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The Asase Yaa Cultural Arts Foundation hosted its 9th Annual ART IS ALIVE Festival in Bed-Stuy, featuring dance classes, live music, a vendor marketplace and a lively block party finale.

BSE Global, the parent company of the Brooklyn Nets and New York Liberty, opened the Brooklyn Basketball Training Center across from Barclays Center, offering after school programs, clinics and all-girls training.

NeuSpark Person Directed Services  celebrated the grand opening of its new Brooklyn headquarters, honoring Deaf Awareness Month and 50 years of disability rights advocacy.

There's a host of programming at the Brooklyn Public Library for Banned Books Week that occurs on Oct. 6 -11, highlights the value of free and open access to information.

Music at Co-Cath's 2025-2026 season at the Co-Cathedral of St. Joseph in Prospect Heights offers free immersive choral performances through works by composers spanning centuries, including Victoria, Monteverdi, MacMillan and Shaw. 

Video obtained shows people running and being followed by others, one holding what appears to be a machete.

Police investigating the disappearance of a child on Howard Avenue.

An early morning apartment fire in Crown Heights injured five people, including two critically. The Red Cross is assisting displaced families. Investigation ongoing.

Edwin B. Maxwell, who has worked for the library system for almost 20 years, was once the manager at the New Lots Library. "I’ve seen firsthand how our branches transform lives."