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The mayor's administration has plans to begin sending "low-level'' lawbreakers—such as drug offenders and prostitutes—into a diversion program instead of jail, reported the New York Post .

Teens, parents, community leaders, clergy and all concerned citizens, you are invited to participate in a forum on current trends in social media and how it relates to youth.

609 Nostrand Avenue This apartment is a 2 bedroom, that has 2 vacant rooms, located at 609 Nostrand Avenue .

Community volunteers stand outside of the temporary Free People's Medical Clinic, curated for the exhibit Funk, God, Jazz and Medicine: Black Radical Brooklyn In her book, Body and Soul: The Black Panther Party and the Fight Against Medical Discrimin

Roxanne Shante performs at "Pass the Mic: Ladies First, A Night of Women Emcees" Source Magazine celebrated its 25th anniversary this past weekend in Fort Greene with the "Source360" Festival.

New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer is auditing Citi Bike, the popular bikes that have been on a pathway to bankruptcy and plagued with operational problems since their May 2013 debut, reports the Daily News .

1. Alternate side parking regulations will be suspended twice this week-- Thursday, September 25 and Friday, September 26, for the Rosh Hashanah holiday. 2. Weather: Highs in the low 70s all week.

Brooklyn Bridge The Brooklyn Bridge will be closed to Manhattan-bound traffic on Saturday from 12:01 am to 7 am and on Sunday from 12:01 am to 9 am . Motorists should consider the Manhattan Bridge, Williamsburg Bridge, or Hugh L.

Police are looking for three men involved in a shooting Thursday night on Fulton Street.

The state of youth and young adult employment in New York is deplorable and even worse in Brooklyn. The unemployment rate for residents between the ages of 16 and 24 is 20% in New York and over 25% in Brooklyn.