservancy Featuring Jamie Lidell, Felix Hernandez's Rhythm Revue, Poncho Sanchez and More Photo: Courtesy BRIC BRIC , p

So Fresh, So Fly, Sew Fab!

Lesley Ware Photo: Kalidaskope Bridgewater and Ashley Naomi Sew Fab coverart: Sabine Pieper When Bed-Stuy resident Lesley Ware left her full-time job at Girl Scouts national headquarters in New York City in 2011, she began to play the field: she trie

Robbers Hold up Metro PCS Store in Bed-Stuy

989 Bedford Avenue A pair of armed robbers held up a Metro PCS store in Bed-Stuy on Sunday, making off with a total of $10,000 in stolen cash and goods, reported police.
Brooklyn Pride to Participate in 'Taste of Fifth'

Brooklyn Pride to Participate in 'Taste of Fifth'

Spring is just around the corner and so is A Taste Of Fifth! Celebrate Fifth Avenue's acclaimed destination restaurants and legendary watering holes at — A Taste Of Fifth , Wednesday, April 1st, from 6:30 - 9:30pm at The Grand Prospect Hall.
Pssst... Starbucks Coming to Myrtle Avenue!

Pssst... Starbucks Coming to Myrtle Avenue!

The Brooklyn Reader just heard from a little birdie that Myrtle Avenue is about to receive the king of all coffee shops, the motherload of expensive espresso, the official rubberstamp of gentrification: Starbucks Coffee.
Don't Hide Your 'Flaws!'

Don't Hide Your 'Flaws!'

I decided to let my hair grow.

Peri-Partum Depression: Under-recognized and Under-Treated

You may have looked at the title of this blog and thought to yourself, what in the world is peri-partum depression?! Educational campaigns directed at both physicians and the public have done a great job of increasing awareness about post-partum depr

Whose Street? Our Street!

Aifuwa Ehigiator and Clyon Jackson, founders of "Our Street" One of the greatest modern threats facing New Yorkers today is the rapidly shrinking stock of affordable housing.

The Confined Arts: A Creative Outlet For Current And Previously Incarcerated Men and Women

America loves college football, blue jeans, fast food and unfortunately, it also seems to love locking up its citizens.

New Bill by Reps Jeffries, King Extends Date for Tax Write Off of Donations to Families of Slain NYPD Officers

NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio signs bill co-naming streets after slain NYPD Detectives Rafael Ramos and Wenjian Liu Congress passed a bi-partisan bill on Wednesday extending the tax deadline for individuals who made charitable donations to organizations s