Lifestyle & Culture

Wallabout is testament to the ingenuity, entrepreneurship and manufacturing that has fueled the borough for centuries.

Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, is the most important holiday and revolves around the theme of communal repentance for sins committed during the past year.

'MAAFA...A Healing Journey' explores the residual effect of slavery and racism in a large-scale theatrical production.

A small group of Brooklyn residents meet each month to gain cross-cultural understanding

Former First Lady Michelle Obama is presenting her forthcoming memoir “Becoming,” which is set to be released on November 13.

Justice Sotomayor will take attendees on her journey to become the first Hispanic and third woman appointed to the Supreme Court.

Orthodox Jews in Bed-Stuy and Crown Heights prepare to celebrate the first day of Rosh Hashana, the Jewish New Year

In his 65-year recording career, Randy Weston drew connections between the jazz and blues that surrounded him in Brooklyn and the music of Africa, his ancestral homeland.

More than 20 Caribbean nations celebrated their pride and culture down a 2-mile stretch of Eastern Parkway

MTA got the idea for the "update" from Brooklyn resident Leroy McCarthy, the man behind many murals around Bed-Stuy