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African Restaurant Week Kicks Off in Brooklyn This Weekend

African Restaurant Week Kicks Off in Brooklyn This Weekend

The week includes a two-day festival, marketplace and special menu offerings at range of participating restaurants
Why These New Yorkers Stopped Paying Rent

Why These New Yorkers Stopped Paying Rent

It has been years since Patricia Edwards’s top floor apartment in Brooklyn has felt like an acceptable home. When it rains, water leaks into the kitchen and living room. It also pours through a crack in the bathroom ceiling so big that Ms.
BKLYN Sauce: Yamini Kaluri

BKLYN Sauce: Yamini Kaluri

The BKLYN Sauce team had a chance to sit down with renowned Indian Kuchipudi dancer and dance prodigy Yamini Kalluri of Fort Greene, Brooklyn. She has just opened a virtual school where you too can learn Kuchipudi dance from your home.
‘Cancel Tax Lien Sale,’ Brooklyn Community Groups Tell the City

‘Cancel Tax Lien Sale,’ Brooklyn Community Groups Tell the City

At a public meeting on the 2021 tax lien sale, community groups, including Brooklyn’s Bridge Street Development, called on the city to halt this year’s sale.

Health Care Worker Burnout Widespread in Public Hospitals, Kings County Physician Testifies

NYU Langone-Brooklyn helps its staff alleviate stress and frustration through mindfulness training and other self-care practices.

Ultimate Block Party RestorationROCKS! Returns This Weekend

The 15th annual celebration is part of the week-long Bed-Stuy Alive! Celebration
Maya Wiley Won’t Be New York’s Next Mayor. What Will Happen to Her Signature Proposal?

Maya Wiley Won’t Be New York’s Next Mayor. What Will Happen to Her Signature Proposal?

What’s next for former New York City mayoral candidate and civil rights lawyer Maya Wiley? She says she isn’t going to run for governor. But she still wants to see her plan to provide universal community care for children and older adults realized.

Brooklyn's Worst Road? What to Do About Broadway

This is the first in a two-part series looking at why Broadway, a main Brooklyn thoroughfare, is in such dismal condition. In part one, we look at how community boards are coming together to tackle the issue.
East New York’s $425M Fountains Housing Development Complete

East New York’s $425M Fountains Housing Development Complete

Governor Kathy Hochul cut the ribbon on the mixed use development, which includes 1,163 affordable apartments, on Monday
Bed-Stuy Celebrates 10th Anniversary of Beloved "Bed-Vyne" Businesses

Bed-Stuy Celebrates 10th Anniversary of Beloved "Bed-Vyne" Businesses

For the past 10 years, Bed-Vyne has been a staple in the Bed-Stuy community, thriving through gentrification and a deadly pandemic.