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Killer Heels: Brooklyn Museum Puts the Woman’s Ultimate Pedestal on a Pedestal

Killer Heels: Brooklyn Museum Puts the Woman’s Ultimate Pedestal on a Pedestal

The name of the exhibit is "Killer Heels," and I think I really did die and go to heaven. No, really. All of the classic symptoms were there: sweaty palms, a racing pulse, sensory overload and finally, metamorphosis.
Bed-Stuy: Free Food Handlers, Customer Service and Home Health Aid Training and Certification

Bed-Stuy: Free Food Handlers, Customer Service and Home Health Aid Training and Certification

Are you between jobs? Why waste precious time: While you're looking for that dream drop, come take advantage of a free training and certification course in either Customer Service, Home Health Care or Food Handling, offered now at Restoration Plaza.

Singer Toshi Reagon to Host 4th Annual Festival of Words, Rock and Justice for Women

"I was made this way," said Fort Greene resident Toshi Reagon when asked about her activist roots.

Bed-Stuy Woman Found Dead, Naked on Tompkins Ave

400 Tompkins Avenue A handful of Bed-Stuy residents were horrified when they walked outside of their buildings on the way to work early Wednesday morning to find a naked woman laying unconscious on the sidewalk in front 400 Tompkins Avenue.

Your Weekend Event Guide: Sept 11-13

Today is the anniversary of the 9/11 massacre, and for the occasion, here's a quick note on the subject-- specifically for the "new" New Yorkers, ye of Bedford Hills, Bedwick, Parkwanus, RAMBO or any other portmanteau created to lull you into a false
Community Board 2 Meets

Community Board 2 Meets

Community Board 2—covering the neighborhoods of Boerum Hill, Bridge Plaza, Brooklyn Heights, the Brooklyn Navy Yard, Clinton Hill, Downtown Brooklyn, Dumbo, Farragut, Fort Greene, Fulton Ferry Landing, Vinegar Hill and Wallabout-- held its firs
Need a Good Hug? Try Some Green Juice

Need a Good Hug? Try Some Green Juice

Kelly Keelo, Co-owner of Juice Hugger Cafe, located at 85 Rogers Avenue in Crown Heights Juicing: Unlike 20 years ago, it's no longer viewed as a practice reserved for tree huggers, vegans or Yogis.
Let's Move, Fort Greene: Walk with a Doc

Let's Move, Fort Greene: Walk with a Doc

Summer is almost over, but that doesn't mean your fitness regime also has to end. In fact, fall is the best time to ramp up your physical activity outdoors.
With Help from Mayor, Bed-Stuy Charter Gets More Space

With Help from Mayor, Bed-Stuy Charter Gets More Space

In an almost 180-degree reversal on its stance on charter schools, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio's administration said on Wednesday that it would find space in public school buildings for four charter schools that want to open or expand next yea

In Staten Island, Pro-Police Rally Planned to Counter Al Sharpton's

NYPD Supporters of the NYPD are holding a pro-police rally on Staten Island on Sept. 27 to counter Rev. Al Sharpton's march there last month that protested the chokehold death of Eric Garner, reported the NY Post .