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Click here to view original web page at www.nbcnewyork.com Police released this photo of a Taurus 9mm semi-automatic gun seized from a Brooklyn teenager.

Want to know where to go in Central Brooklyn to ring in your new year? We have compiled a list of 9 great places to revel, from house parties, to Burlesque shows, to outdoor light shows! Whatever your feel or flavor, there's a little bit of something

'The Art of Seeing' by Michael Milton Brooklyn Poet Walt Whitman, born and raised in Bed-Stuy My modest return to writing poetry (see November 15, 2015 'Bloggers' section of The Brooklyn Reader), was prompted, in part, after discovering Bed-Stuy poet

On an unusually warm evening in early December, a handful of Crown Heights parents and a small, diverse group of staffers of the Brooklyn Children's Museum-- some of whom have worked at the museum just a few short months; others for decades—gat

Brooklyn Community Board 2 (CB2) announced today the dates and locations of its January-June 2015 general meetings. All of the meetings are scheduled for 6:00 pm on the second Wednesday of the month.

How much alcohol is safe to drink when you're pregnant? It's a question on the minds of new mom's-to-be. You've heard it before: It's "okay" to have a drink socially when you're pregnant.

Sondra Fagan is inviting you to her potluck Christmas Eve dinner! For the past 50 years, Brooklyn Heights resident and journalist Sondra Fagan, 71, has been hosting free Christmas dinners for community members who have no family or no place else to g

When Gemma Green fell pregnant with her fourth baby she thought it would be plain sailing. After all, she had already done it three times. But unlike her first three babies, the fourth wasn't much of a wriggler.

A family poses with Santa at the Brookdale Hospital Christmas Party Christmas is the one time of year in America when, regardless of your background or religion, people allow their "inner child" to get into the holiday cheer.

Artist Vince Ballentine stands in front of a mural he just completed of the Notorious B.I.G., located on the corner of Fulton Street and St. James Place Another large mural of The Notorious B.I.G.