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235-Year-Old Historic Brooklyn Monument is Being Demolished Soon After a Neighboring 183-Year-Old Building was Razed

235-Year-Old Historic Brooklyn Monument is Being Demolished Soon After a Neighboring 183-Year-Old Building was Razed

A local professor explores the history of a historic building in Gravesend nicknamed "Spook Hall" that functioned as a schoolhouse and town hall with lots of lore.
A Tale of Two Neighborhoods: Brownsville and Bay Ridge

A Tale of Two Neighborhoods: Brownsville and Bay Ridge

A local NYU professor asks: Could differences in housing and public space explain differences in crime rates?
Are You Living Your Passion?

Are You Living Your Passion?

”The Art of Seeing”
Spread Love by Breathing Clean - It’s the Brooklyn Way

Spread Love by Breathing Clean - It’s the Brooklyn Way

Tobacco use remains the number one cause of premature and preventable death for New Yorkers, with over 28,000 New Yorkers dying from smoking-related diseases every year.
Op-Ed from State Sen. Iwen Chu: The Fight for a Better and More Affordable CUNY System is Personal for Me

Op-Ed from State Sen. Iwen Chu: The Fight for a Better and More Affordable CUNY System is Personal for Me

New York State Sen. Iwen Chu on her drive to help her constituents access higher education at The City University of New York.
Brooklyn, Take Your Seat and Make Your Voices Heard

Brooklyn, Take Your Seat and Make Your Voices Heard

This year, the Brooklyn Community Foundation is making stops in 10 new neighborhoods, to identify issues and build connections and collaborations at the grassroots level.
Cover Lover Madness Celebrates The 50th Anniversary of Hip-Hop With an All Hip-Hop Album Cover Challenge

Cover Lover Madness Celebrates The 50th Anniversary of Hip-Hop With an All Hip-Hop Album Cover Challenge

A rowdy event where album covers face off in a bracket tournament built like March Madness.
U.S. VP Kamala Harris Offers Words of Support for Brooklyn’s Center for Black Literature

U.S. VP Kamala Harris Offers Words of Support for Brooklyn’s Center for Black Literature

In advance of this year’s National Black Writers Conference at Medgar Evers College, hosted by The Center for Black Literature, the Center is sharing this letter of support by our very own U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris
Brooklyn Entrepreneur Ingrid Murray Receives Women-N-M.O.T.I.O.N. Empowerment Award

Brooklyn Entrepreneur Ingrid Murray Receives Women-N-M.O.T.I.O.N. Empowerment Award

This Sunday, successful Brooklyn-based entrepreneur Ingrid Murray will receive Young Gifted & Black’s Women-N-Motion Empowerment Award.

Op-Ed from Mayor Eric Adams: Crime Continues to Go Down in NYC

From serious crimes like murder and shootings to quality-of-life issues like fare evasion, enforcement is up and crime rates are lower.