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Commanding Officer Scott Henderson, 88th Precinct, Brooklyn Almost exactly two years after Deputy Inspector Scott Henderson was appointed Commanding Officer of Bed-Stuy's 81st precinct (March 2014), the precinct is announcing that Henderson will be p

Amalgamated Bank at 1212 Fulton Street Amalgamated Bank has volunteered five of its bank branches-- one in Bed-Stuy-- for residents to vote on city-funded projects, known as participatory budgeting.

by Renée D. Roberts, MPH , Caribbean Women's Health Association, Inc. (CWHA) On Tuesday, March 15th, through sponsorship by Healthy Start Brooklyn, Caribbean Women's Health Association, Inc.

Dr. Michael Eric Dyson and Dr. Khalil Gibran Muhammad On Sunday, April 3, 2016, 4:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m., the Center for Black Literature at Medgar Evers College will present a conversation with Dr. Michael Eric Dyson and Dr.

On March 18, in honor of Women's History Month, Brooklyn Borough President #Eric Adams , State Sen.

The Sunshine Laundromat in Greenpoint endeavors to become a one-stop shop for all your basic needs: clean clothes, food, alcohol, arcade games, and pregnancy tests. To read more, go here .

Dr. Haki R. Madhubuti Photo: makheruspeaks.blogspot.com As part of the 13th National Black Writers Conference, on Thursday, March 31, at 6:30pm, the Center for Black Literature at Medgar Evers College will host a town hall forum with Dr. Haki R.

Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito with Mayor Bill de Blasio.

Award-winning Novelist Edwidge Danticat will be honored at the 13th Annual Black Writers Conference at Medgar Evers Few will argue the tremendous impact award-winning novelist and short story writer Edwidge Danticat has made on the contemporary, lite

Each month, women avoiding pregnancy breathe a sigh of relief when they get their period, while those trying for a baby cross their fingers that it won't come. To read more, go here .