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Lesley Ware Photo: Kalidaskope Bridgewater and Ashley Naomi Sew Fab coverart: Sabine Pieper When Bed-Stuy resident Lesley Ware left her full-time job at Girl Scouts national headquarters in New York City in 2011, she began to play the field: she trie

989 Bedford Avenue A pair of armed robbers held up a Metro PCS store in Bed-Stuy on Sunday, making off with a total of $10,000 in stolen cash and goods, reported police.

Spring is just around the corner and so is A Taste Of Fifth! Celebrate Fifth Avenue's acclaimed destination restaurants and legendary watering holes at — A Taste Of Fifth , Wednesday, April 1st, from 6:30 - 9:30pm at The Grand Prospect Hall.

The Brooklyn Reader just heard from a little birdie that Myrtle Avenue is about to receive the king of all coffee shops, the motherload of expensive espresso, the official rubberstamp of gentrification: Starbucks Coffee.

I decided to let my hair grow.

You may have looked at the title of this blog and thought to yourself, what in the world is peri-partum depression?! Educational campaigns directed at both physicians and the public have done a great job of increasing awareness about post-partum depr

Aifuwa Ehigiator and Clyon Jackson, founders of "Our Street" One of the greatest modern threats facing New Yorkers today is the rapidly shrinking stock of affordable housing.

America loves college football, blue jeans, fast food and unfortunately, it also seems to love locking up its citizens.

NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio signs bill co-naming streets after slain NYPD Detectives Rafael Ramos and Wenjian Liu Congress passed a bi-partisan bill on Wednesday extending the tax deadline for individuals who made charitable donations to organizations s

Malcolm x Blvd and Putnam Avenue NYPD are looking for the men involved in a shooting on Malcolm X Blvd, which injured one innocent bystander.