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Flatbush-Based Organization Unites Residents in Fight Against Gentrification

B4G protestors Photo: B4G FB Without question, gentrification is a hot-button topic amongst Brooklyn residents, longtime and new. Therefore, it is no surprise that residents are joining together to raise awareness and their voices on the matter.

Gun buyback takes 59 guns off Brooklyn streets

"Money for guns, no questions asked," was the message at the Brooklyn Gun Buyback this past Saturday at Clarendon Road Church in Flatbush.

Rave Ride Through Brooklyn Draws Cyclists from Near and Far

Costumes were greatly encouraged. Last Saturday, several hundred cyclists gathered in Greenpoint to participate in the inaugural Brooklyn Bike Rave, a fundraiser for the Brooklyn Greenway Initiative.

At Town Hall, Residents Rail: City Using Bed-Stuy as 'Dumping Ground' for Homeless Shelters

Residents gather for a town hall on a proposed new homeless shelter site in Bed-Stuy Around 200 Bed-Stuy residents, community leaders and elected officials packed into the multipurpose room at Restoration Plaza Monday night for a town hall meeting to
No, we don’t all survive postpartum depression

No, we don’t all survive postpartum depression

Click here to view original web page at blogs.babycenter.com Several months after the birth of my third child I would wake up in the morning cursing the fact that I was still alive. The world was just too much to bear.
Eating fruit while pregnant may boost your baby's intelligence

Eating fruit while pregnant may boost your baby's intelligence

Click here to view original web page at www.foxnews.com New research raises the intriguing possibility that eating more fruit during pregnancy could boost the intelligence of a normal, healthy baby.

Afropunk 2016: A Dazzling Display of Culture and a Healthy Dose of Rebellion

[perfectpullquote align="right" cite="" link="" color="" class="" size=""]"The festival, a "safe zone" for creative expression, is also a sounding board for socio-political issues affecting the black community, and everyone seemed to be in on it!"[/p

Are Brooklyn Residents Disproportionately Targeted for NYPD Traffic Stops? A Flatbush Org Launches Survey to Find Out

Photo: E4F Facebook Equality for Flatbush (E4F), a non-profit organization dedicated to anti-police repression, affordable housing and anti-gentrification efforts, has launched a borough-wide survey to measure the number of residents stopped by polic
Photos: Afropunk 2016, in Living Color

Photos: Afropunk 2016, in Living Color

Afropunk 2016 Photo: J.
Movies Under The Stars: He Got Game

Movies Under The Stars: He Got Game

Tuesday, August 30, 2016 7:30 p.m. — 9:30 p.m.