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This year marks the 25th anniversary of the iconic Spike Lee film, "Do The Right Thing," and to commemorate, Bed-Stuy's Community Board 3 voted Monday to support co-naming the stretch between Lexington and Quincy on Stuyvesant Avenue, "Do The Right T

The Brooklyn Bridge will be fully closed Manhattan-bound from midnight Friday to 7 am Saturday and from midnight Saturday to 9 am Sunday .

WHAT: Sundance Film Festival Shorts —We're showing a selection of our favorite shorts from this year's Sundance Film Festival.

Photo: blogs.rollcall.com Democratic Sen. Jack Reed of Rhode Island and Republican Sen. Dean Heller of Nevada have gone back to the drawing board on a plan to extend unemployment insurance benefits, reported the National Journal on Thursday.

WHAT: A Caribbean Book Fest WHEN: Sunday, June 8, 2:00pm - 8:00pm WHERE: Medgar Evers College, 1650 Bedford Avenue, Bklyn HOW MUCH: $10 adults, $5 children Roundtables 2:00 Space on the Shelf - Creativity and commerce as it relates to Caribbean write

Dear Miss Dinna, I am a 37-year-old woman and my mother still won't accept that I am Queer. I've told her a million times, have mentioned to her and have even brought home women that I am dating. But she simply turns the other cheek.

Singer Janelle Monae let her hair down figuratively and literally on Wednesday night as she delivered a performance of the summer to a crowd-packed Prospect Park at the kick-off of Celebrate Brooklyn.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo's office announced on Thursday that transgender people born in New York state will no longer have to prove they've had surgery to change their sex on their birth certificate, Reuters reports.

Last night, Celebrate Brooklyn kicked off its inaugural outdoor performance in Prospect Park with a live free concert featuring rock/R&B sensation Janelle Monae.

Massacres, Mundane Murders And Our Social Issues THIS IS A PART 2 IN A TWO-PART SERIES ON GUNS IN AMERICA. TO READ PT. 1, GO HERE . Numbers on gun violence This past Memorial Day weekend will forever be remembered for Elliot Rogers .