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Jay-Z pulled himself up by his bootstraps to eventually become the reigning rapper of New York City

Hundreds of apartments in Central Brooklyn have hit the affordable housing lottery, some for those making as little as $9,000 a year, records show.

Brooklynites might just see a neighbor from Bed-Stuy on the cover of their TIME magazine this year.

A gunman fatally shot local rapper Tdott Woo outside his Canarsie home on Tuesday afternoon.

Classes had just been dismissed at a high school in Brooklyn for teenagers who needed a second chance, when a student named Devonte Lewis stepped outside and into the cross hairs of his rivals.

Street photographer Andre D. Wagner just won the Gordon Parks Foundation Fellowship to explore the current American sociopolitical landscape in Brooklyn.

As a new writer for BK Reader and as someone with a disability, this conference provided great insight and encouragement.

Four men have been arrested and charged in connection with the overdose death of Brooklyn actor Michael K. Williams, who died in September last year, U.S. Attorney Damian Williams announced Wednesday.

Lena Horne broke barriers as one of the first, highly acclaimed Black actresses in Hollywood who used her status to speak on behalf of civil rights for all.

The State Legislature on Tuesday released its newly proposed district boundaries for State Senate and Assembly seats, which will likely change Albany politics for the coming decade, and give Brooklynites more say in the state government.