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As BKCM winds down the 2022 calendar year, it has added over 80 private lesson students, totaling upwards of 400 students learning 20 instruments.

Buyback received the most guns during a single event in city history.

A Brooklyn pastor, who was previously robbed mid-sermon, was arrested Monday on federal fraud and extortion charges.

WorthlessStudios' exhibition, up for only three more weeks, is a 10,000 square-foot collaborative meditation on public and private mourning.

Through the organization’s Invest in Youth grant-making initiative, it has distributed $2.5 million to 56 organizations in 2022.

The Brooklyn Bridge Park Conservancy has announced the election of Hilary Jager to the organization’s Board of Directors.

Holiday markets, a free toy giveaway, Hanukkah candle lighting, a Kwanzaa celebration and more Brooklyn events.

As part of our ‘Born in Brooklyn: Black Maternal Health’ series, BK Reader talked to Dr. Wilcox about the work she has done to improve health outcomes for mothers and the work that’s still left to do. 

Next time you grab a bottle of wine from Black-owned Bed-Vyne Wines & Spirits, you can also pick up a free book outside the venue on how to get rich.

NYC Kids RISE, Bloomberg Philanthropies’ Greenwood Initiative, and Brooklyn Community Foundation made a $1.2 M investment in students.