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Siblings Savannah, 4 yrs, Pre-K; and Fela, 7 yrs, 2nd grade It's that most wonderful time of the year!!! It's back to school for Brooklyn Babes! Oh, the joy for parents! The babes also are excited (if even for just one week)! This year, more than eve

Photo: Facebook The Tompkins Avenue coffee shop Common Grounds-- a beloved staple in the Bed-Stuy community-- will be closing on September 27, 2015, announced its owner Tremaine Wright on Facebook on Thursday.

Dear Friend, As a Council Member serving in my second year in office, I would say the most challenging aspect of the position has become writing statements or press releases or even attending rallies around issues of gun violence in our communities.

Two teen brothers from Atlanta drugged and attacked their own parents. Why? Over the Labor Day weekend, an Atlanta-area mother called 911 as her sons tried to kill her and her husband.

Residents of District 36 (which includes Bedford-Stuyvesant and parts of Crown Heights): How would you spend $1 million dollars in your neighborhood? Surely you have some ideas.

The New York City Department of Design and Construction has announced water service disruption for Myrtle Avenue and Emerson Place on Wednesday, September 9. Please make the necessary preparations and share this notice with others.

There's never been a morning rave in Brooklyn! C'mon Everybody, located at 325 Franklin Avenue, will host the first-ever, early morning dance party benefiting the #BlackLivesMatter movement Well, the borough is about to get its first one! On Wednesda

This Labor Day, OkayAfrica is teaming up with Everyday People for the second EVERYDAY AFRIQUE rooftop party at Output , located at 74 Wythe Ave in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.

'Identical' brownstones in Park Slope; Photographer Sotero Bernal I'm standing in front of two seemingly identical side-by-side brownstones in Brooklyn's neighborhood of Park Slope. This residential area is well into its most recent renaissance.

The votes are in! Crown Heights's own Butter & Scotch bakery and bar has been chosen to compete as a finalist in the Best Dessert category of this year's 11th Annual Vendy Awards , New York City¹s premier street food competition .