Skip to content
Join our Newsletter

Cocktails and Conversation with Vernon Jordan and Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

The Brooklyn Historical Society will host an enlightening evening on Tuesday, May 31st at the landmarked Othmer Library at 128 Pierrepont St.
How Soon Can Postpartum Depression Set In?

How Soon Can Postpartum Depression Set In?

Click here to view original web page at www.romper.com In Breakfast at Tiffany's Holly Golightly talks about having the "mean reds," which are close to having the blues, but not quite, because they come out of nowhere.
East Flatbush's VIVID Caribbean American Bistro Turns Five Years Old

East Flatbush's VIVID Caribbean American Bistro Turns Five Years Old

VIVID Caribbean American Bistro turned five on Saturday. East Flatbush eatery VIVID Caribbean American Bistro celebrated its fifth year in business on Thursday at a gala event at the restaurant.

Drinking Diet Soda While Pregnant Can Lead To Childhood Obesity, Study Suggests

"Pregnant women who drink diet soda every day may be more likely to have babies that develop weight issues, according to a new study.
NYPD Busts Clinton Hill Drug Dealers in 8 Month Long Sting

NYPD Busts Clinton Hill Drug Dealers in 8 Month Long Sting

A group of undercover officers in the Clinton Hill section of Brooklyn have been focusing on a wide range of illegal activity around the area's public schools.

Brooklyn Students Visit Morgue, Face Realities of Gun Violence

High school and middle school students from around the Brooklyn area were invited to the Brookdale University Hospital and Medical Center as part of a initiative against gun violence.
BP Adams Names May 21 'Christopher The Notorious B.I.G. Wallace Day'

BP Adams Names May 21 'Christopher The Notorious B.I.G. Wallace Day'

Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams talks to T'yanna Wallace, daughter of Biggie Smalls. Just in time for what would have been the Bed-Stuy-native and hip hop giant's 44th birthday, Biggie Smalls just got his own day in Brooklyn.
Celebrating the By My Side Birth Support Program’s 400th birth – An interview with doula Joan Sherwood

Celebrating the By My Side Birth Support Program’s 400th birth – An interview with doula Joan Sherwood

By Sophia Salmon Joan Sherwood, a doula with the By My Side Birth Support Program, describes doulas as "the keepers of birth journeys, the keepers of darkest secrets, and they hold the key to the birthing stories of many women.
Community Board Meeting Highlights Program For Reporting Police Misconduct

Community Board Meeting Highlights Program For Reporting Police Misconduct

Last week influential members of Brooklyn neighborhoods like Crown Heights and Prospect Heights came together for their monthly Community Board 8 meeting, These meetings serve two purposes within the thriving and fast-changing dynamic that is current
Hi Weekend, Great To See Ya

Hi Weekend, Great To See Ya

The weekend is here and although it's a few experts who say that living for the weekend is not ideal, I say there ain't nothing wrong with turning up from Friday-Sunday.