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With the exception of dance, recreational activities for girls are non-existent in Brownsville, one of New York's poorest neighborhoods.

Photo credit: NY Times When Stephanie Jorge reported to a federal jail in Brooklyn last year to begin a three-month sentence for bank larceny, she brightly announced that she was pregnant. The correctional officers showed little interest.

I know, I know, it's St. Patrick's Day weekend and you're gonna go bananas. You're gonna drink copious amounts of Jameson and Guinness, scream and shout with your friends and make a complete fool out of yourself.

photo credit: gothamist.org On Wednesday, Crown Heights residents voiced their concerns about the newest homeless shelter, Bergen Houses, confirmed to open later this month.

New York City's homeless population is the highest it has ever been since the Great Depression.

Whether you are a first-time parent-to-be or a parenting expert, pregnancy often throws up a million and one questions that we depend on online pregnancy resources to answer.

photo credit: The New York Times Nearing the completion of a much needed renovation, the Billie Holiday Theater , a Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood institution, is slated to open its doors again this May.

Janie Washington-Bennett (4th from right) with volunteers who are campaigning for signatures to turn Belmont Avenue in Brownsville to "Dwayne Pearl Washington Way.

photo credit: northeastdoulas.com You've probably heard of birth doulas, who assist women before and during birth, but a new trend hitting our area is the use of postpartum doulas.

Click here to view original web page at www.washingtonpost.com (iStock) First you go into a store and can't remember what you needed to buy. Then you miss an appointment. Maybe you can't find your keys.