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The free exhibition invites visitors to explore the Battle of Brooklyn and reflect on democracy, history and civic life.

Thompson made history when he became the first African-American state senator to represent Brooklyn in 1965.

Police say three to four men walked through the front door of a 62-year-old man’s apartment, showed guns and took property.

Investigators say the suspect slashed the 35-year-old victim in his nose with an unknown object.

Residents can use the Shirley Chisholm Recreation Center on Foster Avenue for swimming, team sports, exercise and educational programming.

There were about 4,000 shluchos, or female emissaries, representing 111 countries who participated in the iconic group photo and the International Conference of Chabad-Lubavitch Women Emissaries.

The Brooklyn Democratic Party, chaired by Brooklyn Assemblymember Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn, reversed an earlier decision and said it will back Governor Kathy Hochul for re-election right before she accepted her party's nomination on Friday at the New York State Democratic Convention.

Friends of Abolitionist Place hosts a virtual lecture exploring Downtown Brooklyn’s 19th-century free Black community, abolitionist organizing and the legacy of 227 Abolitionist Pl.

Carthan was a community activist and environmentalist who was instrumental in improving the quality of life of Bedford-Stuyvesant.