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(l to r): Kwesi Abbensetts and Rasu Jilani, co-collaborators of "Griots in the Stuy.

Citi Bike charity-branded bikes Photo: Amy?Sussman/AP?Images?for?Citi Beginning September 16, through October 16, Citi Bikes will be getting a mini makeover in lieu of a new partnership that aims to bring recognition to three local New York charities

"I had the pleasure of meeting Tohma in 2006, when [my] boutique was in its infancy stages," wrote Kishana L. Holland on her blog, Tres Chic Boutique.

From September 24, through September 26, 2015, Pope Francis will be visiting New York City. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has designated this event as a National Security Special Event which will require added security measures.

On Saturday, September 19, at 360 Snediker Avenue in Brownsville, it was a day of outdoor fun, play and physical activities for children as they took in the last days of summer! The Brownsville Multiservice Health Center (BMS) with HELP USA held the

Some might remember it as a " Summer of Disconten t:" From Sandra Bland to Freddie Gray ; from Natasha McKenna to Walter Scott ; from tennis star James Blake to 14-year-old Ahmed Mohamed -- this past summer's headlines were awash with stories of soci

On Sunday, September 19, at the Dr. Green Playground in Brownsville, Brooklyn, Healthfirst held the fourth (and last) in its summer 2015 series of Family Fun Day Health & Wellness Expos.

City Councilmember Laurie Cumbo held a press conference at Ingersoll Houses Monday morning to address gun violence, following a triple homicide in the housing complex on Sunday.

"The Art of Seeing" by Michael Milton I often hurry past those fruit and vegetable stands set up outside corner grocery stores, the kinds one sees all over Brooklyn.

Elizabeth Mandarano, owner of 7 Arlington Place, the brownstone that was the setting for the movie, "Crooklyn" There's hardly a single Brooklynite unfamiliar with the 1994 iconic Spike Lee film, "Crooklyn," a story that chronicles a Brooklyn family a