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Police Seeking Robber Targeting Cab Drivers in Bed-Stuy, Crown Heights

Police Seeking Robber Targeting Cab Drivers in Bed-Stuy, Crown Heights

Police are looking for a suspect wanted in connection with a string of related cab robberies between Bed-Stuy, Crown Heights and Canarsie, with the most recent one taking place on December 6 in Crown Heights near Bedford Avenue and Empire Boulevard.

Torn by Porn by Dinna Alexanyan, MFT

Ask Miss Dinna Dear Miss Dinna, My boyfriend and I have lived together for over 3 years and have been together for 4. I was recently flipping through pictures on his computer and found a massive porn collection.
Yasiin Bey Cancels Tuesday Night Show

Yasiin Bey Cancels Tuesday Night Show

Yasiin Bey Cancels performance at Highline Ballroom After loudly announcing his performance on his official Facebook page, Bed-Stuy native Yasiin Bey (formerly known as Mos Def) has canceled his Tuesday night show at Highline Ballroom.

Welcome to The Brooklyn Reader!

The Brooklyn Reader is an online community news portal for the neighborhoods of Central Brooklyn, including Bedford-Stuyvesant, Crown Heights and Fort Greene/Clinton Hill (Coming spring 2014: Prospect Heights, East New York and East Flatbush).
Robert F. Kennedy Holiday Party

Robert F. Kennedy Holiday Party

On Saturday, December 14, Bedford-Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation held its annual holiday party honoring one of Restoration's founders, Robert F. Kennedy. This annual celebration promotes literacy and healthy lifestyles in Central Brooklyn.

Select Bus Service for the B44 in Full Swing

The B44 Select Bus Service has begun along Nostrand Avenue Following nearly five years of back and forth planning and close to a year of construction, the B44 Select Bus Service (SBS), which runs along Nostrand Avenue from the Williamsburg Bridge to

Mosley Introduces Retail Anti-Profiling Bill

Assemblyman Walter Mosley and State Sen. Daniel Squadron propose Retail Anti-Profiling Act Assemblyman Walter Mosley and State Sen.
Face Time: Elissa Olin of Green in BKLYN

Face Time: Elissa Olin of Green in BKLYN

Meet Elissa Olin, owner of Green in BKLYN , a one-stop shop where people interested in living an eco-friendly lifestyle — and those who already do — can find information and the products they need to easily and innovatively green their ho

Subway Style

New York City's Mass Transit Authority is the great equalizer.

Study Shows More People in the Rental Market Cannot Afford Their Rent

A recent study by Harvard University shows that the housing market crash of 2008, foreclosures on bad mortgages and sustained unemployment are sending record numbers of homeowners and would-be buyers straight into the rental market.