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It's still two more weekends before we get to the official start of summer (June 21st), but spring is a wonderful time to get up, get out and get something... and that something is your social life.

This Friday, June 11, 7:30pm at Prospect Park Bandshell, Esperanza Spalding presents "Emily's D+Evolution" with a special guest performance by José James.

A bikini-clad teenage girl is thrown face down on the ground while crying out for her mother. A man is shot in the back several times while fleeing a routine traffic stop. Another teenager is killed near Ferguson, Missouri.

Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams addresses the 421a Tax Abatement Law with Errol Louis on NY1's Inside City Hall On a recent episode of NY1's Inside City Hall, Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams joined Errol Louis to discuss affordable housin

DJ Trauma and Manolo Rose Check out some of the photos from the latest installment of the Trap House NYC house party series this past weekend in Bed-Stuy, in celebration of DJ Trauma's birthday! The invite-only house party is held at a private locati

The 71 Precinct, in partnership with the 71st Pct.

In the midst of reading the endlessly fascinating THE GREAT BRIDGE by David McCullough (originally published in 1972) about the history and construction of the Brooklyn Bridge, I had to wrestle down my desire to run down Flatbush Ave.

Church, universally, has been viewed as a place where anyone, despite their "sins," can begin again. Now, Kings County District Attorney Ken Thompson is offering this same opportunity to all residents of Brooklyn, as it concerns the law.

Some of the members of the Healthy Start Brooklyn Community Action Network Photo: The Brooklyn Reader Mary-Powel Thomas is on a mission.

New York City Council Member Laurie A. Cumbo will host an information session in Crown Heights on Tuesday to inform constituents and other attendees about job training opportunities with the Association of Community Employment Programs (ACE).