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This Sunday's, August 24, from 12:00pm - 6:00pm, head on down to Restoration's outdoor Plaza where Soul Summit will host "Brooklyn Loves MJ," a Happy Birthday celebration for Michael Jackson, featuring music by DJ Spinna.

New York City's Taxi and Limousine Commission this week began selling permits for 6,000 new green cabs, effectively doubling its fleet of the popular outer-borough taxis that serve the outer boroughs, reported the New York Post.

At sunset today, August 22, join Restoration Plaza for this week's feature film: La Haine. La Haine is a 1995 French black-and-white drama/suspense film written, and directed by Mathieu Kassovitz.

Crime is down 11 percent for the week of August 4 — August 10, 2014, in the 81st Precinct, covering the eastern half of Bedford-Stuyvesant. According to CompStat , there were 31 total reported incidents in the 81st Pct.

With the spotlight firmly on Ferguson, Mo, and Staten Island, NY, for the killing of Michael Brown and Eric Garner, two unarmed black men, by police officers, activism has become more than just a buzzword.

What is AfroPunk? Originating with the 2003 documentary that highlighted a Black presence in the American punk scene, AfroPunk is a platform for the alternative and experimental.

Saturday, August 23, at 2:00pm, young writers from the NYWC summer youth workshops in Fort Greene Park will share some powerful poetry and prose alongside some of the city's most beloved writers: Five Quarterly co-founder Vanessa Gabb; Lit Fest vets

It's Pwezi ak Mizik Ayiti!!! Join Haiti Cultural Exchange this Saturday, August 23, for its fourth annual Pwezi ak Mizik Anba Tonèl , an evening of Haitian poetry and music under one roof! Poetry Readings by: Marc Anthony Arena, Jean Dany Joachim and

Sample of a police body camera Public Advocate Letitia James proposed on Thursday a $5 million pilot program to outfit dozens of New York City police officers with body-mounted cameras in high-crime precincts, reported the Wall Street Journal .

Roosevelt Savings Bank Photo: Google Maps Bedford-Stuyvesant's old Roosevelt Savings Bank, located 1024 Gates Avenue near Broadway Ave., is under construction and on its way to being converted into 50 apartments.