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The Macon Branch Library in Bed-Stuy is one of six Brooklyn Public Libraries that will now open seven days a week.

Summer is over. But before you hunker down and retreat to the comforts of your home, check out the lineup of activities at Weeksville Heritage Center this Saturday, October 10, from 12:00noon — 6:00pm.

On Sunday, October 11, from 12:00noon - 5:00pm, Bridge Street Development Corporation will present its latest Feast BedStuy food & beverage crawl for Brooklyn's 11th annual Bed-Stuy Alive! celebration.

Photo: www.ft.com More than one in twelve dwellings in New York City are considered "crowded," according to a report released on Monday by New York City Comptroller Scott M. Stringer.

Katherine Yang By Richard Estime, Senior, Medgar Evers College The 35th Annual Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration 10K Run, a part of the Bed-Stuy Alive! weeklong calendar of activities, is this Sunday October 11.

My last column was on finding your passion. Now, I don't want to take away from what I wrote there, but what if you have no hope for the future in the first place.

When it comes to wine and beer, who's the best? The East or the West? Sunday night was a chance for Brooklyn residents to weigh in at the second annual Judgement of Brooklyn Beer and Wine Festival where the East Coast went head-to-head against the We

Ryan Granville and James Lewis opened J&R Symposium Wine & Spirits, located at 1148 Union Street in Crown Heights Two years ago, James Lewis was working as an apprentice at a wine store, and Ryan Granville was an accountant at the Internal Re

(l to r) Rakim, Corey Glover It's been nearly 30 years since Rakim emerged on the scene quickly amassing a fan base that would-- three decades in- gild him in hip hop's canon as arguably one of the most influential MCs of all time! In 1986, Rakim, al

Former Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz joins City Councilmember Laurie Cumbo for the co-naming of Sterling Pl at Washington Avenue: "Gus Vlhavas Place," after the late owner of Tom's Diner "Gus is here today; you always feel he is around,"