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Brooklyn Community Pride Center Names Floyd Rumohr as New Executive Director

Brooklyn Community Pride Center Names Floyd Rumohr as New Executive Director

Floyd Rumohr will serve as the new executive director of Brooklyn Community Pride Center Brooklyn Community Pride Center announced on Wednesday that Floyd Rumohr will serve as its new executive director effective January 4, 2016.

This Saturday: Get Ready to 'Walk the Windows' for the Holidays on Atlantic Ave

Have you visited the downtown area of Atlantic Avenue lately? If so, then you know that in the last five years it has exploded with number of enormous changes-- from the renovated Brooklyn Bridge Park, to the addition of Trader Joe's; and let's not f
Managing Type 1 Diabetes (Juvenile Diabetes)

Managing Type 1 Diabetes (Juvenile Diabetes)

By Renée D. Roberts, MPH, Caribbean Women's Health Association, Inc.

Panel on HIV/AIDS in Brownsville: Why Does the Crisis Continue to Worsen Among African Americans?

A panel of doctors, health advocates and clergy discussed the current state of affairs of the HIV/AIDS epidemic at Brookdale Hospital December 1 marked World AIDS Day and the kick-off of a month-long campaign devoted to raising awareness around the H

Frank Morrison exhibition 'Coney Island' Opens This Weekend in Bed-Stuy

Frank Morrison Sculptor, painter and visual artist Frank Morrison is most widely known for his award-winning work as a children's book illustrator. But his canon of creative talents is much greater.
Mark Your Calendars: Robert F. Kennedy Annual Memorial Holiday Party is Coming Soon!

Mark Your Calendars: Robert F. Kennedy Annual Memorial Holiday Party is Coming Soon!

Honoring one of Bedford-Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation's founders, Robert F.
Chag Sameach! Everything You Need to Know About Hanukkah

Chag Sameach! Everything You Need to Know About Hanukkah

Sunday December 6, 2015, marked the official first night of Hanukkah, also spelled Chanukah, signifying the commencement of the Jewish Festival of Lights. The holiday lasts eight days and will run this year through December 14.
Small Businesses in Bed-Stuy and Crown Heights Become 'Safe Stops' for Pedestrians in Need of Help

Small Businesses in Bed-Stuy and Crown Heights Become 'Safe Stops' for Pedestrians in Need of Help

Monday morning, City Councilmember Robert Cornegy, Brooklyn District Attorney Kenneth Thompson and members of the NYP were in Bedford-Stuyvesant to announce the launch of Project Safe Stop, a community partnership connecting small businesses of Bed-S
Photos: Ballet Next Visits the Little Ballerinas of the Bedford YMCA

Photos: Ballet Next Visits the Little Ballerinas of the Bedford YMCA

Michelle Wiles, founder of Ballet Next, paid a visit to the tiny ballerinas of the Bedford YMCA On Saturday, December 5, the little ballerinas of the Bedford YMCA ballet class were treated to a special "master class" by a team of dancers from Ballet

Is Shopping Local For You?

It's beginning to look alot like Christmas and the full-on shopping bonanza has set off like dynamite, which conversely, has also ignited the local shopping movement.