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Permits Filed for 17-Story Mixed-Use Building at Atlantic and Franklin Avenues

The proposed tower would be 175-feet-tall and would contain 425 apartments

Oct 22, 2021 11:28 AM Read more >

The Week in Crime: Spotlight on Crown Heights

Overall, crime is down in Crown Heights, but up in Brooklyn as a whole.

Oct 22, 2021 11:10 AM Read more >

Brooklyn Borough President Race: Reynoso Faces 3 Challengers

Brooklynites heading to the polls this November will see four names on their ballot in the borough president race. One of them will be Council Member Antonio Reynoso, who beat out 12 candidates in the Democratic primary this June.

Oct 22, 2021 9:30 AM Read more >

Bed-Stuy’s Laundromat Project Awards $50K to Five POC-Led Nonprofits

The grants are the largest amount the Brooklyn organization has awarded at one time and are part of People-Powered Pay-it-Forward campaign

Oct 21, 2021 4:06 PM Read more >

Free Skateboarding Lessons at Betsy Head Skatepark Prove Popular With Kids

L+M Development Partners teamed up with the Harold Hunter Foundation to bring free skateboarding clinics to local kids at the Brownsville park

Oct 21, 2021 9:38 AM Read more >

5 Takeaways From the New York City Mayoral Debate

The contest to become New York City's next mayor effectively ended early this summer, when Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams won the Democratic primary .

Oct 21, 2021 7:43 AM Read more >

Franklin Cellars Takes a Piece of Bed-Stuy History into the Future

Bed-Stuy’s new wine and spirits shop hopes to represent a new generation of Black business ownership in the changing neighborhood.

Oct 20, 2021 1:49 PM Read more >

Entrepreneurial Twins Give Back to Brownsville on 13th Birthday

The Dowe twins gave $20 vouchers to 30 shoppers at Brownsville’s Shoppers World to celebrate their birthday

Oct 20, 2021 10:35 AM Read more >

East Flatbush Village Awarded $200K to Help Reduce Gun Violence in BK

This new funding comes at a time when the number of youth shooting victims is trending alarmingly high.

Oct 20, 2021 10:13 AM Read more >

Heartbroken Mom Remembers Son Fondly After Callous Killer Dumps His Body on a Brooklyn Street

A Brooklyn mom opted to remember her son’s happy life rather than his brutal death on the wrong end of a gun. “He was a compassionate dude, everyone loved him,” the devastated mother of shooting victim Tevin Samuel recalled Tuesday.

Oct 20, 2021 7:44 AM Read more >