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"The Hug: Closed Eyes and Smile" Harvey Stein, 1982 Courtesy: The Brooklyn Museum For 150 years, Coney Island has lured artists as a microcosm and icon of American culture.

The year 2015 was a doozy! I think we can all agree that as far as news, the antics and soundbites of Donald Trump and the presidential race dominated national headlines, peppered with tragic stories of police profiling, mass killings, prison fugitiv

LETTER FROM THE EDITOR Dear Brooklyn Readers, Welcome to 2016! You made it through another year, and although I'd like to add to that "unscathed," for many of us, that wouldn't be true.

DSNY Curbside Collection The Department of Sanitation (DSNY) will begin its annual Christmas tree curbside collection program on Monday, January 4, 2016 through Friday, January 15.

On an unusually warm evening in early December, a handful of Crown Heights parents and a small, diverse group of staffers of the Brooklyn Children's Museum-- some of whom have worked at the museum just a few short months; others for decades—gat

Carmel Place rendering A New York City zoning code established in 1987 that prohibited the construction of apartments smaller than 400 sq. ft has been jettisoned to make way for smaller apartments for singles who prefer to pay more to live alone.

Brooklyn Community Board 2 (CB2) announced today the dates and locations of its January-June 2015 general meetings. All of the meetings are scheduled for 6:00 pm on the second Wednesday of the month.

Sondra Fagan is inviting you to her potluck Christmas Eve dinner! For the past 50 years, Brooklyn Heights resident and journalist Sondra Fagan, 71, has been hosting free Christmas dinners for community members who have no family or no place else to g

A family poses with Santa at the Brookdale Hospital Christmas Party Christmas is the one time of year in America when, regardless of your background or religion, people allow their "inner child" to get into the holiday cheer.

Artist Vince Ballentine stands in front of a mural he just completed of the Notorious B.I.G., located on the corner of Fulton Street and St. James Place Another large mural of The Notorious B.I.G.