Lifestyle & Culture

It's time to beat the heat at the city's free public pools that open today.

The fourth annual Juneteenth Food Festival at the Weeksville Heritage Center on Thursday was packed with Brooklynites dining on fishcakes and West African delights.

Juneteenth has come to symbolize for many African Americans what the 4th of July symbolizes for the rest of America: freedom.

Aspiring fashion designers across Brooklyn now have a shot at the runway thanks to a new initiative from Brooklyn Borough Hall.

Hundreds of participants enjoyed the Brooklyn Pride parade on Saturday, June 14 in Park Slope.

There are a host of events in Brooklyn that will honor and celebrate Juneteenth, a day that commemorates the emancipation of more than 250,000 slaves at the close of the Civil War.

Fort Greene Park is turning into a cinematic playground for queer stories that celebrate love, identity and everything in between on June 25.

Prospect Lefferts Gardens will host its second annual stoop and sidewalk sale on June 21, turning 22 residential blocks into a coordinated neighborhood market featuring secondhand goods, local business specials and community participation.

Brooklyn’s theater scene gets a colorful, courageous jolt with the second annual House of Rooted Theater Festival at the Billie Holiday Theatre on June 21.

After a six-year absence, Everybooty storms back into Brooklyn with music, movement and meaning spread across four floors at BAM Fisher.