Lifestyle & Culture

Brown Girl Book Lover, in partnership with Gladys Books & Wine, announces "Reading Beloved, Together," a three-part, in-person communal reading series devoted entirely to Toni Morrison’s "Beloved."

Brooklyn teacher and author Torrey Maldonado explores the importance of role models in his debut picture book "Just Right" set in Red Hook.

Monday's Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebration at the Brooklyn Academy of Music was a full-day meditation on the need to not just honor Dr. King’s dream, but to practice it.

The Friends of Mount Prospect Park is asking Comptroller Mark Levine to look into the city's legal requirements to preserve a park’s integrity in a bid to stop a skatepark from being built in Mount Prospect Park.

A Crafting at the Movies/Singalong, hosted by The Craft Salon, attracted dozens of residents who crocheted, knitted and sang through the movie "Grease" at a Midwood move theater.

The New York City Transit Museum in Downtown Brooklyn gives the MetroCard a proper goodbye with an exhibit.

Frigid temperatures didn't stop these New Yorkers from taking a dip in the Atlantic Ocean on Jan. 1, 2026.

Noah Joseph Lewis came into this world at 2:22am on January 1, 2026, at Maimonides Medical Center.

Kente Cones owner Ashley Marrero exemplifies what can happen when you maintain Imani--faith-- in the community you serve.

Here's a look back at some of your favorite original stories published in BK Reader this year.