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Brooklyn Veterans Honored in East New York with $12,800 Donation

National Grid 's Veteran Employee Resource Group (V.E.R.G.) raised close to $12,800 through the sale of more than 570 specially designed camouflage hardhats.

District 41 Candidates Discuss Housing, Economic Growth During Brownsville Community Forum

The candidates running for the 41st District proposed incubation programs, apprenticeships, vocational training and more On Wednesday, the Democratic candidates running for the 41st District , which covers Brownsville, Bedford Stuyvesant and parts of

Looking for a Couple of Good Wing Men? Go to Crown Heights!

Brooklyn Wing House, located on 1218 Union Avenue, serves chicken wings that are anything but "standard.

Kings County Tennis League Empowers Bed Stuy Kids with Tennis

The Kings County Tennis League uses tennis as a tool for youth and community building in underserved neighborhoods by transforming abandoned playgrounds into courts photo credit: KCTL While the tennis pros are warming up for the U.S.

New Bed Stuy Gallery ‘HOUSING’ Aims to ‘De-Gentrify’ Through Art, Discourse

Dedicated to 'de-gentrify', HOUSING provides space to display critical content, and to advance the visibility and inclusion of artists of color photo credit: American Medium HOUSING , a new Bed Stuy gallery which moved into the gallery space previous

Hillary Clinton's ‘What Happened' Book Tour Comes to Fort Greene’s Greenlight

Photo credit: CNN Hillary Clinton comes to Fort Greene for a book signing of 'What Happened,' her personal account of the 2016 presidential campaign, its aftermath and potential implications for the nation's future Hillary Clinton is coming to Fort G
Photos: Pretty Punks

Photos: Pretty Punks

BK Reader's photographer was on the scene at Afropunk this weekend to capture the amazing vibe and visuals that Afropunk delivers so well.

Afropunk 2017: Relax, Relate, R-E-S-I-S-T

Afropunk is, perhaps, the one "safe space" where black people can gather annually en masse to express their gloriously diverse, true punk selves Photo: Dante Bowen for BK Reader By Ghazala Irshad Afropunk has never been your typical music festival.

Davis Holds Emergency Town Hall Over Controversial Crown Heights Bar

The emergency town hall was held in response to protests which have been erupting since news broke that Summerhill advertised cocktails in front of fake bullet holes photo credit: Gothamist District Leader Geoffrey Davis held an "emergency town hall

Bed Stuy’s Pipsqueak Opens 2nd Toy Shoppe with Hair Salon in Clinton Hill

In addition to a full selection of toys and baby care items, the new Clinton Hill store also features home goods, strollers, books - and even haircuts in the car-inspired mini salon The folks at Pipsqueak Children's Shoppe , the neighborhood toy trea