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$3 Million Renovations Planned For Lincoln Terrace Park

Lincoln Terrace Park Photo Credit: www.nycgovparks.org A popular Brooklyn park that sits at the border of Brownsville and Crown Heights is set to receive a new wave of funding from the city's Parks Department.
Green Earth Poets Café Gives Final Performance at BMS: Photos

Green Earth Poets Café Gives Final Performance at BMS: Photos

This spring, teens in Bedford Stuyvesant met weekly with Green Earth Poets Café teaching artists to write original poetry as part of the NeON Arts program .

Basketball Opera Puts Unique Spotlight on Realities of Gun Violence

Bounce - a basketball opera Photo Credit: Will Ehrenreich This weekend, Brooklynites are invited to enjoy a new take on the traditional opera performances that are popularized on television and in movies.

10 Things My Suicide Would Have Stopped

"What if someone you loved killed themselves? Before you answer I want you to picture this. In public their life seems great. They have a nice car, decent job; they are easy on the eyes. They are well loved.

Bed-Stuy Resident Receives Award as Part of 'National Garbage Man Month'

Photo Credit: Corey Sipkin/New York Daily News Julius Brewster grew up in Bedford-Stuyvesant and was fascinated by big trucks since his adolescence.

Doula Ebony Knight & Powerful Pioneers

Doula Ebony Knights became a Dancing Thru Pregnancy teacher in 2014 through the Healthy Start Brooklyn program.

Police Athletic League Provides Free and Safe Summer Fun for Local Kids

Fox Playground. Photo Credit: www.nycgovparks.

Crown Heights Museum Showcases Art from Special Needs Children

Photo Credit: commons.wikimedia.org This past weekend presented a unique opportunity for a group of special needs children and teens, who were invited to display their own art at the Jewish Children's Museum in Crown Heights.
Why Pregnant Women Should be Drinking More Water

Why Pregnant Women Should be Drinking More Water

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Blitz the Ambassador to Headline 45th Annual Intl African Arts Festival: Exclusive Interview

Blitz the Ambassador to Headline 45th Annual Intl African Arts Festival: Exclusive Interview

Samuel Bazawule, also known to many as "Blitz the Ambassador," has accomplished a great deal in the past 18 years since moving from his native Accra, Ghana, to the United States.