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High School Students and Local Nonprofit Provide Free Haircuts to Community

High School Students and Local Nonprofit Provide Free Haircuts to Community

The partnership with the nonprofit provides the students with long-term career development assistance and guidance.

Fate of Beloved 120-Yr-Old Building Now in LPC's Hands, as Demolition Permits Are Filed

Local residents submitted a request for landmarking of 411 Willoughby Ave in January. Now, the historic building has been sold, and permits have been filed for a full demolition.
Janelle Monáe In Conversation at BAM

Janelle Monáe In Conversation at BAM

Monáe will discuss her new book, "The Memory Librarian," an anthology of short fiction that explores surveillance society, totalitarianism, gender identity and political violence
The Largest-Ever Mitzvah Tank Parade Celebrates Jewish Pride, Passover

The Largest-Ever Mitzvah Tank Parade Celebrates Jewish Pride, Passover

The annual event, which featured 120 decked-out Mitzvah Tanks, fanned out into block parties across the city to hand out 12,000 boxes of homemade matzah.
Brooklyn tenants rally to remove negligent landlord, demand tenant control of building

Brooklyn tenants rally to remove negligent landlord, demand tenant control of building

Tenants and organizers gather at 567 St. John's Place. Liberation photo. On April 10, tenants and organizers rallied in front of 567 St.
Teenager injured in shooting outside Brooklyn mall

Teenager injured in shooting outside Brooklyn mall

NEW YORK -- A teenager was injured after a shooting outside of a Brooklyn mall Wednesday. It happened just after 5:30 p.m. outside the Atlantic Terminal Mall.
New York City’s Most Famous Pizza Slices, Re-Tasted And Ranked For 2022

New York City’s Most Famous Pizza Slices, Re-Tasted And Ranked For 2022

Uproxx Ask any New Yorker where you can get the best slice of pizza in the city and you’re bound to hear some passionate opinions.
New York’s Surging Covid Cases Driven by New Omicron Subvariants

New York’s Surging Covid Cases Driven by New Omicron Subvariants

WATCH: The U.S. is extending a mask mandate for travelers along with the formal Covid public health emergency declaration. Emma O’Brien reports. Two new omicron subvariants that appear even more transmissible than the highly-contagious BA.

Homeless Advocates Rally at Fulton St. With Alternate Plan to Adams' Removal of Encampments

The news comes as Mayor Eric Adams' administration enters its third week of clearing homeless encampments around the city, as more homeless advocates call for him to stop
Brooklyn Public Library Issues eCards so Teens Nationwide Can Access Banned Books

Brooklyn Public Library Issues eCards so Teens Nationwide Can Access Banned Books

Librarians and teen volunteers spearhead books Unbanned Initiative to combat censorship across the country