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Brooklyn Children’s Museum to Host Week-Long Festival in Celebration of Black History Month

Brooklyn Children’s Museum to Host Week-Long Festival in Celebration of Black History Month

Called the Black Future Festival, the museum says that the eight-day event is a celebration of the peoples of the African Diaspora.
Brooklyn Man Sentenced to 10 years for Anti-Gay Attack

Brooklyn Man Sentenced to 10 years for Anti-Gay Attack

A Bedford-Stuyvesant man is heading to prison after an unprovoked attack sent two to hospital.
Man, 68, Arrested for Aiming Assault Rifle at Strangers on Street

Man, 68, Arrested for Aiming Assault Rifle at Strangers on Street

An unhinged 68-year-old man has been arrested for walking down a Brooklyn street with an assault rifle threatening to shoot everyone in sight, police and witnesses said Wednesday.
Before Sex Abuse Arrest, Brooklyn Lawmaker’s Aide Received Nearly $200,000 in State Payments to His Company

Before Sex Abuse Arrest, Brooklyn Lawmaker’s Aide Received Nearly $200,000 in State Payments to His Company

Comptroller Tom DiNapoli is investigating 82 disbursements to a company founded by former Bensonhurst Assemblymember Peter Abbate’s statehouse staffer.
Reynoso Launches New Series to Connect Brooklynites with City Services

Reynoso Launches New Series to Connect Brooklynites with City Services

Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso is launching a new initiative: A series of community resource information sessions.
North Brooklynites Say Proposed Assembly Maps Create ‘Untenable Situation’

North Brooklynites Say Proposed Assembly Maps Create ‘Untenable Situation’

North Brooklynites are asking their neighbors to stand up against what they say is the division of their neighborhoods.
Feb. 16: Brooklyn Black History Maker, Michael K. Williams

Feb. 16: Brooklyn Black History Maker, Michael K. Williams

During his time on screen, Williams became one of the country’s most prominent actors and was described as a “singular presence, onscreen and off, who made every role his own.”
Good Day, Brooklyn!

Good Day, Brooklyn!

First Series of Public Meetings For Atlantic Avenue Plan Announced

First Series of Public Meetings For Atlantic Avenue Plan Announced

The meetings will take place over the course of three separate days and focus on specific topics related to the community-driven proposal.
Lithium-Ion Batteries Blamed for Buchwick Apartment Fire

Lithium-Ion Batteries Blamed for Buchwick Apartment Fire

A three-alarm fire tore through a residential building early Tuesday in Bushwick, leaving two people injured, one critically, according to the FDNY. The blaze broke out in the three-story building on Goodwin Place near Greene Avenue around 1:45 a.m.