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Brooklyn Org and United Way of New York City launch a multi-year energy equity initiative with National Grid Foundation to address affordability and workforce access in Brooklyn and Queens.

The state is awarding $1 million for Weeksville to preserve Black heritage and expand community programs.

Raised in Crown Heights, Dr. McKinney Steward was the first Black woman to earn a medical degree in New York.

Community Board 1 recommends approval of Monitor Point, a three-tower waterfront development in Greenpoint, with conditions on affordability, transit and parks.

The David Prize, an initiative of The Walentas Family Foundation, awarded $5,000 to five New Yorkers who are making a difference in their communities. One Brooklynite is spreading love in Flatbush through basketball.

In the basement of Edward R. Murrow High School in Midwood, four boilers power the sprawling school of roughly 4,000 students, according to CBS New York.

Thirteen Fort Greene and Clinton Hill restaurants are serving prix-fixe menus during the fifth annual Myrtle Avenue Restaurant Week, spotlighting the corridor’s diverse global cuisines.

The award-winning director, producer, actor and writer is known for addressing the uncomfortable truths of American politics and race relations.

There were two manhole fires in Williamsburg on Wednesday.